Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

The **Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic** was a Soviet socialist republic from 1940-1941 and 1944–1989. It is today part of Lithuania.

## Related pages

- History of Lithuania
- People's Seimas
- People's Government of Lithuania
- Lithuanian People's Army

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
- **native name**: <div style="line-height:1.1em;">
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- **common name**: Lithuanian SSR
- **status**: _Occupation of the Baltic States#State continuity of the Baltic States, Unrecognized_ Republics of the Soviet Union, Soviet Socialist Republic
(1940–1941, 1944–1990/1991)
_De facto_ sovereign entity (1990–1991)
- **image flag**: Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg
- **flag type**: Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Flag
(1953–1988)
- **image coat**: Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR.svg
- **symbol type**: Emblem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, State emblem
(1940–1990)
- **national motto**: Workers of the world, unite!, Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės!

- **image map**: Lithuanian SSR in the Soviet Union.svg
- **image map caption**: Location of Lithuania (red) within the Soviet Union
- **national anthem**:
Tautiška giesmė
(1944–1950, 1988–1990/1991)
Anthem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
(1950–1988)
- **demonym**: Lithuanians, Lithuanian
Soviet people, Soviet
- **government type**: Stalinism, Stalinist One-party state, one-party Totalitarianism, totalitarian dictatorship (1940–1953)
Unitary state, Unitary Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist one-party state, one-party Soviet republic (system of government), Soviet-style socialist state, socialist republic (1953–1989)
Unitary state, Unitary Parliamentary republic, parliamentary republic (1989–1991)
- **title leader**: First Secretary
- **leader1**: Antanas Sniečkus
- **year leader1**: 1940–1974
- **leader2**: Petras Griškevičius
- **year leader2**: 1974–1987
- **leader3**: Ringaudas Songaila
- **year leader3**: 1987–1988
- **leader4**: Algirdas Brazauskas
- **year leader4**: 1988–1990
- **title deputy**: President of Lithuania, Chairman of the Supreme Council
- **deputy1**: Vytautas Landsbergis
- **year deputy1**: 1990–1991
- **legislature**: Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR, Supreme Soviet
- **capital**: Vilnius
- **common languages**: Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, Russian language, Russian
- **era**: World War IICold War
- **life span**: 1940–1941
1944–1990/1991
- **event pre**: Occupation of the Baltic states, Soviet occupation
- **date pre**: 16 June 1940
- **event start**: Soviet Socialist Republic, SSR established
- **year start**: 1940
- **date start**: 21 July
- **event1**: Illegally annexed by Soviet Union, USSR, Lithuania continued _de jure_
- **date event1**: 3 August 1940
- **event2**: Reichskommissariat Ostland, Nazi occupation
- **date event2**: June 1941
- **event3**: Baltic Offensive, Soviet re-occupation
SSR re-established
- **date event3**: September–November 1944
- **event4**: Singing Revolution
- **date event4**: 1988
- **event5**: Sovereignty declared
- **date event5**: 18 May 1989
- **event end**: Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, Restoration of Independence declared
- **year end**: 1990
- **date end**: 11 March
- **event post**: Independence recognised by the State Council of the Soviet Union
- **date post**: 6 September 1991
- **currency**: Soviet rouble (Rbl)
- **currency code**: SUR
- **stat year1**: Soviet Census (1989), 1989
- **stat area1**: 65200
- **stat pop1**: 3,689,779
- **calling code**: 7 012
- **today**: Lithuania
- **p1**: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)Lithuania
- **flag p1**: Flag of Lithuania (1918–1940).svg
- **s1**: Lithuania
- **flag s1**: Flag of Lithuania (1988–2004).svg