Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

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The Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940) was an independent interwar Baltic state that emerged after World War I and existed until its occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union at the start of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interwar republic
sovereign state
annexedBy Soviet Union
borderedBy Germany
Latvia
Poland
Soviet Union
capital Kaunas
claimedCapital Vilnius
coatOfArms Vytis
continent Europe
controlledRegion Klaipėda Region
linked to: Klaipėda region
country Lithuania
currency Lithuanian litas
disputeWith Second Polish Republic
dissolutionEvent Soviet occupation of Lithuania (1940)
endDate 1940-08-03
establishedBy Act of Independence of Lithuania
firstHeadOfState Antanas Smetona
firstPrimeMinister Augustinas Voldemaras
flag Flag of Lithuania
governmentForm authoritarian regime
parliamentary republic
republic
hadDisputeOver Vilnius Region
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Lithuania
headOfStateTitle President of Lithuania
historicalEra interwar period
independenceDeclared 1918-02-16
internationalOrganizationMembership League of Nations
joinedOrganization League of Nations
joinedOrganizationDate 1921-09-22
legalSystem civil law
legislature Seimas
locatedIn Baltic region
lostRegion Klaipėda Region
linked to: Klaipėda region
nationalMinority Germans
Jews
Poles
Russians
notableHeadOfState Antanas Smetona
officialLanguage Lithuanian
partOf Interwar Europe
linked to: Interwar period
politicalSystem authoritarian one-party dominance
multi-party system
predecessor German-occupied Lithuania (Ober Ost)
Lithuania in the Russian Empire
regionLossEvent 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
signedTreaty Klaipėda Convention (1924)
Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty (1920)
startDate 1918-02-16
successor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
Nazi German occupation of Lithuania
temporaryCapital Kaunas
turningPointEvent 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état

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Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic precededBy Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
History of Lithuania includesTopic interwar Republic of Lithuania
linked to: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Lithuanian National Revival influenced interwar Republic of Lithuania
linked to: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) restoredState Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Ukmergė wasPartOf Interwar Republic of Lithuania
linked to: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Seredžius historicalEventContext interwar Republic of Lithuania
subject linked to: Seredžius (Lithuanian)
linked to: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Communist Party of Lithuania bannedIn interwar Lithuania
linked to: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Lithuanian Wars of Independence followedBy interwar Lithuanian Republic
linked to: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
History of the Baltic states includesEvent Interwar independence of Lithuania
linked to: Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)