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.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (56)

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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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)