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== | ==Historical Background== | ||
In the 14th century, the '''Grand Duchy of Lithuania''' was the largest country in Europe; present-day '''Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia''' were all lands of the Grand Duchy. | |||
*With the Union of Lublin of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state personal union, the '''Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth'''. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries dismantled it in 1772–1795, '''with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory'''. | *With the Union of Lublin of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state personal union, the '''Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth'''. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries dismantled it in 1772–1795, '''with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory'''. | ||
*As World War I ended, Lithuania's Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, founding the '''modern Republic of Lithuania'''. | *As World War I ended, Lithuania's Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, founding the '''modern Republic of Lithuania'''. | ||
*In World War II, Lithuania was '''occupied first by the Soviet Union and then by Nazi Germany'''. | *In World War II, Lithuania was '''occupied first by the Soviet Union and then by Nazi Germany'''. | ||
*Towards the end of the war in 1944, when the Germans were retreating, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania. Lithuanian armed resistance to the Soviet occupation lasted until the early 1950s. | *Towards the end of the war in 1944, when the Germans were retreating, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania. Lithuanian armed resistance to the Soviet occupation lasted until the early 1950s. | ||
*On 11 March 1990, a year before the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania passed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, becoming the first Soviet republic to proclaim its independence. | *On 11 March 1990, a year before the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania passed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, becoming the first Soviet republic to proclaim its independence.<ref>"Lithuania", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania, accessed 28 July 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Lithuania== | ==Emigration From Lithuania== | ||