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Some historians credit this victory for saving Lithuania's independence from the Soviet coup. [19] [21] During the interwar years, Lithuanian–Soviet relations were generally friendly, but, a few months after the outbreak of World War II, the Soviet Union decided to occupy the Baltic states, including Lithuania, in July 1940.
Lithuania accounted for 0.3 percent of the Soviet Union's territory and 1.3 percent of its population, but it generated a significant amount of the Soviet Union's industrial and agricultural output: 22 percent of its electric welding apparatus, 11.1 percent of its metal-cutting lathes, 2.3 percent of its mineral fertilizers, 4.8 percent of its ...
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Territorial changes of the Baltic states refers to the redrawing of borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia after 1940. The three republics, formerly autonomous regions within the former Russian Empire and before that of former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and as provinces of the Swedish Empire, gained independence in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917.
There are situations where the censorship of certain sites was subsequently removed. For example, when Google Maps and Google Earth were launched, images of the White House and United States Capitol were blurred out; however, these sites are now uncensored. [3]
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Across the app, users have been sharing screenshots of pictures from Google Maps "Street View" that have captured nostalgic moments in time — like users' loved ones doing yard work or walking ...
Borders and other Border of Lithuania (1945 – present) Border of Vilnius Region: Polish territory; claimed by Lithuania based on the Soviet–Lithuania Peace Treaty of 1920; occupied by the Soviet Union in September 1939 Soviet military bases established in Lithuania according to the Soviet–Lithuania Mutual Assistance Treaty, signed on October 10, 1939