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The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March (Lithuanian: Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on 11 March 1990, signed by all [1] members of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania led by Sąjūdis.
Beginning with 1991, the Day of Restoration of Independence is marked with a solemn parliamentary meeting that usually takes place at the historical Hall of the Act of 11 March. Since 1996, 11 March has been a holiday under the Law on Holidays. It is the day when the country hosts a lot of events and pays respect to the signatories of the Act.
During the late 1980s and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania fought to restore its independence which culminated in the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania signed on 11 March 1990. [1]
Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania (1918) Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena 11 March: Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena Moveable Sunday: Easter Sunday: Velykos: Commemorates resurrection of Jesus. The first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 ...
Vytautas Landsbergis (in the middle) on 11 March 1990, after the promulgation of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Landsbergis entered politics, in 1988, as one of the founders of Sąjūdis, the Lithuanian pro-independence political movement.
On March 3, 1918, Germany and the now-Bolshevik Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. It declared that the Baltic nations were in the German interest zone and that Russia renounced any claims to them. On March 23, Germany recognized independent Lithuania on the basis of the December 11 declaration. [2]
March 11 is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1990 – Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union. [30]
Independence of Lithuania or Lithuanian independence may refer to: ... The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania of March 11, 1990