March 11, 1990 (February 15) Gengwu, Lithuania from the Soviet Union and restore the Declaration of Independence. The Lithuanian Republic


located in the Baltic Sea coast, with Latvia, Belarus, Poland and Russia, adjacent An area of ​​65,200 square kilometers. Borders a total length of 1846 km, including 1,747 km of land borders, 99 km long coastline. Established in 1240 the unified Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Lithuania and Poland after 1385 has three joint. 1795, after Lithuania gradually Tsarist Russia mergers. When the First World War, established by the German occupation. After the October Revolution, the stand most of the territory, the establishment of the Soviet regime. February 16, 1918, Lithuania declared its independence, the establishment of the bourgeois republic. In August 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a secret about legislation was assigned to the Soviet sphere of influence, soon to be occupied by the Soviet Union. The outbreak of the Soviet-German War after, (lssdjt.cn), Lithuania was occupied by Germany. Soviet troops into Lithuania in 1944, and the establishment of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, to join the Soviet Union. March 11, 1990, released from the Soviet Union and restore the Declaration of Independence, September 6, 1991, the Soviet Union, the Council of State recognize the establishment of an independent. (Lssdjt.com) September 17 Hitachi to join the United Nations. September 14, 1991, diplomatic relations with China. (����d��y����h�� $ �Ө�ry.c��m)