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Tarybinę Lietuvą liaudis sukūrė,
Už laisvę ir tiesą kovojus ilgai.
Kur Vilnius, kur Nemunas, Baltijos jūra,
Ten klesti mūs miestai, derlingi laukai.
Priedainis:
Tarybų Sąjungoj šlovingoj,
Tarp lygių lygi ir laisva,
Gyvuok per amžius, būk laiminga,
Brangi Tarybų Lietuva!
Į laisvę mums Leninas nušvietė kelią,
Padėjo kovoj didi rusų tauta.
Mus Partija* veda į laimę ir galią,
Tautų mūs draugystė kaip plienas tvirta.
Priedainis
Tėvynė galinga, nebijom pavojų,
Tebūna padangė taiki ir tyra.
Mes darbu sukursim didingą rytojų,
Ir žemę nušvies komunizmo aušra.
Priedainis[2][3]
Советской навечно по воле народа
Ты стала, моя дорогая Литва.
Здесь Вильнюс, здесь Неман, Балтийское море,
Цветут наши нивы, растут города.
Припев:
В Союзе братском обрели мы
Средь равных равные права.
Живи в веках и будь счастливой,
Моя Советская Литва!
Нам русский народ помогал в битве грозной,
Нам Ленин открыл лучезарную даль.
Союз нерушимый наш Партией создан,
И дружба народов прочнее, чем сталь.
Припев
Никто нам не страшен - могуча Отчизна!
И небу быть мирным и чистым всегда.
Приблизим трудом торжество коммунизма,
Свети над планетою, счастья звезда.
Припев
Soviet Lithuania was built by the people,
who fought for their freedom for a long time.
Where Vilnius, where Nemunas, where the Baltic Sea is,
Let our cities and our fields flourish.
Refrain:
In thy glorious Soviet Union,
Amid the equal and free,
Live for centuries, be happy
precious Soviet Lithuania!
Lenin showed us the way to freedom,
The great Russian nation helped us in the fight.
The Party leads us to fortune and power,
Our friendship between nations is strong as steel.
Refrain
Our fatherland is mighty, we fear no danger,
May the skies be peaceful and pure.
We will work to build a great tomorrow,
the earth will be illuminated by the dawn of Communism.
Refrain
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika (Lithuanian)
Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
1940–1941
1944–1990/1991
Motto: Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės! (Lithuanian)
"Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem:
(1944–1950, 1988–1990/1991)
1:48
Anthem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
(1950–1988)
2:39
Status
Unrecognized Soviet Socialist Republic
(1940–1941, 1944–1990/1991)
De facto sovereign entity (1990–1991)
Capital
Common languages
Religion
Government
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet socialist republic (1940–1989)
Unitary parliamentary republic (1989–1991)
• 1940–1974
• 1974–1987
• 1987–1988
• 1988–1990
• 1940–1967
Justas Paleckis (first)
• 1990–1991
Vytautas Landsbergis (last)
• 1940–1956
• 1956–1967
• 1967–1981
• 1981–1985
• 1985–1990
Legislature
Historical era
16 June 1940
• SSR established
21 July 1940
• Illegally annexed by USSR, Lithuania continued de jure
3 August 1940
June 1941
SSR re-established
September–November 1944
1988
• Sovereignty declared
18 May 1989
• Restoration of Independence declared
11 March 1990
• Independence recognized by the State Council of the Soviet Union
6 September 1991
Area
65,200 km2 (25,200 sq mi)
Population
• 1989
3,689,779
Currency
Soviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR)
Calling code
7 012
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; Lithuanian: Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; Russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as Soviet Lithuania or simply Lithuania, was de facto one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1940–1941 and 1944–1990. After 1946, its territory and borders mirrored those of today's Republic of Lithuania, with the exception of minor adjustments of the border with Belarus.[1]
During World War II, the previously independent Republic of Lithuania was occupied by the Red Army on 16 June 1940, in conformity with the terms of the 23 August 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and established as a puppet state on 21 July.[2] Between 1941 and 1944, the German invasion of the Soviet Union caused its de facto dissolution. However, with the retreat of the Germans in 1944–1945, Soviet hegemony was re-established and continued for forty-five years. As a result, many Western countries continued to recognize Lithuania as an independent, sovereign de jure state subject to international law, represented by the legations appointed by the pre-1940 Baltic states, which functioned in various places through the Lithuanian Diplomatic Service.
On 18 May 1989, the Lithuanian SSR declared itself to be a sovereign state, though still part of the USSR. On 11 March 1990, the Republic of Lithuania was re-established as an independent state, the first Soviet Republic to leave Moscow and leading other states to do so. Considered illegal by the Soviet authorities, the country was recognized by the Western powers immediately prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union itself recognized Lithuanian independence on 6 September 1991.
The emblem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian: Lietuvos TSR valstybinis herbas) was adopted in 1940 by the government of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem was designed by Vsevolodas Dobužinskis based on the State Emblem of the Soviet Union.[1] The new coat of arms replaced the traditional coat of arms of Lithuania, known as Vytis, which was restored when Lithuania declared its independence in 1990.
The emblem is an example of so-called "socialist heraldry". It featured symbols of agriculture (oak branches and wheat). The rising sun stood for the future of the Lithuanian nation, the red star as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states". The banner bore the USSR State motto (Proletarians of all countries, unite!) in both Russian and Lithuanian (Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės!).[1] The initialism of the Lithuanian SSR is shown only in the Lithuanian language – LTSR, for Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika. The coat of arms differed little from those of Estonian, Latvian, Moldavian or other soviet socialist republics.[1]
In November 1988, the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR replaced the Soviet flag with the tricolor flag of Lithuania and the Soviet anthem with Tautiška giesmė.[2] Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to restore its national symbols. However, the coat of arms were not restored. The traditional coat of arms of Lithuania was recognized as a national symbol, but not elevated to the status of state's coat of arms.[2] That was done only in March 1990, the same day Lithuania declared independence.[3]