Soviet deportations

  • History

Anušauskas: “Occupation”, “deportations”, and other “forbidden” words in history exams

With the debate in the Committee on National Security and Defense on civil resistance and the involvement of responsible educational…

4 years ago
  • History

Anušauskas. The power of a symbol

To believe or not to believe in the power of a symbol is something that everyone decides for themselves. Some…

5 years ago
  • History

Putin’s parallel world and the return of Stalin

Right before Christmas, some interesting and strange things have surfaced in news reports. Not everyone has been following what was…

5 years ago
  • History

Polish PM Morawiecki: President Putin has lied again

The 20th century brought the world inconceivable suffering and the deaths of hundreds of millions in the name of twisted,…

5 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Interview with Ukrainian Ambassador: the Baltic Way showed that you will win

On August 23 the Baltic States celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way human chain which stretched from Vilnius…

5 years ago
  • History

Kraujelis-Siaubūnas’ sister: “I cried much, so much searching and suddenly – joy”

The remains of Antanas Kraujelis-Siaubūnas, which were discovered in Vilnius’ Našlaičių Cemetery are important for all of Lithuania, however, the…

5 years ago
  • History
  • Society

Document of Soviet deportation of Lithuanians added to UNESCO Memory of the World Register

A plan of the Operation Priboi, the code name for a mass deportation of the Lithuanian population by the Soviets…

7 years ago
  • Society

Memorialising Lithuanian deportees who perished in Siberia

Tens of thousands of Lithuanians were deported by Stalin to Siberia during and after World War Two. Villages in the…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Baltics, Poland, Ukraine condemn 1941 Soviet deportations

The ministers of justice of the Baltic states, Poland and Ukraine have condemned the 1941 deportations, as Lithuania on Tuesday…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania remembers Soviet deportations on Day of Mourning and Hope

Events in Lithuania have begun to commemorate Lithuania's Day of Mourning and Hope, which is held every year on 14…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania commemorates 40,000 victims of Soviet deportations

Lithuania is paying tribute on Friday to victims of the biggest Soviet deportations in 1948. [...]

8 years ago
  • Global LT
  • Opinion

Award-winning Lithuanian-American author explores “hidden history” in new novel

Rūta Šepetys, the critically acclaimed Lithuanian-American author of Between Shades of Gray, released a new book in the beginning of…

9 years ago
  • Society

Court upholds Soviet officer’s acquittal in war crime case

Lithuania's Court of Appeals has rejected prosecutors' appeal against the acquittal of a former Soviet militia officer in a war…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian judge born in deportation removes himself from hearing Soviet agent case

Judge Pranas Šimkus in the northern Lithuanian city of Panevėžys has withdrawn from hearing the case of Jonas Gailiūnas, 87,…

9 years ago
  • Society

Mission Siberia participants seen off to Russia

Participants of the 16th annual initiative Mission Siberia were on Friday seen off to the Russian region of Tomsk. [...]

9 years ago
  • Society

Former Soviet police officer sentenced for deporting civilians from Lithuania

Vilnius Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced a former Soviet police (militia) officer to five years in prison for the deportation…

9 years ago
  • Society

Russian historian Alexander Dyukov – persona non grata in Lithuania for whitewashing Soviet crimes

Alexander Dyukov, a Russian citizen who was not allowed to enter Lithuania earlier this week, is a representative of the…

10 years ago