Lietuvos Respublika, valstybė pačiame geografinės Europos centre (Baltijos jūros pietrytinėje pakrantėje) ir Vakarų Europos civilizacinio arealo rytiniame pakraštyje. Ribojasi su šiomis valstybėmis: Latvija (sausumos sienos ilgis — 588 km, jūros siena — 22 km), Baltarusija (sienos ilgis — 677 km), Lenkija (sienos ilgis — 104 km), Rusija (Kaliningrado sritis) (sausumos sienos ilgis — 255 km, Kuršių mariomis — 18 km, jūra — 22 km). Baltijos jūros pakrantės ilgis — 90 km. Bendras Lietuvos sienos plotas - 1732 km.
Republika Litewska, państwo w Europie, jeden z krajów bałtyckich, członek Unii Europejskiej i NATO; graniczy od zachodu z Rosją (obwodem kaliningradzkim), od południowego zachodu z Polską, od wschodu z Białorusią, od północy z Łotwą.
Лито́вская Респу́блика государство в Европе, на восточном побережье Балтийского моря. На севере граничит с Латвией, на юго-востоке — с Белоруссией, на юго-западе — c Польшей и Калининградской областью России. Член НАТО (с 2004), ЕС (с 2004), ВТО, ООН.
The Republic of Lithuania is a country in northern Europe. The largest of the three Baltic States situated along the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with ► Latvia to the north, ► Belarus to the southeast, ► Poland and the ► Russian enclave of the Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest.
Short name
Lithuania
Official name
Republic of Lithuania
Status
Independent country from 1918, subject to soviet and nazi military occupation from 1940 to 1991, regained indipendence in 1991., member of the ► European Union since 2004
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Lithuania, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Lithuania.
Map showing changes in the territory of Lithuania from the 13th century to the present day:
13th century (during the reign of Mindaugas)
15th century (during the reign of Vytautas the Great)
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and border between its parts
Border of 1923 (the area of Vilnius being a part of Poland)
Modern Republic of Lithuania
Lithuania in the 13th and 15th century
The Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights 1308–1455
The Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights 1466
In 1386 Poland and Lithuania formed a Polish-Lithuanian personal union, succeeded in 1569 by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Large parts of present-day Belarus and Ukraine were part of Poland-Lithuania. This map shows the borders in 1466
Lithuania claims and the Republic of Central Lithuania
Changing border between Lithuania and Poland. In 1923 Lithuania occupies and annexes the ► Memel Territory in the "Klaipeda Revolt". The Memel Territory was a former ► German territory under protection of the League of Nations since 1920.
Soviet annexation
Lithuania is annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. Location of the USSR
Evolution of the Soviet Union
The republics of the USSR
Soviet Lithuania
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Map of the 1974 geographic location of various ethnic groups within the Soviet Union
Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989
Restored independence
History of other entities
Central Lithuania
1920-1922: Republic of Central Lithuania (Vidurio Lietuvos Respublika, Republika Litwy Środkowej, Рэспубліка Сярэдняе Літвы - Respublika Siaredniaje Litvy) -
Lithuania claims and the Republic of Central Lithuania
Klaipėda
1920-1923: Memel Territory (Memelgebiet, Klaipėdos kraštas) - territory under protection of the League of Nations
The Memel Territory Klaipėda Region (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos kraštas) or Memel Territory (German: Memelland or Memelgebiet; French: Territoire de Memel) was defined by the Treaty of Versailles in 1920 when it was put under the administration of the Council of Ambassadors. The Memel Territory, situated between the river and the town of that name, was occupied by Lithuania in the "Klaipeda Revolt" of 1923, returned to Germany in 1939, and made a part of the Lithuanian SSR in 1944.
Memel Territory annexed by Germany
Other maps
Population density
Ethnographic map
Poles in Lithuania
Satellite maps
Satellite map
Notes and references
General remarks:
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