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Lithuanian Socialist Party
The Socialist Party of Lithuania () was a left-wing political party in Lithuania. It was founded on March 26, 1994, and briefly had a Member of the Seimas in 1996. It did not achieve any success in elections and merged with the Front Party in 2009 to form the Socialist People's Front. History The party was founded on March 26, 1994, by former members of the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, among others, protesting a perceived rightward shift in Lithuanian politics. Albinas Visockas, a writer and unemployed former factory worker, was elected as its first chairman. Upon foundation, the opposition in the Seimas, led by the Homeland Union, demanded an investigation into the party's possible ties with the defunct Communist Party of Lithuania, but the party was successfully registered. The party was joined by LDDP Member of the Seimas Mindaugas Stakvilevičius in 1996, giving the party its first and only parliament member. It received 0.73% of the vote in the 1996 parliamentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Labour Party Of Lithuania
The Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (, LDDP) was a political party in Lithuania. It was the successor of the Soviet-era Communist Party of Lithuania. The youth organization of LDDP was called Lithuanian Labourist Youth Union (). History The party traced its roots to December 1989, when the majority of the Communist Party of Lithuania broke away from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. CPL (independent) (as it became known after formation of (CPL (CPSU)) took part in the 1990 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election, in which the party came in second place. Amid this position, CPL (independent) joined the national unity government, which included almost all parties and organisations in the Supreme Council except the CPL (CPSU), Lithuanian Democratic Party (LDP) and the Association of Poles in Lithuania (ZPL). Algirdas Brazauskas became Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania in the Prunskienė Cabinet. By the autumn of 1990, there were several new names proposed for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efstratios Korakas
Eustratius or Eustratios, in modern transliteration Efstratios (Greek: Εὐστράτιος/Greek: Ευστράτιος) is a Greek given name. Its diminutive form is Stratos (Greek: Στράτος) or Stratis (Greek: Στρατής or Greek: Στράτης). Places * Agios Efstratios Agios Efstratios or Saint Eustratius (), colloquially Ai Stratis (), anciently Halonnesus or Halonnesos (), is a small Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea about southwest of Lemnos and northwest of Lesbos. The municipality has an area of 43. ..., an island in the northern Aegean Sea, Greece People with the given name * Eustratios of Constantinople, author of Refutation (after 582) * Eustratios, monastic name of Theophylact (son of Michael I) (c. 793–849) * Eustratius of Nicaea (c. 1050/1060–c. 1120), bishop of Nicaea * Eustratius Garidas, patriarch of Constantinople, 1081–1084 * Stratis Myrivilis (Efstratios; 1890–1969), Greek writer (pseudonym) * Stratos Apostolakis (Efstratios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party (Lithuania)
The Socialist Party (SP; ) is a minor left-wing Marxist political association in Lithuania formed on October 21, 2018, from a split of the Socialist People's Front. The party traces its origins to the Socialist Party of Lithuania (LSP), founded in 1994 by former members of the banned Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP). History The Socialist Party of Lithuania was founded in 1994 by a group of like-minded individuals who sought to continue their socio-political activities within a Marxist framework despite the banning of the Communist Party of Lithuania. The SP opposed Lithuania's membership in the European Union and NATO, advocating for neutrality and the implementation of socialism. In 2008, the Front Party emerged, founded by former members of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) under the leadership of former Vilnius vice-mayor and diplomat Algirdas Paleckis. The Front party's platform featured broadly leftist rhetoric with a patriotic focus, aiming for capitali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Anti-NATO Parties And Organizations
Opposition to NATO tends to mainly come from pacifist organizations, workers movements, environmental groups and green parties, and socialist/communist political parties. Many of them believe NATO to be antithetical to global peace and stability, environmentally destructive, and an obstacle to nuclear disarmament. There are also libertarian and far-right political parties who oppose NATO, believing it to be antithetical to the ideals of limited government, non-interventionism and anti-globalization. Anti-NATO parties and organizations Belgium * Workers' Party of Belgium Bulgaria * Revival * Attack Czech Republic * Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia * Workers' Party Croatia * The Key of Croatia * Workers' Front Denmark * Red–Green Alliance Finland * Truth Party * Kohti Vapautta! * Blue-and-Black Movement * Freedom Alliance France * Popular Republican Union * La France Insoumise * French Communist Party Germany * Die Linke * Bü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algirdas Paleckis
Algirdas Paleckis (born 20 May 1971) is a Lithuanian diplomat, politician, columnist, leader of the political movement The Dawn of Justice. Šiauliai district court convicted Paleckis for spying for Russia in July 2021. The conviction was upheld by the Lithuanian Court of Appeal in May 2022. Biography Algirdas Paleckis was born on 20 May 1971, in Bern, Switzerland, the son of Soviet diplomat Justas Vincas Paleckis. His grandfather was Justas Paleckis, a journalist and a foreign correspondent in 1930s who later became a communist and the speaker of the Supreme Soviet of Lithuanian SSR following the Soviet occupation. In 1994, Paleckis graduated from Vilnius University with a master's degree in journalism and international relations. Career From 1997 to 2001, Paleckis was the 1st secretary at Lithuania's Permanent Mission to the EU in Brussels, becoming head of the West European Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania in 2001, a post in which he remained until 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaipėda City Municipality
Klaipėda ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capital of Klaipėda County, as well as the only major seaport in the country – the Port of Klaipėda, which is also the busiest port in the Baltic States. The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the usually ice-free port at the mouth of the river . It was located in Lithuania Minor, and the State of the Teutonic Order and Duchy of Prussia under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, then the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, within which it was the northernmost big city until it was placed under French occupation in 1919. From 1923, the city was part of Lithuania until its annexation by Nazi Germany in 1939, and after World War II it was part of the Lithuanian Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giedrius Petružis
Giedrius is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to the following individuals: *Giedrius Andriunaitis (born 1991), Lithuanian swimmer *Giedrius Arlauskis (born 1987), Lithuanian football goalkeeper *Giedrius Barevičius (born 1976), Lithuanian football midfielder *Giedrius Gustas (born 1980), Lithuanian basketball point guard and shooting guard *Giedrius Gužys (born 1976), Lithuanian sport sailor *Giedrius Kuprevičius (born 1944), Lithuanian composer and music educator *Giedrius Matulevičius (born 1997), Lithuanian footballer * Giedrius Savickas (born 1991), Lithuanian actor *Giedrius Staniulis (born 1991), Lithuanian basketball player *Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis (born 21 July 1989) is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a four-time Olympian, a multiple-time Lithuanian record holder in the men's breaststroke, and a double swimming champion in the same disc ... (born 1989), Lithuanian swimmer and Olympic competitor * Giedrius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian SSR
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; ; ), 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 to its border with Belarus. 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. 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 internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šiauliai City Municipality
Šiauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the country's fourth largest city and the sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 2024. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different languages: Samogitian ; Latvian (historic) and (modern); Polish ; German ; Belarusian ; Russian (historic) and (modern); Yiddish . History The city was first mentioned in written sources as ''Soule'' in Livonian Order chronicles describing the Battle of Saule. Thus the city's founding date is now considered to be 22 September 1236, the same date when the battle took place, not far from Šiauliai. At first, it developed as a defence post against the raids by the Teutonic and Livonian Orders. After the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, the raids stopped and Šiauliai started to develop as an agricultural settlement. In 1445, a wooden church was built. It was replaced in 1625 with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Lithuania
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organisation in 1896, it is the oldest extant party in Lithuania. During the time of the Soviet Union, the party went into exile, emerging once again after the end of communist rule in 1989. The party led a government in the unicameral Seimas, Lithuania's parliament from 2001 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2016. It has been the ruling party of Lithuania since 2024. The party is a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Progressive Alliance, and Socialist International. History Establishment Initial discussions about forming a Marxist political party in Lithuania began early in 1895, with a number of informal gatherings bringing together social democrats of various stripes resulting in a preparatory conference in the summer of that year. Differences in objectives became clear between ethnic Jews and ethnic Lithuani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January Events
The January Events () were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces. The events took place between 11 and 13 January 1991, after the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, restoration of independence by Lithuania. As a result of the Soviet military actions, 14 civilians were killed and over 140 were injured as they peacefully protested for freedom in what is known as the Vilnius massacre. The 13th of January was the most violent day of the month in Lithuania and this was the bloodiest act of repression by Soviet forces since the April 9 tragedy. The events were primarily centered in the capital city Vilnius, but Soviet military activity and confrontations also occurred elsewhere in the country, including Alytus, Šiauliai, Varėna and Kaunas. January 13th is the Day of the Defenders of Freedom () in Lithuania and it is officially observed as a commemorative day. Backgrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In May 1992, Russian President Boris Yeltsin issued decrees forming the Russian Armed Forces, which subsumed much of the Soviet Armed Forces. Multiple sections of the former Soviet Armed Forces in the other, smaller Soviet republics gradually came under those republics' control. According to the all-union military service law of September 1925, the Soviet Armed Forces consisted of the Red Army, the Soviet Air Forces, Air Forces, the Soviet Navy, Navy, the State Political Directorate (OGPU), and the Internal Troops, convoy guards. The OGPU was later mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
