Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919)
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||
Emblem
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Map of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1919, with uncontrolled territory shown in light green. | |||||||||
| Status | Puppet state | ||||||||
| Capital | Vilnius | ||||||||
| Common languages | Lithuanian · Russian Belarusian · Polish Yiddish | ||||||||
| Government | Soviet republic | ||||||||
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| Legislature | Provisional revolutionary government (Lithuania) | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||
• Provisional revolutionary government formed | 8 December 1918 | ||||||||
• Republic established | 16 December 1918 | ||||||||
• Recognised by Soviet Russia | 22 December 1918 | ||||||||
• Capture of Vilnius | 5 January 1919 | ||||||||
• Merged with SSR Byelorussia | 27 February 1919 | ||||||||
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The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (LSSR) was a short-lived Soviet puppet state during the early interwar period. It was declared on 16 December 1918 by a provisional revolutionary government led by Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas. It ceased to exist on 27 February 1919, when it was merged with the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia to form the Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Litbel) that itself lost control over all of its claimed territories by August 1919.