Communist Party of Lithuania [SEP] inception
Communist Party of Lithuania
The Communist Party of Lithuania (, ) was a communist party in Lithuania, established in early October 1918. The party was banned in 1991.
History.
The party was working illegally until 1940. During the same year, the party amalgamated with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks). By the time of the formation of the Lithuanian SSR, the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) was headed by Antanas Sniečkus. In 1940, the LKP merged into the CPSU(b)
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- Baltic Germans
- Klaipėda Region
- Baltic Russians
External links.
- Minority related national legislation - Lithuania
- Minority Rights Group International, World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Lithuania : Belarusians and Ukrainians, 2008
- Moser, Robert. "The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Post-Communist Legislatures: Russia and Lithuania Compared" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004