Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919)
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||
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 | Socialist 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).