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Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
The
Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
or
Act of March 11
was an independence declaration by the
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the
Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania
led by
Sajudis
. The act emphasized restoration and legal continuity of the
interwar-period
Lithuania
, which was occupied by the
USSR
and lost independence in June 1940. It was the first time that a
Union Republic
declared independence from the
dissolving Soviet Union
.
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