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Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR
in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet
republics to declare its independence, but this proclamation was not
generally recognized until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup
in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania
subsequently has restructured its economy for eventual integration into
Western European institutions. |
