fukaixchan:

(source)

fyeaheasterneurope:

Part of the Russian Empire since 1795, Lithuanians had long desired independence. Following the Russian Revolution, the possibility of breaking free began to look increasingly realistic. When Germany occupied Lithuania during World War I, they allowed a series of councils of independence-minded Lithuanians to take place, in hopes that a new state would maintain a close relationship with them.

On February 16, 1918, the Council of Lithuania declared

the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania, founded on democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital, and declares the termination of all state ties which formerly bound this State to other nations.

Lithuania’s independence, of course, was not to last - in 1944 it was swallowed up by the Soviet Union and would not regain its independence until 1990. But because Lithuania considers the modern state to be a continuation of the original state that declared independence in 1918, the document never lost its legal standing. 

Happy Independence Day, Lithuania!

(Source.)

ampvee:

theamericankid:

Logo Swap

i am really uncomfortable now

tastefullyoffensive:

[via]

claefer:

untitled by ZhoraZhoraZhora on Flickr.