January Events

January Events Lithuanian: Sausio įvykiai
Part of Cold War, Singing Revolution, and Dissolution of the Soviet Union
A man with a Lithuanian flag in front of a Soviet tank, 13 January 1991
Date 11-13 January 1991 Location Lithuania Result Soviet forces withdrew
Belligerents
Lithuania Lithuanian Riflemen's Union	Soviet Union Soviet Army KGB Alpha Group 76th Airborne Division National Salvation Committee of the Lithuanian SSR
Commanders and leaders
Vytautas Landsbergis Albertas Šimėnas Gediminas Vagnorius	Mikhail Gorbachev Vladislav Achalov Mykolas Burokevičius
Casualties and losses
14 civilians killed 1 civilian died due to heart attack 702 injured	1 KGB soldier (friendly fire)

 Lithuania

 Soviet Union

The January Events (Lithuanian: Sausio įvykiai) took place in Lithuania between 11 and 13 January 1991 in the aftermath of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. As a result of Soviet military actions, 14 civilians were killed and 702 were injured. The events were centered in its capital, Vilnius, along with related actions in its suburbs and in the cities of Alytus, Šiauliai, Varėna, and Kaunas.

After Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact on 23 August 1939, Lithuania was added to the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. The German-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation followed. In June 1940, the Red Army invaded Lithuania, establishing the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. Between the years of 1941 and 1944 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Subsequently, the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic was dissolved de facto. However, following the Baltic Offensive, Soviet rule was re-established in July 1944.

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