1. INTERWAR REPUBLIC (1918 – 1940)

2. THE MAIN EVENTS:
– Declaration of independence of Lithuania
Constituent Seym.
In 1922 Polish Parliament turned Vilnius region into Poland.
In 1923 Klaipeda land connected to Lithuania.
Parliamentary Democratic Republic of Lithuania.

3. THE MAIN EVENTS:
The Chairman of the Constituent Seym, the President of the Republic of Lithuania Alexander Stulginskis
The President of the Republic of Lithuania Kazys Grinius 1926.
The President of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Smetona 1919 – 1920.
1926 – 1940 m. – authoritarian A. Smetona management

4. ADOPTED THE FIRST CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA (1922 – 1928)

5. IN 1922 KAUNAS VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY WAS ESTABLISHED – THE FIRST HIGH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN LITHUANIA.

6. IN 1924 THE FIRST SONG FESTIVAL HELD IN LITHUANIA

7. COUP IN 1926
Deposed the President Kazys Grinius and imposed an authoritarian nationalist regime.
Antanas Smetona became the President.
Major
P. Plechavičius
Colonel
Vl. Skorupskis
General
K. Ladyga
Sen..Lieutenant
A. Mačiuika

8. AVIATORS FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN 1933
Lituanica - Lithuanian Stephen Darius and Stasys Girėnas controlled aircraft in 1933 and successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean and died in Poland.

9. BASKETBALL PHENOMENON
Lithuanian basketball team in 1937 and 1939 became European champions.

10. A. Merkys V. Vitkauskas V. Krėvė J. Paleckis
The Lithuanian leaders (The President Smetona, the Prime Minister A. Merkys and the Commander-in-Chief V. Vitkauskas) adopted a Soviet ultimatum and decided not to oppose the Soviet occupation in the future.
A. Merkys V. Vitkauskas
The new head of the Government of Lithuania became V. Krėvė.
J. Paleckis took over the duties as the president of Lithuania.
V. Krėvė J. Paleckis

11. 1940-09-03 annexation of Lithuania occurred - Lithuania has become an integral part of the USSR.
In the first Soviet occupation, more than six thousand former Lithuanian officials were arrested.
the first deportations began, and 17.5 thousand of Lithuanians were arrested and transported.