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Unlike other countries, Lithuania became independent on two separate occasions. Lithuania first declared itself from Czarist Russia on February 16, 1918. They remained an independent nation till 1940, when the erstwhile Soviet Union annexed it. After remaining under Soviet Union for almost 50 years, the Republic of Lithuania became independent once again in 1990.
Type: Parliamentary Republic. Independence: 11 March 1990 (independence declared from Soviet Union); 6 September 1991 (Soviet Union recognizes Lithuania's independence) Constitution: Adopted 25 October 1992. Location: Eastern Europe, on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Area: 65,300 kmÂ² (25,212 sq. mi.).