Russian President Boris Yeltsin (right) talks to Vitautas Landsbergis (left), chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet presidium. 05.06.1992#83133
Russian President Boris Yeltsin (right) and Vitautas Landsbergis (left), chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet presidium, shaking hands after inking the agreement on the basis of interstate relations. 29.07.1991#83130
A correspondent of The Independent (UK) Edward Lucas receives the first Lithuanian visa after the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR adopted the Act on Restoring the Lithuanian State on March 11, 1990.29.03.1990#8343474
A meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR chaired by Algirdas Brazauskas, right, discussing adopting a declaration of the republic's independence from the USSR.10.03.1990#8342708
Vytautas Landsbergis, leader of the Sajudis public and political movement (Lithuania), before voting at the Lithuanian Supreme soviet elections.24.02.1990#8352908
Center: Vytautas Landsbergis, leader of the Sajudis public and political movement (Lithuania), votes at the Lithuanian Supreme soviet elections.24.02.1990#8343448
Nikolai Medvedev, Greek-born Lithuanian and Soviet politician (real name Varikopulos), deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Was active in Sajudis (a social and political organization in Lithuania, which led the former Soviet republic's secession and restoration of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania in 1988-1990; originally, the Lithuanian Perestroika Movement).01.11.1989#6565248
Vytautas Astrauskas, Chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR.03.02.1989#6722577
Chair of the Supreme Soviet Presidium of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Vytautas Astrauskas speaks at the presidium meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.18.07.1988#5639350
Vilnius State University Rector Jonas Kubilius, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR, the founder and head of the Lithuanian probability and numbers theory scientific school.01.09.1972#6210592
Lithuanian SSR. First Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League Yevgeny Tyazhelnikov, right, during his meeting with Lithuanian young people.01.06.1970#5879723
