Lithuania

Population: 3,610,535 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian

Background: Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but this proclamation was not generally recognized until September...

Currency: litas (LTL, No information)

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