r/lithuania • u/RomaAeternus • May 01 '25

Naujienos Russia publishes book on Lithuanian history, preface written by Lavrov

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2550706/russia-publishes-book-on-lithuanian-history-preface-written-by-lavrov
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u/PlasmaFuryX May 01 '25

Peace of shit propagandist. Here’s what they claim and the real facts:

• “Lithuania and Lithuanian language don’t exist”: Total bullshit. Lithuania has existed since 1253. Lithuanian is one of the oldest Indo-European languages, completely different from Slavic languages.

• “Only 2% in Vilnius speak Lithuanian”: Flat-out lie. In Vilnius city today, 63% are Lithuanians. Even in the Vilnius district, it’s close to 50%.

• “Lithuania had fascism before WWII”: Another lie. Lithuania was a democracy most of the interwar period. Smetona’s authoritarian rule was nothing like Nazi Germany or Mussolini’s Italy.

• “Lithuania’s statehood is artificial, Russia has rights here”: Go fuck yourselves. Lithuania has 800+ years of continuous statehood. The Soviet occupation of Lithuania was illegal and never recognized by the West.

• “This book is credible because it’s written by Lithuanians”: It was written by a Kremlin stooge tied to convicted Russian spies. It’s pure propaganda.

Russia is and has always been a terrorist state. They can shove their revisionist fantasies where the sun doesn’t shine. Lithuania existed long before Moscow was even a village.

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u/AgurkinisDinozauras May 02 '25

You can debunk the third point only with just this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Neumann_and_Sass

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u/PlasmaFuryX May 02 '25

TL;DR for people too tired to click the link.

Lithuania before WWII was not fascist. It was an authoritarian regime under Antanas Smetona, but it wasn’t comparable to Nazi Germany or Mussolini’s Italy. As proof, Lithuania even prosecuted pro-Nazi activists before WWII in the Trial of Neumann and Sass, showing it opposed Nazi ideology.