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Communist Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos komunistų partija) - communist party in Lithuania, established in early October 1918. Had close ties with Communist Party of the Soviet Union from very beginning. The party was working illegally until 1940. In the same year the party was merged with the All Union Communist Party (bolsheviks).

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-'''Communist Party of Lithuania''' ({{Lang-lt|Lietuvos komunistų partija}}) - [[communist party]] in Lithuania, established in early October [[1918]]. Had close ties with [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] from very beginning.
+'''Communist Party of Lithuania''' ({{Lang-lt|Lietuvos komunistų partija}}) - [[communist party]] in Lithuania, established in early October [[1918]]. Had close ties with [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] from very beginning. The party was working illegally until [[1940]]. In the same year the party was merged with the [[CPSU|All Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)]].
-The successor of the party, the [[Social Democratic Party of Lithuania]], is the major political force in Lithuania, with most seats in the government including the Prime Minister seat. It was major partner in ruling coalitions in 1992-1996 and from 2001 onwards. Leadership of the successor is dominated by Communist Party of Lithuania leaders of late 1980s (i.e. mostly liberal ex-communists).
-==History==
-The party was working illegally until [[1940]], when Soviet army entered Lithuania and it was made the only legal party.
-In 1940 [[Vladimir Dekanozov]], the Soviet envoy in Lithuania, used Communist Party of Lithuania headed by [[Antanas Sniečkus]] as instrument for annexation of Lithuania by Soviet Union.
-The party apparatus was actively participating in deportations of civilian Lithuanians into Siberia during the Soviet occupation, and in quelling down [[Forest Brothers|the guerilla resistance against Soviet rule in Lithuania]] after World War II.
-During Soviet occupation of Lithuania (1940-1941; 1944-1990) the first secretary of the Central committee of the party (always a Lithuanian) was de facto governor of the country. The second secretary was always a Moscow-appointed Russian.
-In 1989, during [[History of Lithuania#Rebirth|mass protests against Soviet Union in Lithuania]] the party declared itself independent from Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
-An alternative Communist Party of Lithuania ("on platform of Communist Party of the Soviet Union") existed in 1990-1991 under leadership of [[Mykolas Burokevičius]]. It was established after the "traditional" party declared its independence from its Soviet Union counterpart, and was eventually banned in 1991.
-In 1990 the Communist Party of Lithuania was renamed into [[Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania]], which in turn was later merged with [[Social Democratic Party of Lithuania]] under the later's name, but with leadership dominated by ex-communists.
 [[Category:Communist parties in the Former Soviet Union]]
 [[Category:Political parties in Lithuania]]