Constitution USRR Lithuania incorporation Vilnus 1940 soviet propaganda

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For sale, a very rare edition of the USSR Constitution published in Vilnius shortly after Lithuania's
"voluntary" annexation to the USSR in 1940 in polish language. Constitution (basic law) of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics "Vilnius:" Pravda Wileńska "of 1940 23 pages, 19cm, ownership stamps attorney Konstanty Jocz from Łódź, underlines in the text to the extent
to which an authority of the USSR may declare martial law and a state of war. The constitution of the USSR was printed shortly after the annexation of Lithuania and the establishment
of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, probably in order to provide new inhabitants of the USSR with
knowledge about the political system of the USSR, which, as it appears from its reading, guaranteed:
1) a number of civil rights and freedoms, e.g. art. 3 all power in the USSR belongs to the working people of
cities and villages in the person of the Councils of Working People's Delegates, Article 125. In accordance
with the interests of the working people to strengthen the socialist system, the law guarantees to the
citizens of the USSR: freedom of speech, printing, assembly and rallies, street marches and demonstrations,
art. 12 Work in the USSR is a duty and a matter of honor for every able-bodied citizen according to the
principle "who does not work, does not eat" ... 2) prosperity e.g. art. 4 The economic basis of the USSR is constituted by the socialist economic system and
socialist ownership of tools and means of production. They have become entrenched as a result of the liquidation
of the capitalist economic system, the abolition of private ownership of the tools and means of production,
and the abolition of human exploitation by man. 3) independence and separation of powers, e.g. art. 30 The supreme organ of state power in the USSR is the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR, art. 64 The supreme executive and management organ of the State power of the USSR
is the (collegial) council of the People's Commissars of the USSR, Art. 102 The justice of the USSR is administered
by the Supreme Court. Supreme Courts of Union Republics, National and Circuit Courts, Courts of Autonomous
Republics and Autonomous Oblasts, etc. Prawda Wileńska, a Polish-language Soviet newspaper published in Vilnius in 1940 1948 with a break in 1941-1944. The first issue of the magazine was released during the second (the first one lasted from September to October
1939) of the Soviet occupation of Vilnius on August 21, 1940, it replaced the previously popular Polish-language
newspapers, Daily and People.
Annexation of Lithuania by the USSR in 1940 Pursuant to the provisions of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact, Lithuania was initially to be in the German sphere
of influence. The situation changed after the end of hostilities against Poland and in September 1939 the
Third Reich gave up control over Lithuania, handing over informal control over it to the Soviet Union. Lithuania and the USSR were bound by an alliance treaty, under which the USSR authorities handed over to
Lithuania previously occupied Vilnius and the western part of the Vilnius region, and Lithuania agreed to
operate Soviet military bases on its territory. The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, accusing
it of violating alliance agreements and of creating an anti-Soviet bloc with Latvia and Estonia, and demanded
that the Lithuanian authorities agree to increase the number of Soviet troops stationed in its territory,
conduct elections and appoint a new government, and punish ministers who The USSR blamed the provocations at
the border. The Lithuanian government at the night meeting on June 14-15, 1940, accepted the terms of the ultimatum, and
the commander-in-chief of the Lithuanian army, Gen. Vincas Vitkauskas, issued an order in which he recommended
that "with regard to the encroaching Soviet army, keep all the rules of courtesy and friendly relations,
just as they were applied. against an army previously introduced ”. About 70,000 Red Army soldiers and NKVD troops entered Lithuania, President Antonas Smetona emigrated, and
formal power in the country was taken over by the puppet government of Justas Paleckis, which dissolved the
parliament and called new elections for July 14, 1940. According to official data, 95.5 percent took part in
them. voters, of which 99.1 percent. was supposed to vote for pro-Soviet electoral lists. Elected under the conditions of complete non-sovereignty and by means of mass forgery, the People's Sejm
unanimously adopted a resolution two weeks after the elections to include Lithuania in the Soviet Union,
which, of course, was approved by the Supreme Council of the USSR and on August 25 Lithuania lost its
independence, becoming the Lithuanian Socialist The Soviet Republic.