SMETONA, ANTANAS

äntäˈnäs smĕˈtōnä, 1874–1944, Lithuanian dictator. A lawyer, he became a leader of the Lithuanian autonomists under the czarist regime. He was provisional president (1919–20) of Lithuania when it gained independence. After the military coup (Nov., 1926) against the Socialist government, Smetona was elected president with Augustin Voldemaras as premier. Parliamentary government was suspended, and in 1929 Smetona forced Voldemaras to resign and assumed full dictatorial power. He was reelected in 1931 and 1938. After Lithuania was incorporated (1940) into the USSR, Smetona fled to Germany and then (1941) to the United States, where he died.

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Encyclopedia of Nationalism - Vol. 2
Book by Alexander J. Motyl; Academic Press, 2001
Subjects: Nationalism--Encyclopedias, Nationalism--History--Encyclopedias
...Bedhcha Smctany, llJlJ5). SMETONA, ANTANAS 1874-lc)44, Lithuanian...reflection in his politics: Antanas Smetona was polulist in his sleeches...activists. Alter graduation, Antanas Smetona returned to Lith- uania and...
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The History of the Baltic States
Book by Kevin O'Connor; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: Baltic States--History, Baltic States--History--1991-
...during late 1920s and early 1930s. Smetona, Antanas (1874-1944), one of the founders...the Soviet occupation. Snieckus, Antanas (1903-74), First Secretary of...that resulted in the dictatorship of Antanas Smetona.
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Identity and Freedom: Mapping Nationalism and Social Criticism in Twentieth-Century Lithuania
Book by Leonidas Donskis; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Kavolis, Vytautas--1930-, Lithuania--Social Conditions--1991-, Nationalism--Lithuania--History--20th Century, Santara-Esviesa (Organization), Shtromas, Alexander--1931-, Venclova, Tomas--1937-
...Sliupas, Jonas, 22 , 52 , 54 Smetona, Antanas, 25 Smith, Adam, 28 Smith...Smulkstys, Julius, 73 Snieckus, Antanas, 74 - 75 Socrates, 54 , 125 Solovyov...Rackauskas, Karolis, 122 Venclova, Antanas, 121 - 122 , 124 Venclova, Tomas...
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Lithuania: Stepping Westward
Book by Thomas Lane; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Lithuania--Foreign Relations--Russia (Federation), Lithuania--History--1991-, Lithuania--Politics And Government--1991-, Russia (Federation)--Foreign Relations--Lithuania
...156 , 170 , 206 Sliianie, 68 -9 Smetona, Antanas, 5 , 12 , 19 , 22 -8, 38 - 40...Refrigerator Company, 187 Snieckus, Antanas, 51 , 60 , 66 Social Democratic...neutrality, 216 t Tamosaitis, Antanas, 39 Taryba, 4 , 5 Tatars, xx...
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The United States and Lithuania: The Stimson Doctrine of Nonrecognition
Book by Robert A. Vitas; Praeger Publishers, 1990
Subjects: Lithuania--Foreign Relations--United States, Lithuania--History--Soviet Occupation, 1940-1941, Recognition (International Law)--History--20th Century, United States--Foreign Relations--1933-1945, United States--Foreign Relations--Lithuania, World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic History
...on the status of Lithuanian sovereignty, 33 ; with Smetona, 40 ; on Soviet military bases in the Baltic, 59...Anicetas: activities in the NY Lithuanian Consulate, 112 Smetona, Antanas: death of, 40 ; flees Lithuania, 11 , 42 ; Lithuanian...
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The Lithuanian National Intelligentsia and the Women's Issue, 1883-1914
Journal article by Tomas Balkelis; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 46, 2004
Subjects: European history, Gender differences, Intellectuals, Lithuania, Nationalism, Politics, Women
...daughters.45 A hero of Gaidamavicius novel, Antanas Valys, tutors and falls in love with a daughter...the Lithuanian movement (Kazys Grinius, Antanas Smetona, Mykolas Birziska, Liudas Gira, Antanas Vileisis, and others).47 Among the total...
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Off the Press ..
Journal article; Parameters, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Book publishing--Bibliography
...Univ. Press, 2004. 284 pp. $35.00. Vitas, Robert A. Civil-Military Relations in Lithuania Under President Antanas Smetona 1926-1940. Chicago: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, 2004. 195 pp. $22.50 (paper). von Gersdorff...


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What Did They Do in the War, Daddy?
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 250, April 23, 1990
Subjects: Lithuania--History, National socialists--History, Schmemann, Serge--Authorship, Simpson, Christopher--Authorship, Soviet Union--Politics and government, World War, 1939-1945--History, von Verschuer, Otmar--Investigations
...both pointed out, the interwar Lithuanian Republic was scarcely democratic, being a right-wing dictatorship under Antanas Smetona, who seized power in a coup in 1926. The feudal knight-and-horse coat of arms raised by the Sajudis movement...


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encyclopedia articles on: Smetona Antanas  - 2 results

 
 
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Smetona, Antanas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SMETONA, ANTANAS anta nas sme tona, 1874 1944, Lithuanian...against the Socialist government, Smetona was elected president with Augustin Voldemaras...government was suspended, and in 1929 Smetona forced Voldemaras to resign and assumed...
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Lithuania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Memel Territory . The virtual dictatorship (1926 29) of Augustine Voldemaras was succeeded (1929 39) by that of Antanas Smetona , and an authoritarian constitution on corporative (fascist) lines became effective in 1938. Vilnius passed to...


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