Countries

Lithuania

Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare independence, on 11 March 1990. Six centuries earlier the Grand Duchy of Lithuania reached from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Lithuanian is one of the oldest living Indo-European languages.

The red brick towers of Trakai Island Castle across the lake, reached by a wooden footbridge, Lithuania

Trakai Island Castle

Photo: Marcin Białek, CC BY-SA 4.0

Yellow for the sun and prosperity, green for the forests and hope, red for courage and the blood shed for the country. First adopted in 1918, banned under Soviet rule, then restored.

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