Loreta Asanavičiūtė (22 April 1967 – 13 January 1991) was a Lithuanian seamstress who was killed in the

January Events The January Events () were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces. The events took place between 11 and 13 January 1991, after the Act of the Re-Esta ...

, a series of violent confrontations that took place near the

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in January 1991. She was the only female among the 13 people who died in the events at the television tower. She was run over by a Soviet

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and died later in hospital. A road in the centre of

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is named ''Loretos Asanavičiūtės gatvė'' in her memory; it was formerly named'' Žvaigždžių'', and renamed in 1996. The house she lived in (nr. 4) is located on that street, with a plaque commemorating her on its wall. A linden tree has been planted in her memory, along with

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s for her male fellow victims. She is buried in the

Antakalnis Cemetery Antakalnis Cemetery (, , ), sometimes referred as Antakalnis Military Cemetery, is an active cemetery in the Antakalnis district of Vilnius, Lithuania. It was established in 1809. Soldier burials 12 of the 14 victims of the Soviet attacks duri ...

in Vilnius. Antokol loreta asanaviciute

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* ''Detailed account of her life, death, and commemoration, with several illustrations'' 1967 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Lithuanian women 20th-century tailors Violent deaths in Lithuania {{Lithuania-bio-stub