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January Events

BelligerentsLithuaniaDepartment of National DefenseLithuanian Riflemen's UnionSoviet UnionSoviet Armed Forces76th Airborne DivisionKGBAlpha GroupOMONNational Salvation Committee of the Lithuanian SSRCommanders and leadersVytautas LandsbergisAlbertas Šimėnas (AWOL)Gediminas VagnoriusAudrius ButkevičiusMikhail GorbachevVladislav AchalovMykolas BurokevičiusCasualties and losses 14 civilians killed 1 civilian died due to heart attack 702 injured 1 KGB soldier (friendly fire)The January Events (Lithuanian: Sausio įvykiai) were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces.

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