soldiers-of-war: USSR (now LITHUANIA). Vilnius. January 23, 1991. An armed Lithuanian volunteer guar
soldiers-of-war: USSR (now LITHUANIA). Vilnius. January 23, 1991. An armed Lithuanian volunteer guard wakes up as his fellow compatriot sleeps. Hundreds of gunmen held vigil in the heavily fortified Lithuanian parliament while Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev urged all Baltic republics to prevent further violence.Photograph: Liu Heung Shing/AP -- source link