Vilnius at 30—Nothing Must Be Forgotten
Vilnius at 30—Nothing Must Be Forgotten Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 6 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Thirty years ago tomorrow (January 13), Soviet forces fired at unarmed Lithuanians in Vilnius, killing 15 and thereby accelerating the recovery of the full independence of the Baltic countries as well as the demise of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Both the details and the broader lessons of those events are beginning to be forgotten as those who were involved pass from the scene and a new generation, born too recently to remember, has risen to take the...