Romas Kalanta
Factory worker, Chivalric Order Member
1953 – 1972
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Who was Romas Kalanta?
Romas Kalanta was a Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania. Kalanta's death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations. In 1972 alone, 13 more people committed suicide by self-immolation.
Kalanta became a symbol of the Lithuanian resistance throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000, he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Cross of Vytis.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1953
Alytus - Also known as
- Каланта, Ромас
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Lithuania
- Profession
- Lived in
- Kaunas
- Died
- May 15, 1972
Kaunas
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on July 23, 2013
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