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Romas Kalanta

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Lithuanian student, Soviet dissident (1953-1972)

Lived 1953 to 1972 · aged 19
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Romas Kalanta was a 19-year-old Lithuanian high school student who killed himself by self-immolation in an act of protest against the Soviet regime in Lithuania. His death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations.

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The memorial to Romas Kalanta in Kaunas in the place of his self-immolation. The inscription reads Romas Kalanta 1972The memorial to Romas Kalanta in Kaunas in the place of his self-immolation. The inscription reads Romas Kalanta 1972Freedom Warrior statue in Kaunas, whose face was modeled after Kalanta's[8]Freedom Warrior statue in Kaunas, whose face was modeled after Kalanta's[8]

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Order of the Cross of Vytis

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About this person

Romas Kalanta was a 19-year-old Lithuanian high school student who killed himself by self-immolation in an act of protest against the Soviet regime in Lithuania. His death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations. In 1972, 13 more people committed suicide by self-immolation in Lithuania.

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Lived 1953 to 1972 · aged 19
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