Lithuania
/ˌlɪθjuːˈeɪnɪə/- a country on the SE shore of the Baltic sea; pop. 3,555,200 (est. 2009); languages, Lithuanian (official), Russian; capital, Vilnius.立陶宛（波罗的海东南岸国家, 2009年估计人口3,555,200, 官方语言立陶宛语、俄语, 首都维尔纽斯）。
Lithuania was absorbed into the Russian empire in 1795, having been united with Poland since 1386. It was declared an independent republic in 1918, but in 1940 was annexed by the Soviet Union as a constituent republic. In 1991, on the break-up of the USSR, Lithuania became an independent republic once again.