The Constituent Assembly of Lithuania or Constituent Seimas was the first parliament of the independent state of Lithuania to be elected in a direct, democratic, general, secret election. The Assembly
The Kaunas City Theatre where on 15 May 1920 the first session of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania was held (pictured before the World War I)
Members of one of the electoral commissions (out of 509) counting the votes of the voters
Presidium of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania in the Seimas Meeting Hall in Kaunas in 1920
Women members of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania in 1920
The temporary capital of Lithuania was the official designation of the city of Kaunas in Lithuania during the interwar period. It was in contrast to the declared capital in Vilnius, which was the capi
Constituent Assembly of Lithuania
…craftsmen and workmen (17), lawyers (13), priests and rabbis (12), military officers (13). The first meeting took place on 15 May 1920 in Kaunas, the temporary capital. Aleksandras Stulginskis was elected as the chairman and de facto president. As soon as 10 June 1920, it passed the third and final draft of the…
The Historical Presidential Palace in Kaunas
The Constituent Assembly Palace, where the Constituent Assembly and first three editions of Seimas gathered
Palace of Justice and the Seimas, decorated with the Lithuanian tricolors in Kaunas