The Poles in Lithuania, also called Lithuanian Poles, estimated at 183,000 people in the Lithuanian census of 2021 or 6.5% of Lithuania's total population, are the country's largest ethnic minority.
Polish minority marching in Vilnius (2008)
Andrzej Jastrzębiec was the first Bishop of Vilnius. He is depicted in the fresco "Baptism of Lithuania" by Włodzimierz Tetmajer
Poles in the interwar Lithuanian state, between 1923–1924
Elderships where Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance had majority of votes during 2020 Lithuania's parliamentary election (AWPL in pink)
Vilnius Region[a] is the territory in present-day Lithuania and Belarus that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania proper, but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time.
Polish Army soldiers parade in the Cathedral Square, Vilnius, 1919
Lithuanian poster Remember enslaved Vilnius, the 1930s
Lithuanian Army parade in the Gediminas Avenue, Vilnius, 1939