Historian ČErniauskas on Smeton: We Had the Best Authoritarian We Could Have Had

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More than a century ago, after February 16, Lithuania was formed in a turbulent world - authoritarian regimes were strengthening, tensions were growing, and soon Europe was shaken by war. Small states, including Lithuania, became victims of major geopolitical clashes. Today, Lithuania is independent again, but in the world we are once again seeing wars, the strengthening of authoritarianism, and talk of a new division of the world, when relation…