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January 13th: A Somber Day In Lithuania
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- čas přidán 7. 01. 2023
- If you find yourself in Lithuania on January 13th, you may notice that things are a little different. Some shops and businesses might be closed, and you might see ceremonies around the town. People might be wearing flower pins. And you might look up at apartment buildings to find candles lit beside the window.
What does all of this mean to an outsider?
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Now you see why Lithuanians do not regard mikhail gorbachev as a hero like they do in the Western Europe and America. soviet union did not collapse because gorbachev allowed it to happen but because he lost control over the 15 soviet republics. As a result, he sent in soldiers to Vilnius, to Medininkai (border guard post massacre) and to other places/independent countries.
Those 14 people are national heroes. RIP.
Yeah, people used to be absolutely insanely patriotic, because everyone thought that the new sovereign government would be fantastic, which it was for a little bit. Nowadays everybody here hates the government, people throw freaking eggs at the president's residence lmao
One of does people who died was my grandfathers cousin (name: Alvydas Kanapinskas)😢 Bless all countries and people for freedom and peace!!
I am a Volunteer Soldier. I live in Vilnius, right next to TV tower. One day, I had to go to one of our trainings, leaving in uniform and gear. This woman who's one of my neighbours was going out to walk the dogs and we met in the stairway. She burst into tears and hugged me. Turns out she was there in 1991 January 13, defending the tower, and she thanked me for continuing what they fought for.
Nothing could have made me prouder of my choice, or told me I did the right one.
Then lock me up inside of you, my Fatherland,
As death locks up the song inside a throat,
And as the night locks up the evening...
And so you answer me: "I am your freedom."
That's how the song goes.
Never forget.
I was never there.
I only know what happened.
The night of the 13th- I always cry when 01.13 happens.
Briliant! A brilliant video! Thoughtfully researched and made. Usually foreigners make some mistakes due to not doing a good research prior to making a video about Lithuania. I'm not a historian, I wasn't alive in 1991 and I wasn't the best student in history classes at school but I could not find any historical errors. Ačiū už įrašą. This is definitely going to be one of your best ones.
That last part about our shared Baltic and Ukrainian fight for freedom gives a renewed importance to the 13th January 1991 events in 2023. Šlovė Lietuvai! #SlavaUkraini !
I was 6 at the time, but I do remember. My kindergarten was right next to TV tower, so when my mom came to pick me up and we drove home, we saw armored vehicles (BTRs) driving in opposite direction towards the tower. Then my dad and uncle went to defend the TV tower, and my uncle eventually got shot in the leg and was taken to the hospital. Once soviets took over the building, they cut the broadcast, so there was a news blackout. My dad came back home at 5am to a great relief of my mom, who thought she will never see him again.
I'm half Lithuanian and while I do not live in Lithuania any more I used to. I was 5 when the 13/01 happened, my mom still lives in the same apartment as before and it's not far from the TV tower. My mom put me to bed and told me to try to sleep while she watched the TV in the living room. As a 5 year old I didn't understand much but I knew there were tanks at the TV tower, I could hear the sound of their fire, I never forgot that night...
On 13th Jan 1991 I was in my mum's belly waiting to pop out in few weeks and to see this amazing world full of contradicitons🌍
My grandmother reminds me how worried they were with my grandfather watching the news that day and hoping my mother and I in Vilnius are safe.
Sometimes when I speak to my close Lithuanian friends who were also born in 1991, we joke that "the freedom runs in our veins".
I do commemorate the day by putting a forget-me-not pin, lighting a candle at home and sometimes going to commemorative event and I also speak about it with my family and friends, I think of those people who lost their lives and stood bravely to defend our independence. I also share the information with people who were born long after 1991 or friends from abroad.
It's a bit of a bittersweet day for us, the January 13th. We commemorate the bravery and resilience of the people who struggled for our freedom, not just on that day but in general. Naturally, we are proud of them and what they have done. But it is also a sad day, looking how many people were killed, displaced or disappeared...
It's an important day still, even to us who were too young to remember it, or those who weren't even born yet. It's easy to take our freedom for granted today, when we are drowning in everyday problems. We complain about the difficulties and issues of our times and sometimes forget that things could have been much much worse.
I remember I was 5yrs old when I was going with my mother through some multi-flat building tunnel (bromine) and suddenly I noticed a massive object - Vilnius TV Tower. Second thing I saw was many ruzzian BTR's which was abandoned (probably) and covered with snow. I got scared because of things saw before on the news and start to run away.. of course my mother was holding my hand very hard to not let me run away. Since then I have this understanding of how fragile country independence can be and how much thankful we have to be for the sacrifice it took to have it! Never forget.
I was there, then 17. In my memory is still alive shaking ramp - from BTRs passing by. I lived 5 min from the TV tower, so that night I went there.
For me it’s a memorable day, most of all because it left the unforgettable experience of bravery and unity.
I recognise the same in Ukrainians - so precious for me.
My mom was 25 back then. She told me everyone stayed up all night and watched tv. The most horrifying moment was when russians managed to take over TV tower and when the tv signal was lost and silence stood, that moment they tought "that's it, were occupied again"
What a thoughtful and nicely produced video, maybe your best to give us non-Lithuanians understanding about Lithuania’s independence. What’s more, reading the comments of those who experienced that time is very sobering and thought provoking.
That's my birthday 😢
Love to all the Lithuanians ❤🇱🇹
I will light a candle that I bought there when I visited my family and embrace my roots even if I'm separated by distance. I keep silence and pray, it feels devastating...
My parents were kids (9/10) and I never tought about asking them, but they weren't living in Vilnius so they probably just remember sawing it on the tv or hearing it in the radio or neighbors...
My parents were in university when January 13th happened and my father tells me stories of how they were ready to protect one of the radio towers in Kaunas. My grandfather was also a bus driver and on the day was taking willing people by bus from Rokiškis to Vilnius to protect the TV tower.
Also as a side note, the blue flower that we wear is called a forget-me-not in English, meant to remind is not to forget the struggle that Lithuanians went through to regain our fatherland.
When my mom was a teenager, she was living in a village near the nowadays belarussian border. On january 8 or 9th, her school told her to not go for a few days. Then on around january 11th, she saw alot of tanks driving by from belarus.
I lite a candle and watch some documentary about it on that day. Also, on some right ocasion, I always share info about it with people who are younger or from another country, and who don't know about it.
My dad stood at the TV tower with loads of other people, also helping injured civilians be carried into ambulances. he doesnt like to talk about that night so im sure it left some horrifying memories
Your videos have been a great help for me in exploring my Lithuanian roots! I'm remembering January 13th by lightning a candle on my window sill, playing Lithuanian music, and saying prayers for the fallen. Thank you, and peace be with you!
I’m from Lithuania. It was really sad. I wasn’t in school and my teacher told me I was literally crying because I love my leg. It was really sad.😢
Many years are gone since, but I remember all that, I was there, and remember the close relatives of the people who had been killed back then. Their mothers, fathers, children, spouses, fiances, brothers, sisters stayed brokenhearted for ever.
The most important thing that night was that the defenders were gunless and not a single shot or act of aggression was made from their side.
I remember Air Raid sirens going-off in the middle of the night, which woke me and my brother up, although we were in Kaunas, and I was 8 at the time.. hearing Air Raid sirens in the middle of the night was quite eerie.. we ran to our living room and turned-on TV, which showed the whole struggle.. as a child, waking up in the middle of the night with sirens blaring in the distance, and TV showing escalating violence, with tanks and armed soldiers, it was scary, to say the least, quite surreal, and it stuck with me as a vivid memory.. I also remember watching on TV as Russian troops stormed TV tower, eventually bursting through barricades and people, whilst a news anchor was reporting all of this from the main studio.. once Russians broke through, you could hear them approaching that main studio, with the lady anchor saying "we will broadcast for as long as we can", at which point Russians barged-in into the studio and immediately stopped the broadcast..
But if these events stuck with me, even when I was in relative safety, can you imagine children being in the thick of it.. for example how traumatized and scarred children in Ukraine, or Gaza, will be..
As a lithuanian I can say that this is a very important day in Lithuania. We say we will never forget the events of 13/01/1991. So the Lithuanian equivalent of 9/11, but with less muslims
the only thing I can see that might need fixing, albeit it's a small detail, is that in English the flower is colloquialy known as "forget-me-nots" orrr scorpion grass! and apparently it's the state flower of Alaska.
But otherwise you're right about everything and have described what I've gone through while living in Lithuania rather accurately:) Lovely video, thank you
Sorry to be that guy (04:36) but just to be sure, the "discontent" with the economic blockade, including the major attempt to storm government offices, was the doing of the pro-Russian organisation called Jedinstvo. It consisted of the Russophone population but was being steered, agitated, aided and otherwise reinforced by the Soviet secret services. Those who protested against the independent government and "the consequences of it for the common worker" and whatnot (even though it was the USSR that was economically blockading us in order to set us up) were not the same people as those who stood guard to protect freedom in front of the tanks, and vice versa. It was Eastern Ukraine before Eastern Ukraine, except they failed to take the buildings and somehow disappeared completely thereafter. If they had succeeded, we'd have undoubtedly had westerners talking of a "civil war", "the broken ancient fraternity of the peoples" and whatever other clichés go round vis a vis Ukraine. But we sprayed them down with water hoses lol 🤣. The full armed assault that followed was evidently their plan B. Same as it ever was, huh.
My dad at the time was 15. He sneaked out with other classmates to protest(I think he was near Seimas). During this day I usually listened to stories about the event from teachers(ex. My ethics teacher) or watched documentaries about it. I think LRT has some about the 14 victims and their lives.
Amazing. My country 🇱🇹 ❤️. Although it was first mentioned way back in 1009! Beautiful little land.
Dammit I love Lithuania so much
Besides 14 killed there were around 700 people injured. I had a professor (not the best one, really chaotic, good scientist though) who was a student during January 13 events, went to the TV tower and got his shin shattered by a bullet. Ended up limping for the rest of his life.
January 13th is actually my birthday and im going to be celebrating on that day, we never celebrated my birthday at school because we spent the day mourning the souls of the ones that protected us. I wasn’t born on the year that it happend but i still laugh when i see people be like “OH- your b-days on january 13th?”
Thank you.
Thanks
Thank you again for your support!
I thought that Forget me not flowers was also a thing in English speaking countries.
There was not only people barricades, but also junk, metal, etc. to protect from tanks, and kids were making Lithuania support drawing and hanged them on barricades. Also about those 14 heroes, who left that night. There was 13 men and 1 woman, who was injured badly. Doctors told her that she will heal until her wedding. I'm not sure, if I'm absolutely correct about what I said because I hardly remember what people told me and this event happend a bit less than 20 years before I was even born, but there is still at least half of this info correct.
I you mean Asanaviciute she died, a tank crushed her pelvis, they got her to the hospital and she asked the doctor if she will live. He touched the part where her pelvis bone should've been but it was like a bag of wheet. She died later that night.
You should look up Medininkai massacre.
I am an American who is traveling in Lithuania right now, and all civilized people should exert themselves to make sure that the Russians never again get their filthy paws on this wonderful country.
geras video
all in your video is good. don’t take notice who said that or another is wrong.
I was in second grade when this was happening. I remember being afraid of war and asking parents if tanks will come to our town.
After that, there was always remembrance day in our school, with pictures of all the victims displayed.
Water? Not really. I remember razzists in tv tower (was there after 13th).
Jurgis Vytautas Daukantas , Aciu Laisva Lietuva!
I will never understand why anybody in Lithuania would want communism despite all the atrocities commited.
free hong kong....
"rogue nation" ? What are you talking about?
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gal jau metas išaukti iš tų kovų dėl simbolių ... Jei dabartiniam kontekste dar neaišku kas ir kodėl tuos šaršalus mūsų šalyje kelia, tai man gaila tavęs žmogau. Ir toliau klausyk ura patriotų sapalionių ...