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Summary

Antanas Sniečkus - first secretary of Communist Party of Lithuania.

Source: http://www.lrytas.lt/ekstra/archyvas/2003/0106/ Antano Sniečkaus mitas by Audronė URBONAITĖ, Ekstra, 06 Jan 2002, No. 1 (213)

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