Klaipeda region as part of Soviet Lithuania in 1945-1948: problematic issues and legal aspects

Referring to the statements of the USSR and Soviet Lithuanian leaderships about the belonging of the Klaipeda Region which were published in 1944-1948, the article focuses on the analysis of the issues and legal aspects related to the Klaipeda Region becoming a part of Soviet Lithuania, which was a constituent part of the Soviet Union. It is revealed what politics was pursued by the Soviet Lithuanian leadership in 1944-1946 and how the belonging of the Klaipeda Region to Soviet Lithuania was presented in the union and republican press of 1944-1946. Also, referring to the elections to the USSR and the Lithuanian SSR supreme and local councils held in 1946-1948 as well as the USSR and the Lithuanian SSR legal acts adopted by supreme authorities in 1945-1948, the course of the Klaipeda Region becoming a part of the territory of Soviet Lithuania is reconstructed in the article