Romas Kalanta

Romas Kalanta
Romas Kalanta
	Kalanta on a 2022 stamp of Lithuania
Born	22 February 1953; Alytus, Lithuanian SSR
Died	14 May 1972 (aged 19); Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR
Cause of death	Self-immolation
Monuments	Memorial in Kaunas
Occupation	Factory worker
Era	Second Soviet occupation of Lithuania
Known for	1972 self-immolation
Movement	Anti-communism
Awards	Order of the Cross of Vytis

Romas Kalanta (22 February 1953 – 14 May 1972) was a 19-year-old Lithuanian high school student who killed himself by self-immolation in an act of protest against the Soviet regime in Lithuania. His death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania^[1] and inspired similar self-immolations. In 1972, 13 more people committed suicide by self-immolation in Lithuania.^[2]

Kalanta became a symbol of the Lithuanian resistance throughout the 1970s and 1980s.^[3] In 2000, he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Cross of Vytis.

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Romas Kalanta
Kalanta on a 2022 stamp of Lithuania
Born	(1953-02-22)22 February 1953 Alytus, Lithuanian SSR
Died	14 May 1972(1972-05-14) (aged 19) Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR
Cause of death	Self-immolation
Monuments	Memorial in Kaunas
Occupation	Factory worker
Era	Second Soviet occupation of Lithuania
Known for	1972 self-immolation
Movement	Anti-communism
Awards	Order of the Cross of Vytis