It was initially planned to move the capital of the Byelorussian SSR to Vilnius. However, the same year Joseph Stalin ordered that the city and surrounding region be transferred to Lithuania, which some months later was also invaded by Soviet Union and became a new Soviet Republic – Lithuanian SSR.
Initially, it was planned to move the capital of the Byelorussian SSR to Vilnius. However, in that same year, Joseph Stalin ordered the city and its surrounding area to be transferred to Lithuania, which later became part of the Soviet Union as a new Soviet Republic – Lithuanian SSR.