Romas Kalanta
- January 9, 2024
- Celebrity
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Romas Kalanta Biography
| Name | Romas Kalanta |
| Birthday | Feb 22 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Alytus |
| Birth Country | Lithuania |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Parents | Elena Kalantienė, Adolfas Kalanta |
| Siblings | Antanas Kalanta |
Romas Kalanta is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on February 22, 1953 in Alytus, Lithuania. Romas Kalanta (22 February 1953 – 14 May 1972) was a 19-year-old Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania. Kalanta’s death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations. In 1972 alone, 13 more people committed suicide by self-immolation.
At noon on 14 May 1972, Kalanta poured 3 liters of gasoline on himself and set himself on fire in the square adjoining the Laisvės Alėja in front of the Kaunas State Musical Theatre where, in 1940, the People’s Seimas had declared the establishment of the Lithuanian SSR and petitioned the Soviet Union to admit Lithuania as one of the soviet socialist republics. He died about 14 hours later in hospital. Before the suicide, Kalanta left his notebook with a brief note on a bench. Its content became known only after the declaration of independence in 1990 and opening up of secret KGB archives. The note read “blame only the regime for my death” (Lithuanian: Dėl mano mirties kaltinkite tik santvarką). No other notes were found to explain in more detail what had provoked the suicide.
Romas Kalanta Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Celebrity |
| House | Living in own house. |
Romas Kalanta is one of the richest Celebrity from Lithuania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Romas Kalanta 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Kalanta became a symbol of the Lithuanian resistance throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000, he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Cross of Vytis.
The public agitation was felt throughout 1972 and 1973 as the KGB registered 3–4 times more various anti-Soviet incidents. Lithuania recorded 13 other suicides by fire in 1972, including 24-year-old V. Stonys in Varėna on 29 May, 60-year-old A. Andriuškevičius in Kaunas on 3 June, 62-year-old Zališauskas on 10 June, 40-year-old Juozapas Baracevičius in Šiauliai on 22 June.
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Ron Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Lithuania. Romas Kalanta celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.