This Article 1940 Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania is composed of Creative Common Content.\n The Original Article can be location at WikiPedia.org.\n \n\nThe Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania before midnight of June 14 1940. The Soviets using a formal pretext demanded to allow an unspecified number of Soviet soldiers to enter the Lithuanian territory and to form a new proSoviet government later known as the Peoples Government. The ultimatum and subsequent incorporation of Lithuania into the Soviet Union stemmed from the division of Eastern Europe into the German and Russian spheres of influence in the MolotovRibbentrop Pact of August 1939. Lithuania along with Latvia and Estonia fell into the Russian sphere. According to the SovietLithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty of October 1939 Lithuania agreed to allow some 20000 of Soviets troops to be stationed at several bases within Lithuania in exchange for a portion of the Vilnius Region. Further Soviet actions to establish its dominance in its sphere of influence were delayed by the Winter War with Finland and resumed in spring 1940 when Germany was making rapid advan