ENThe article deals with events that took place in M ay 1972 in Kaunas - namely, the unrest in the city centre caused by 19-year-old Romas Kalanta’s self - immolation. The article is mainly based on the reports of- Lithuania’s K G B agency network concerning the then most characteristic opinions, evaluations and comments about events in Kaunas. The reports of KGB informers from the Special Archive provide the whole spectrum of those spontaneous reactions that had arisen in Lithuanian society at that time.