LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Istorinė tradicija; Kaunas; Lenkų karinė organizacija (POW); Lenkų politinės organizacijos; Lietuvos lenkai; POW; Historical tradition; Kaunas; POW; Poles of Lithuania; Polish Military Organization (POW); Polish political organizations.
ENThe dominant principle in independent republic of Lithuania was national. Lithuanian Poles could not agree with such principle. They wanted to recreate historical Lithuania and they felt that they were citizens of that historical Lithuania. These ideas brought them into Polish Military Organization (POW). Connection between civil and national principles in 1919 did not let to consolidate Lithuanian society. [text from author]