Eustachijus Tiškevičius - lokalinės istoriografijos Lietuvoje pradininkas

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Biržai; Eustachijus Tiškevičius; Istoriografija; 19 amžius; Lokalinės istoriografijos Lietuvoje pradininkas; Monografija; VLAK; VSM; Vilniaus laikinoji archeologinė komisija; Vilniaus senienų muziejus; Biržai; Eustachy Tyszkiewicz; Historiography; Lithuanian XIX c. history; Study; The Vilnius Museum of Antiquities; The Vilnius Temporary Archaeological Commission; The founder of local historiography in Lithuania.

ENThe name of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz is well known not only to Lithuanian historians, archaeologists and museologists, but also to a broader cultured society of Lithuania, Belarus and Poland. Although the Lithuanian national revival of the late 19th century took the ethnocentric direction, in which no place was left for the local Polonised nobility and the multicultural burgher culture, quite a few cultural figures of the first half of the 20th century used Tyszkiewicz s experience and collections as a reference point. Tyszkiewicz is reasonably considered the founder of museology and archaeology in Lithuania, and placed in the ranks of historians; however, in my firm opinion, he has not been fully acknowledged as the founder of local historiography. All works by Tyszkiewicz are a reflection of the 19th century Lithuanian scientific thought and cultural self-realisation; however, contrary to Teodor Narbutt (1784-1864) or Szymon Dowkont (Lith. Simonas Daukantas, 1793-1864), he did not seek to embrace the complete history of the country in his works, but specialised in the research of its pre-recorded history (archaeology) and local history. The description of the Barysaw district that appeared in 1847, and a monograph on Biržai published in St. Petersburg in 1869 are the key works of local historiography, which allow us to refer to their author as the founder of this trend of research. Tyszkiewicz not only started it de facto, but also created the methodology of this type of research, whose results are successfully used by specialists in historical landscape. [From the publication]