Dar kartą Sąjūdžio veiklos klausimu

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Arvydas Šliogeris; Bronislovas; Bronislovas Genzelis; Genzelis; Romualdas Ozolas; Sąjūdis; Vytautas Landsbergis; Arvydas Šliogeris; Bronislovas Genzelis; Landsbergis; Romualdas Ozolas; Sąjūdis (Lithuanian Reform Movement); Vytautas; Vytautas Landsbergis.

ENAt the turn of the 21st century and later the Lithuanian Reform Movement (the Sąjūdis) received much scientific attention. However, the events on the eve of setting up the initiative group of the Sąjūdis have not been sufficiently researched. Many distortions or even myths regarding those events exist, thus, a more accurate picture should be provided. R. Ozolas’ works, in which he analyzed the main political events of that time, are an important part of the national revival and the Second Republic of Lithuania historiography. Such are his diaries of 1987-1992. When they were published there were guesses that not all parts of the manuscripts were published. His manuscripts kept in the Bazilionai Multifunctional Centre in accordance with his will, should be thoroughly examined to get a deeper insight into the time and events of setting up the initiative group of the Sąjūdis. The author of this paper has made an attempt to examine the diaries by focusing on those in which Ozolas described the events from 20 July 1987 until 3 June 1988. Some mismatch between the manuscripts and what has been published was found. First of all, it should be noted that the manuscripts are longer than the book, some parts were not included. The texts that were not included in the book can be grouped in the following way. The first and the biggest group are the texts related to the Mintis Publishing House, where Ozolas was the Deputy Editor-in-Chief from 1980 to 1989 (most likely it was decided not to bother readership with publishing details); another group are the texts related to Ozolas’ private life, his relations with his wife and son (they make up the biggest part), parents, other relatives; one more group are the texts related to his close friends and comrades, e.g. Ozolas critically, with sarcasm and friendly irony, commented on the actions of philosophy professors B. Genzelis and A. Šliogeris.Ozolas’ diaries as well as his other works show that he was in the vanguard of the movement for Lithuania’ independence. [From the publication]