Отношение польских землевладельцев Литвы к литовской государственности в 1918-1919 г.

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Dvarininkai; LDK politinė tauta; Lenkai dvarininkai; Lenkija (Lenkijos karalystė. Kingdom of Poland. Poland); Lenkų dvarininkai; Lenkų tautinė mažuma; Lietuvių ir lenkų santykiai; Lietuvos nepriklausomybė; Lietuvos valstybė; Nepriklausomybė; Pirmasis pasaulinis karas, 1914-1918 (Didysis karas; World War I); Independence; Lithuania; Lithuanian independence; Lithuanian-polish relations; Nation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Polish Landlords; Polish landowners; Polish minority; Political nation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Statehood of Lithuania; World War I.

ENThe aim of the paper is to analyze the attitude of Polish landlords in Lithuania towards the statehood of Lithuania. Polish landlords represented themselves as an influential and strong group within Lithuanian society. They ruled over 64,6% of landlordsí territories. This paper reveals that the over- whelming majority of Lithuaniaís Polish landlords took anti-Lithuanian and pro-Polish position acknowledging that Lithuania should become a part of the Republic of Poland. The paper raises a question, why Polish landlords in Lithuania defended this position. [From the publication]