LTReikšminiai žodžiai: E. Galvanauskas; Ernestas Galvanauskas; Garbės konsulas; Konsulas; 20 amžius; Lietuvos konsulatai; Consulate; E. Galvanauskas; Ernestas Galvanauskas; Honorary consulate; Lithuania in 1918-1940; Lithuanian consulates; Network of Lithuanian consulates.
ENThe paper aims at several objectives: 1) to reveal the essence of the concept of creation and development of the network of Lithuanian consulates devised by Ernestas Galvanauskas; 2) to present the chronology of development of the network of Lithuanian career and honorary consulates; 3) to compare the tendencies of creation and development of Lithuanian, Latvian and Polish consular networks in respect of the criteria selected. [Extract, p. 99]