LTReikšminiai žodžiai: SSRS žlugimas; Rusijos-Lietuvos santykiai; Lietuva; Istoriografija; Užsienio politika. Keywords: Collapse of the USSR; Russian-Lithuanian relations; Lithuania; Historiography; Foreign policy.Reikšminiai žodžiai: Tarpvalstybiniai santykiai; Tarptautinė politika; Rusija (Russia); Istoriografija; 20 amžius; Posovietinis laikotarpis; 20th century; International relations; Historiography; Foreign policy; Post soviet period.
ENThis article presents a historiographical review of the restoration of Lithuanian independence in the 1980s-early 1990s and the establishment of Lithuania-Russian interstate relations in the early post-Soviet years. The topic of the article serves as a context for the analysis of the sources and general trends characteristic of Russian and foreign historians. [From the publication]