XX amžiaus pradžios Panevėžio visuomenės veikėjai

• Panevėžio apskrities viešoji biblioteka: knygos tekstas

LTArtėjant visuomenės veikėjos ir rašytojos Gabrielės Petkevičaitės-Bitės gimimo 150-osioms metinėms Panevėžio apskrities G. Petkevičaitės-Bitės biblioteka surengė konferenciją, skirtą atidžiau pažvelgti į rašytojos gyvenamąją aplinką, jos veiklą Lietuvos visuomenės gyvenimo kontekste. Viena iš svarbių tos aplinkos dalių yra Panevėžio miesto visuomenė, su kuria G. Petkevičaitė-Bitė buvo ypač susijusi 1901-1908 m. gyvendama Puziniškyje prie Panevėžio, ryšių nenutraukė ir vėliau, dirbdama „Lietuvos žinių“ redakcijoje Vilniuje, betarpiškai šios bendruomenės gyvenime ji dalyvavo nuo 1919 m., mokytojaudama Panevėžio gimnazijoje. Todėl verta pasigilinti, kas gi sudarė tuometinį Panevėžio visuomenės veikėjų žiedą, su kokiais žmonėmis rašytoja galėjo bendrauti ir dirbti visų gerovės labui. [Iš teksto, p. 22]

ENThe aim of the research was to determine the number and social characteristics of Panevėžys activists at the beginning of the 20th century (1900-1915). For the research there were used important archive resources and publications of that period, reminiscences, studies of historians. Persons were selected according to their leading role or elective post in the organizations, their activity. The collected data were summarized and inserted in the table. Eventually, 265 persons were included in the database. It is a sufficiently great number for a town with the population of 16-20 thousand people, which was at that time. A quarter (26%) of the activists at the beginning of the 20th century were members of the Municipality, the majority of them took part in the activities of various organizations. A prominent place among activists was occupied by the leaders of Panevėžys Credit Society (Credit Cooperative), they made up 13,6% of all activists. Very often the šame persons were in the Municipality and in Panevėžys Credit Society. Many active people participated in other organizations: Panevėžys Catholic Philanthropist Society, Lithuanian Cultural Society „Aidas“, Panevėžys Polish Theatre and Music Society, St.Joseph‘s and St.Zita Catholic organizations.At the beginning of the 20th century women became active in public life. They made up only 12% of all activists, but they were very active, participated in most organizations, among them were representatives of different nationalities. Among the town activists were landowners who comprised 14% of all the activists. The majority of the landowners took part in the organizations promoting the progress of agriculture. We succeeded in finding out nationalities of 163 people or 61,5% of all the activists. Among them there were 62 (38%) Lithuanians, 47 (29%) Poles, 33 (20%) Jews, 14 (8,5%) Russians, 7 (4,5%) Germans. Distribution of the nationalities of the activists was similar to the ethnic composition of the population, one nationality vvas not prevailing over others. Among people of all nationalities were those who had high posts in Panevėžys, as well as in Lithuanian and Russian statė institutions. The presented panorama of Panevėžys activists at the beginning of the 20th century can be used for broader generalizations and further more comprehensive research. [From the publication]