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| title | : | Lithuania : Stepping Westward Postcommunist States and Nations |
| author | : | Lane, A. T. |
| publisher | : | Taylor & Francis Routledge |
| isbn10 | asin | : | |
| print isbn13 | : | 9780203411452 |
| ebook isbn13 | : | 9780203402740 |
| language | : | English |
| subject | Lithuania--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation) , Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Lithuania, Lithuania--History--1991- , Lithuania--Politics and government--1991- | |
| publication date | : | 2001 |
| lcc | : | DK505.69.R8L36 2001eb |
| ddc | : | 327.4793047 |
| subject | : | Lithuania--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation) , Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Lithuania, Lithuania--History--1991- , Lithuania--Politics and government--1991- |
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Lithuania
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Postcommunist States and Nations
Books in the series
Belarus: A denationalized nation
David R.Marples
Armenia: At the crossroads
Joseph R.Masih and Robert O.Krikorian
Poland: The conquest of history
George Sanford
Kyrgyzstan: Central Asias island of democracy?
John Anderson
Ukraine: Movement without change, change without movement
Marta Dyczok
The Czech Republic: A nation of velvet
Rick Fawn
Uzbekistan: Transition to authoritarianism on the silk road
Neil J.Melvin
Romania: The unfinished revolution
Steven D.Roper
Lithuania: Stepping westward
Thomas Lane
Latvia: The challenges of change
Artis Pabriks and Aldis Purs
Estonia: Independence and European integration
David J.Smith
Bulgaria: The uneven transition
Vesselin Dimitrov
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STEPPING WESTWARD
Thomas Lane
London and New York
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First published 2001
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
2001 Routledge
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or
other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying
and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publishers.
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ISBN 0-203-40274-X Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-41145-5 (OEB Format)
ISBN: 0-415-26731-5 (Print Edition)
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FOR NICK, MAX, ANA AND BARBARA
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Chronology | ix | |
Preface | xiii | |
Introduction | xvii | |
Map of Lithuania | xxxix | |
Section I: Revival and Repression 19141985 | ||
Independent Lithuania between the Wars | ||
Sovietization 19401985 | ||
Section II: Independence and the Politics of Transition 19851999 | ||
The Achievement of Independence 19851991 | ||
Government and Politics in Independent Lithuania | ||
The Lithuanian Economy after Independence | ||
Lithuanias Foreign and National Security Policy | ||
Bibliography | ||
Index |
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11th Century AD | Lithuania first mentioned in chronicles. |
1200 | The Pope summoned a crusade to convert the Baltic pagans to Christianity. The Teutonic Order of Knights was the Churchs main instrument. |
123663 | Reign of Mindaugas, who unified the Lithuanian tribes in defence against the Teutonic Order. |
131641 | Reign of Grand Duke Gediminas; vigorous defence against the Teutonic Order combined with territorial expansion into Russian lands. |
1323 | Beginnings of the construction of Vilnius by Gediminas. |
1385 | Marriage of Grand Duke Jogaila to Queen Jadwiga of Poland: beginnings of Lithuanias conversion to Christianity as a result. |
13921430 | Reign of Grand Duke Vytautas: under him Lithuania achieved its greatest power and widest territorial extent, from the Baltic to the Black Sea. |
1410 | The Lithuanians and Poles inflict crushing defeat on the Teutonic Order at Zalgiris (Grunwald, Tannenberg). |
1569 | Treaty of Lublin between Poland and Lithuania establishes the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the face of the growing challenge of Moscow. |
1697 | Polish made the official language of the Commonwealth. |
171480 | Life of Kristijonas Donelaitis, one of the most celebrated Lithuanian poets. |
1795 | Third Partition of Poland, leading to the incorporation of Lithuania in the Russian Empire. |
1830 | Revolt against Russian rule begins the process of intense Russification. |
1832 | University of Vilna (Vilnius) closed down. |
1861 | Emancipation of Lithuanian peasantry. |
1863 | Second major revolt against Russia. |
18631904 | Intense opposition by Lithuanians to the policy of Russification: book smuggling from Lithuania Minor (in East Prussia) into Lithuania to circumvent the ban on books in the Latin script. |
December 1905 | Meeting of Lithuanian Assembly in Vilnius accompanying the revolution in Russia. |
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