Пра традыцыі Вялікага Княства Літоўскага і Рэчы Паспалітай, „Kresy Wschodnie” і ролю Польшчы і палякаў у гісторыі беларусаў і літоўцаў

About the tradition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth, “Kresy Wschodnie” and the role of Poland and Poles in the history of Belarusians and LithuaniansSeveral prominent historians and researchers of historical memory from Poland, Lithuania and Belarus have focused on some questions concerning traditions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as the role of the close neighbors in the history of Poles, Lithuanians, and Belarusians. This insight give us an idea about the main directions of historical research in these countries for which the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth is a common heritage. This also allows us to understand the level of public and political interest in this problem, and reveal important trends in the historical memory of these three countries. O tradycjach Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego i Rzeczypospolitej, „Kresach Wschodnich” oraz roli Polski i Polaków w historii Białorusinów i LitwinówZnani historycy i badacze problematyki pamięci z Polski, Litwy oraz Białorusi odpowiedzieli na pytania dotyczące tradycji Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego oraz Rzeczypospolitej, a także roli bliskich sąsiadów w historii Polaków, Litwinów i Białorusinów. Odpowiedzi pokazują, jakie są podstawowe kierunki badań historycznych w krajach, dla których historia Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego i Rzeczypospolitej stanowi wspólne dziedzictwo, pozwalają zrozumieć, jaki jest poziom społecznego oraz politycznego zainteresowania tą problematyką, oraz ujawniają ważne tendencje związane z pamięcią historyczną tych trzech państw.

THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL MEMORY OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA AS AN EXPRESSION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AND AS A CULTURAL CAPITAL FACILITATING INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION

Creativity Studies ◽

10.3846/2029-0187.2008.1.160-171 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 160-171

Author(s):

Antanas Andrijauskas

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Cultural Orientation ◽

First Century ◽

The European Union ◽

Latin West ◽

Border Culture ◽

History Of ◽

The object of the article is the duality of the cultural‐historical memory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania between the worlds of the Latin West and the Byzantine Slavic East, strongly affected the historical memory and mentality of the Lithuanian nation and shaped many of the forms of cultural and national self‐identification, forms which are historically changing and characteristic for a border culture. After concisely discussing various aspects of the cultural history of the GDL, that have strongly affected Lithuanian historical memory, it is possible to state that homogeneity was alien for Lithuanian culture, which had insinuated itself between the Latin West and the Byzantine East and which, from the first century of the appearance of the state, was distinguished by a heterogeneous cultural orientation with diverse directions.

Współistnienie języków na ziemiach byłego Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego w świetle prac Jana Karłowicza

Acta Baltico-Slavica ◽

10.11649/abs.2013.003 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 41-51

Author(s):

Elżbieta Koniusz

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

The Social ◽

Linguistic Interference ◽

History Of ◽

Polish Language ◽

Bilingualism And Multilingualism ◽

Co-existence of languages in the area of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the light of the works of Jan KarłowiczThe article discusses the issues of the co-existence of languages in the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the consequences of the phenomenon as documented in the works of Jan Karłowicz – the outstanding scholar of the second half of the nineteenth century, an expert and researcher of the “Lithuanian” version of Polish language. The article emphasizes the fact that the research on languages in the area of The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and results of their co-existence goes back to the second half of the nineteenth century and Jan Karłowicz was the pioneer of this research. He was the first to observe the following phenomena of their co-existence: interference; bilingualism and multilingualism; prioritization of co-existing languages with the unique role of the Polish language in focusing various functions in the history of The Grand Duchy of Lithuania; the diversity of Polish with sociolinguistic classification of its provincialisms and their division in the view of their origin; and the dangers to the Polish language in the period of Russification. Karłowicz struggled with the lack of terminology to describe the linguistic phenomena characteristic for the area. The article focuses on the classification of provincial qualities of the “Lithuanian” Polish language executed by Karłowicz in the social and ethnolinguistic area; and on the presentation of the phenomenon of linguistic interference visible in the provincial vocabulary in The Grand Duchy of Lithuania collected in “Dictionary of Polish dialects” by Karłowicz. Сосуществование языков на территории бывшего Великого княжества Литовского в свете произведений Яна КарловичаЦель данной статьи – показать сосуществование языков на землях бывшего Великого княжества Литовского (ВКЛ) и последствий этого явления, засвидетельствованных в работах Яна Карловича, видного ученого второй половины девятнадцатого века, знатока и исследователя „литовского” польского языка. Автор статьи указывает на то, что изучение языков в Великом княжестве Литовском, последствиям их сосуществования относятся ко второй половине девятнадцатого века, а их первым исследователем был Карлович. Им впервые были отмечены такие проявления этого сосуществования, как языковая интерференция, билингвизм и многоязычие, иерархия сосуществующих языков и диалектов. Выделена особая роль польского языка, объединившего целый ряд функций в истории ВКЛ, дифференциация внутри польского языка, социолингвистическая классификация его диалектизмов и их деление по происхождению, угрозы для польского языка в период сильной русификации. Особое внимание автор статьи сосредоточил на классификации провинциальных особенностей „литовского” польского языка, осуществлённой Карловичем в социальном и этнолингвистическом плане, а также на проявлениях интерференции в провинциальной лексике, ведущей своё происхождение из Великого княжества Литовского, собранной в „Словаре польских диалектов” Карловича.

Latinitas in the Polish Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

10.36253/978-88-6655-675-6 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

National Identities ◽

National Cultures ◽

Cultural Traditions ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject ◽

Points Of View ◽

The volume contains articles concerning the influence of Latinitas in the territory now occupied by Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus’. The articles, all published in English, range from history to literature and to cultural history and the history of ideas. They analyze the issue of building an identity, either real or imagined, from different points of view. Among the most interesting topics are the classical origins of myths and ideas that have helped build the national identities of those that constituted the ethnic mosaic of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the role of Neo-Latin poetry, as a conveyor of Latinitas, in the development of national identities. Because of the significance of Latinitas for both common European cultural traditions and the national cultures, literatures and languages of Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine, it is to be hoped that the subject will continue to attract a good level of attention in the future.

The Case Study of the Land of Navahrudak

Russian History ◽

10.1163/18763316-04301002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 22-67

Author(s):

Uladzimir Kananovich

Keyword(s):

Sixteenth Century ◽

Early Modern ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Ruling Class ◽

The Past ◽

Region I ◽

The paper examines the process of forging a new historical memory in a particular area of the late medieval and early modern Eastern Europe. Because of contemporary intellectual controversy in present-day Lithuania and Belarus over its role in the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania, I have chosen for the study the historical land of Navahrudak. In order to elucidate the role of Navahrudak in the past, I have tried to investigate what a ruling class in Navahrudak did really remember of its past, as well as what was forgotten and why, in the specific conditions of the early sixteenth-century of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. First of all, by utilizing primarily such historical evidence as chronicles and by focusing mainly on the memories of dukes who had ruled in the region, I tried to understand the process of how the region’s historical memory was being forged. My research clearly reveals that most of what we actually know about Navahrudak’s past appears as nothing else as the sixteenth-century construction, initiated primarily by the contemporary Lithuanian chancellor Albertus Gastoldus and forged by a remarkable team of Renaissance intellectuals employed in the grand ducal chancellery. Their vision of the region’s past was greatly influenced by the actual political, social and even personal (familial) considerations and was clearly aimed at glorifying Navahrudak’s past, by highlighting especially Navahrudak as Lithuania’s first political center, where Albertus Gastoldus had began his political career and where also the political and economical interests of his kin were located.

RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. Series Eurasian studies. History. Political science. International relations ◽

THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA IN MODERN BELARUS

10.28995/2686-7648-2020-4-109-117 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 109-117

Author(s):

Vadim M. Shneyder ◽

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Historical Memory ◽

State Level ◽

The State ◽

Important Place ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

History Of ◽

Grand Duchy ◽

Soviet Experience

The article examines issues related to the perception of the historical and cultural heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in modern Belarus. It is emphasized that during the years of independence, interest in the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Belarus has grown. The memory of the era of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is preserved, including at the official level. As an example, the author points out the implementation of the state program “Castles of Belarus”. By the help of this program a number of projects for the restoration of architectural monuments of the period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were implemented. Another example of interest in this era is the construction of new monuments to outstanding figures of the period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in different cities of Belarus. A special place in the historical memory of Belarus is occupied by Franciscus Skorina – a famous scientist, educator and printer of the first book in Belarusian language. However, not all heritage sites of the era of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are equally perceived in Belarus. Thus, the symbolism of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is, first of all, the coat of arms of “Pahonia”, which was one of the state symbols of Belarus in 1991–1995 – today it is practically not in demand at the state level and is used primarily by opposition political parties and social movements. The basis of the historical policy pursued by the leadership of Belarus remains the appeal to the Soviet experience. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that the era of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania occupies an important place in the historical memory of Belarusians and the interest in this period among the citizens of Belarus will gradually grow.

Известия Смоленского государственного университета ◽

Foreign Centres of Belarusian Studies.The Ostrogorski Centre in London

10.35785/2072-9464-2021-53-1-186-198 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 186-198

Author(s):

Ivan Rodionov

Keyword(s):

Second World War ◽

Soviet Period ◽

World War ◽

History Of ◽

The Uk ◽

Second World ◽

The article analyzes the activities of the Ostrogorski Centre as one of the most active Belarusian organizations in the UK nowadays. The research is based on the analysis of the publications taken from The Journal of Byelorus-sian Studies and the course «The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in European and Belarusian History» offered by Ostrogorski Academy. The history of the Journal of Byelorussian Studies dates back to the mid-1960s. The journal was initiated by the Anglo-Belarusian Society. The first issue of the Yearbook was published in 1965. The journal as a whole tended towards a philological (linguistic) orientation. The General theme of articles on histori-cal Belarusian topics in the journal was firstly of random, fragmentary charac-ter, without a common editorial purpose and the philosophy of the journal his-torical issues: for example, the description of individual issues of «Nasha Niva» newspaper is replaced by articles about the role of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the daily life of the nobles, presented in memoirs, the influence of Belarus-ian masters on Moscow architecture, etc. In the majority of the thematically «scattered» historical publications, one line clearly emerges –the national one. The journal was published again in 2013 due to the joint efforts of Os-trogorski Centre and the Anglo-Belarusian Society. It has acquired a more sci-entific structure. It publishes articles on Belarusian literature, linguistics, inter-national relations, civil society, history and art, as well as book reviews, which emphasizes its scientific component. The modern version of the journalcontains a larger number of articles on historical topics in comparison with the publica-tion of the second half of the 20th century. Publications of the modern journal deal with such topics as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the early Soviet period of the 1920–30s and belarusization, Western Belarus as a part of Poland, the period of the Second World War, Stalinism, personalities, etc.

“History Misappropriation or Compreension?” (Russian Lihuanian Studies in the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century)

Almanac “Essays on Conservatism” ◽

10.24030/24092517-2020-0-2-219-236 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 58 ◽

pp. 219-236

Author(s):

Andrey Yu. Dvornichenko

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Russian Empire ◽

Soviet Period ◽

Medieval History ◽

Scientific Paradigm ◽

Russian State ◽

History Of ◽

The abundant Russian historiography of the medieval history of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian-Russian State) has become in the last decades the centre of the discussions and is often subject to groundless criticism. This historiography was not very lucky in the Soviet period of the 20th century either, as it was severely criticized from the Marxist-Leninist position. When discussing Russian historiography the author of this article is consciously committed to the Russian positions. There are no reasons to consider this historiography branch either Byelorussian or Ukrainian one, as that was really Russian historiography, - the phenomenon that formed under the favorable specific conditions of Russian Empire before the beginning of the 20th century. The said phenomenon can be studied in different ways: according to the existing then main trends and schools or according to their affiliation with specific universities of Russian Empire. But according to the author of this article the best way to study the issue is in accordance with the main concepts of history. And then the pre-revolutionary historiography appears as an integral scientific paradigm that turns out to be the most divaricate branch of the Lithuanian studies of the time. It created, in its turn, the most vivid and objective historical picture that can still serve as the basis for the studies of Lithuanian-Russian state.

A Yahgan for the killing: murder, memory and Charles Darwin

The British Journal for the History of Science ◽

10.1017/s0007087411000641 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 415-443 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JOSEPH L. YANNIELLI

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Charles Darwin ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Western Coast ◽

Cultural Interaction ◽

European Expansion ◽

Multiple Contexts ◽

History Of

AbstractIn March 1742, British naval officer John Byron witnessed a murder on the western coast of South America. Both Charles Darwin and Robert FitzRoy seized upon Byron's story a century later, and it continues to play an important role in Darwin scholarship today. This essay investigates the veracity of the murder, its appropriation by various authors, and its false association with the Yahgan people encountered during the second voyage of theBeagle(1831–1836). Darwin's use of the story is examined in multiple contexts, focusing on his relationship with the history of European expansion and cross-cultural interaction and related assumptions about slavery and race. The continuing fascination with Byron's story highlights the key role of historical memory in the development and interpretation of evolutionary theory.

Deveolpment of Constitutional Law on the Territory of Ukranie (IX-XIII Centuries)

Historia Constitucional ◽

10.17811/hc.v0i22.733 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1006-1014

Author(s):

Oksana Pylypchuk

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Constitutional Law ◽

Political Regime ◽

Democratic State ◽

History Of ◽

The Times ◽

History Of Formation ◽

Grand Duchy ◽

Submission Date

The article is devoted to the history of formation and development of Ukrainian constitutionalism. It is shown that during the times of Kievan Rus and the Galicia-Volyn principality monarchical states with elements of a democratic state and political regime were formed on Ukrainian lands. It is highlighted that the formation of the Ukrainian nation and its path to its own state was carried out under the conditions of aristocratic democracy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is emphasized that the Ukrainian people in the XV century became part of a large European society, which became the basis for the emergence of constitutional ideas in the Ukrainian ethnic lands, the creation of the Cossacks and the revival of their own Ukrainian state in the former Kievan Rus. It is noted that the results of the development of Ukrainian constitutionalism in the eighteenth century was presented in the Constitution of Hetman P. Orlyk in 1710, which became one of the most democratic constitutions in Europe at that time. Fecha de envío / Submission date: 25/02/2021 Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 19/04/2021

LOOKS of PROFESSOR V.H.DEMCHENKO (1831-1914) IN RELATION TO SHOWS OF WITNESSES AS PROOF IN RULE-MAKING IN TIME OF KYIV RUS

The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series "Law" ◽

10.26565/2075-1834-2019-27-03 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Historical Research ◽

Peter The Great ◽

General Rules ◽

History Of ◽

History Of Law ◽

True Order ◽

Russian Law ◽

Rule Making ◽

Judicial Role

Historyof Law Kyiv Rus, without regard to the more than 200-years-old period of her research, continues to remain in the field of attention of scientists, and, also, politicians. One of important questions of History of Law these period is a question about rule-making and role in him shows of witnesses. This problem was studied thoroughly enough as early as ХІХ of century and one of active acting persons of discussion round this theme there was a historian of law, native of Ukraine, professor of the Kyiv university Vasyl Hryhorovych Demchenko. In the master's degree dissertation "Historical research is about the shows of witnesses as proof in matters of judicial, accoding the Russian law before Peter the Great" (in 1859), V.H. Demchenko considered becoming of such important institute of judicial law as institute of certificate in detail. A scientist marks the value of judicial proofs in general genesis of law, he underlines that before an arbitrariness was the only means of guard of rights, but development of society resulted in a volume, that next to this means already the guard of rights for cramps began to be used. He considered that the judicial aspects related to the shows of witnesses are system enough set forth in Russian True. A researcher paid attention to that Russian True talks about witnesses in most cases in connection with those the offences that must be by them validified, in accordance with every case, where this proof is required. Therefore resolutions about them matter general not rules that spread to all possible cases of their use, but touch only private, that have force only for those cases for that they are straight set. General rules some resolutions that is unconnected with determinations about separate offences matter only. A scientist underlined that the judicial role of witnesses accoding Russian True did not have been limited to only the value of them, as judicial proof. On occasion they got the certain participating in realization of process. It touched those judicial events application of that got to parties without every participation of some government bodies ( for example,zvid). In the research of V.H. Demchenko analysed a question about the capacity of witnesses for a certificate, specified also on space of application of proofs with participation of witnesses after Russian True, order of finishing telling with participation of witnesses, force of shows of witnesses. Thus, V.H. Demchenko no doubt, was one of the most skilled specialists on history law that investigated time of Kyiv Rus.