Onos Maksimaitienės indėlis tiriant Panevėžio praeitį
Ona Maksimaitienė’s Contribution to the Research of the Historical Past of Panevėžys

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with historian Maksimaitienė’s contribution to the research of the historical past of Panevėžys’ town. Among numerous works devoted to the history of Panevėžys, Maksimaitienė’s inheritance takes up the leading part. One of her most important works is the ascertaining of the foundation date of Panevėžys. She denied the approach that had dominated for the whole century that Panevėžys already existed in the 14th century and proved the fact that the city was first mentioned in the historical sources in 1503. Her major work devoted to the town is the History of Panevėžys. The 865 pages manuscript was finished in 1971, but because of the inflexible publishing system the publication of the book was delayed considerably. Maksimaitienė was under constant pressure because the book had to conform to the Marxism-Leninism ideology. That was the reason why the contents of the book suffered. The abridged edition came out in 1992, and the complete edition was published only in 2003. The book the History of Panevėžys has been a valuable source up to now in the further research of the history of Panevėžys.

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