Lenkų mokyklų steigimas Lietuvoje 1926 m
The Foundation of Polish Schools in 1926

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses a rapid establishment of Polish schools in Lithuania in 1926, i.e. the period when the Peasant Populist and the Social-Democratic coalition came to power. The author, on the basis of the materials of Lithuania's statė archives and published primary sources, tries to estimate the dangers of Lithuania's Polonisation. The research shovvs that after VVVVI the Polish language was widely spread in some districts of Lithuania. Landovvners and some of Lithuania's officials used it in their everyday life and even forced the Lithuanianstoaddressthem in Polish. Becauseof certain lack of self-consciousness, many children from Lithuanianfamilies attended Polish primary schools. This fact became especially evident after the census of 1923; consequently, the Government, represented by the Christian-Democratic party, resorted to some measures to limit the number of Lithuanian children learning in Polish or other national minority schools. These measures included the identification of pupils' nationality on the basis of their parents' passports, somechanges in the educational laws and regulations, and so on. Naturally, these measures were strongly opposed by Lithuania's Polish community.

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