Disagreements within the Reform Movement of Lithuania Sąjūdis after the Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence Cover Image

Prieštaravimai Sąjūdyje atkūrus Lietuvos nepriklausomybę
Disagreements within the Reform Movement of Lithuania Sąjūdis after the Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence

Author(s): Mindaugas Tamošaitis
Subject(s): Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Reform Movement of Lithuania Sąjūdis (RML); Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania; Communist Party of Lithuania (CPL); writers; opposition; government

Summary/Abstract: The article is the first attempt to explain why the Reform Movement of Lithuania Sąjūdis (RML), having led the Lithuanian nation to independence in 1990, lost its popularity after coming to power and was received rather controversially by the public. It reveals the internal problems of the RML, the reasons of withdrawal of some of its members, and the disappointment of Lithuanian people with Sąjūdis in general. The article focuses on the period 1990–1992 when Sąjūdis lost its popularity in the public which receives considerably less attention from researchers compared to its earlier activities.

  • Issue Year: 99/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 52-67
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Lithuanian
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