Vilnius: Conflict and Reconciliation
Vilnius: Conflict and Reconciliation
Author(s): Robert KostroSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Vilnius; History;Lithuania;Lithuania – Poland
Summary/Abstract: In 1918 Vilnius was a city whose Polishness was obvious both to Poles from central Poland and those from Lithuania. But while in 1918 the Poles took it for granted that Vilnius was Polish, in 1991 they unhesitatingly accepted it to be Lithuanian.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 04 (05)
- Page Range: 134-140
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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