Lietuvių korta Rusijos politikoje : 1914-1917 metų slaptasis karas
| Date | Issue | Start Page | End Page |
|---|---|---|---|
1995 | 1 (10) | 43 | 58 |
The article discusses the tzars and the temporary government's politics concerning Lithuania during the 1914 to 1917 time period. At the onset of war Russian leadership granted a proslavic doctrine to the Western European country. Trying to provoke ethnographic nationalism in its interior and foreign policy, they attempted to label Lithuanian activity as anti German and anti-Polish. In the summer of 1915 the unsuccessful events on the front forced Russia to modify their policies regarding its western boarders. Planning to prevent Berlin's attempt to spread the split between Warsaw and St.Petersburg, it activated the liberalization programs by the Pavyslis province's decisions. It leaned toward certain political concessions to the Polish element in the northern and western parts of the country. However, at the beginning of 1916 St.Petersburg was forced to take responsibility against the German insurrectional activity; which by various means attempted to strengthen the pro-Russian line in respect to Lithuania. The support of the Entente allowed Russia to withstand German provocation for a separate peace. However, German influence left its mark on Russian political attitudes towards Lithuania. The provisional governments did not include Lithuania in the constitutional decentralization process.