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From: David Zincavage <>
Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA-L] linguistic nationalism
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 13:28:02 -0700
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Lithuanian records were kept in Polish everywhere in Lithuania from the 17th
century up until the 1860s (when Russian was forcibly imposed). Before
1918, Polish was the dominant spoken language in most of Lithuania. Vilnius
[Wilno] was a Polish (and Yiddish)-speaking city. Lithuanian was only
spoken predominantly in the rural Western provinces of Samogitia [Kovna
gubernya] and Suwalkija.

Lithuania incorporated Belarussia in the 1200s. Lots of Tartars and
Karaites settled in Lithuania in the early Middle Ages. Lithuania formed a
union with Poland in 1386. So who is the pure-blooded ethnic Lithuanian?
Mr. Basanavicius or Mr. Pilsudski? General Zeligowski, who occupied Wilno
for Poland, was Lithuanian too, as were his troops.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Egijus Sinkus" <>
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Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA-L] linguistic nationalism


> > I think today Vilnius is Vilnius (and during the interbellum, when 80 %
of
> > the inhabitants was Polish, it was Wilno) and Warszawa is Warszawa (and
not
> Hello,
> I You would took a look to genealogical trees of these "Polish"
inhabitants, You would saw that almost all their ancestors were Lithuanians.
When Poland had occupated Vilnius, Polish authority compeled Vilnius
inhabitants to change their surnames into Polish forms.
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