Civil Administration of Eastern Territories (1919–1920)
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- ISBN 9783631866221
- Weight: 813g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 05 Oct 2022
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Between 1919 and 1920, the eastern territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were temporarily administered by the Civic Management of Eastern Territories, established by Józef Piłsudski. The residents of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania were to determine their future governance. Piłsudski placed the Civic Management outside the structures of the Polish government, while his opponents from the Polish nationalist wing wanted to suborn it to the government in Warsaw. Based on hitherto unknown archival documents, the author describes the reasons for the failure of Piłsudski’s federation idea, both on the Polish side, as well as errors by Belarusian leaders and the policy of the Lithuanian state.
Joanna Gierowska-Kałłaur is professor in the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and lecturer at the Centre of Eastern European Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Her research primarily concerns the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, modern history, and 19th and 20th century empires.
