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Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: Relations between Lithuania and Poland: from the end of World War I to L. Żeligowski occupation of Vilnius (November 1918 - October 1920) : a collection of documents

Zsfassung in dt. und russ. Sprache. - Dt. Zsfassung u.d.T.: Der weissrussische Faktor bei der Bildung des Territoriums eines modernen litauischen Staates: ethnopolitischer, politischer und geopolitischer Aspekt 1915 - 1923

In the evaluation of the goals of the countries that fought in the First World War, one of the mostpersistent stereotypes testifies to the particular aggressiveness of the Kaiser's Germany, and itsexclusive role in the outbreak of the war. This opinion is directly related to Lithuania, when it comesto the expansionist approach of Germany with respect to the western border zones of the RussianEmpire. The paper looks for the origins of these historiographic stereotypes, by analysing how thegoals of Germany in the First World War were presented in Soviet historiography, and, in a broadersense, in socialist bloc historiography; and how Lithuanian historiography in the period of restoredindependence has been impacted by the approaches of foreign researchers. After looking at studiesof recent resonant historiographic trends with respect to the military aims of the Kaiser's Germany,and their traces in the Lithuanian study of history, the author makes an attempt to verify thevalidity of the statement about 'German expansionism' as regards Lithuania and the neighbouringregion in the initial period of the war, which has been little explored in Lithuania.Key Words: First World War, German war aims, Soviet historiography, Lithuanian historiography. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v31i0.1200

Zsfassung in engl. u. dt. Sprache