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Zsfassungen in engl. und in poln. Sprache. - Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: Between mother-country and homeland: repatriation of citizens of Lithuanian SSR to Poland (1944-1947, 1955-1959)

On 27 October 1939, Vilnius and its region de facto became a part of Lithuania. The process of integration of the city and the whole region into the Republic of Lithuania, which also involved the resettlement of certain public authorities and institutions in the historical capital, began. The article analyses the transfer of Lithuanian public authorities and institutions from Kaunas to Vilnius between 1939 and 1940, reveals the position of the Lithuanian government regarding their relocation to Vilnius, its mechanism, discusses the results achieved, their statistical expression, and the impact on the ethnic-demographic situation in Vilnius. ; Straipsnyje analizuojama Lietuvos valstybinių institucijų perkėlimo iš Kauno į Vilnių akcija 1939–1940 m., atskleidžiama Lietuvos valdžios pozicija dėl institucijų perkėlimo į Vilnių, perkėlimo mechanizmas, pasiekti rezultatai, t. y. kokios institucijos persikėlė į Vilnių, aptariama statistinė akcijos išraiška ir poveikis Vilniaus etninei padėčiai.

The paper analyses the territorial expansion of Vilnius in the first half of the 20th century, based on archival and historiographic material. The 'grand' plan for Vilnius' expansion that the German government started realising during the years of the First World War continued into the 'Polish' (1919–1939) and 'Lithuanian' (1939–1940) stages of the city's development. The author concentrates not just on the government's decisions to geographically expand the city, but also on the ethnic demographic structure of the day, its changes, and how it related to the territorial expansion of Vilnius.

The paper analyses the territorial expansion of Vilnius in the first half of the 20th century, based on archival and historiographic material. The 'grand' plan for Vilnius' expansion that the German government started realising during the years of the First World War continued into the 'Polish' (1919–1939) and 'Lithuanian' (1939–1940) stages of the city's development. The author concentrates not just on the government's decisions to geographically expand the city, but also on the ethnic demographic structure of the day, its changes, and how it related to the territorial expansion of Vilnius.