Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštija kaip atminties vieta: Liudviko Abramovičiaus ir Juzefo Mackievičiaus atvejai

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This article intents to reveal the coherence between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a „place of memory” and krajowcy ideology. In interwar period Ludwik Abramovich (1879–1939) was one of the most prominent architect and representative of the krajowcy ideology (next to Michał Pius Römer), the publisher and chief editor of the weekly magazine of Vilnius „Przegląd Wileński” in 1912–1914 and 1921–1938. Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985) was famous writer and publicist, who advisedly assigned himself to the krajowcy stream, the journalist of Vilnius newspaper „Slowo” in 1922–1939, the editor of the daily newspaper „Gazeta Codzienna“ (this daily newspaper was krajowcy trend) in 1939–1940. These two persons were chosen as the representatives of krajowcy ideology.
J. Mackiewicz has emphasized, that he believed being the successor of L. Abramovich ideas. Therefore, the comparison of those two personalities’ attitudes towards the tradition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is interesting and scientifically valuable.
The chronological frames, when we analyze L. Abramovich ideas, restricts to the inter-war period, from 1921–1922, when, according to his opinion, the most realistic chance to restore political unity of the former lands of the Grand duchy of Lithuania has gone (The Peace of Riga, also known as the Treaty of Riga, was signed in 1921 between the Soviet union and Poland. Vilnius and East Lithuania was nominally incorporated into Poland in 1922.) In the case of J. Mackiewicz the main attention is focused on his inter-war publicistic writings and on some publications of the Second World War and post-war period.
As L. Abramovich so J. Mackiewicz tried to take the most valuable or universal characters of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania’ historical tradition. Apparently, they were influenced by the constantly repeated charges that krajowcy were going to resurrect what has been dead for a long. On the other hand, they were not so naive and idealistic. They really did not think that Lithuania of Vytautas times will be restored. Undoubtedly, a joint statehood of Lithuania and Belorussia and its idea is the most important element in their texts. And it does not seem so unbelievable. It should be assented with J. Mackiewicz statement that concept of krajowcy was not very precisely formulated. Other krajowcy representatives’ definitions could partly or completely differ from L.
Abramovich and J. Mackiewicz ones. However, historical memory was very important background of this ideology.