Writers at the 20th Congress of the Lithuanian Communist Party

Authors

  • Mindaugas Tamošaitis Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Faculty of History, Department of Universal History

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15823/istorija.2015.14

Keywords:

Lithuanian Communist Party (LKP), Central Committee (CC), Writers’ Union (WU), National Revival, government, Reform Movement of Lithuania Sąjūdis

Abstract

The article discusses the general situation of the Lithuanian Communist Party (LKP) in the Soviet period, analyses the motives which determined the entry of Lithuanian writers into the party and the approach of communist writers towards the party during the period of the National Revival with a special focus on the role of communist writers at the 20th Congress of the LKP which took place on 19–23 December 1989 and in which the party split into an independent LKP and a pro-Soviet LKP-CPSU, which remained a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Published

2019-10-29

How to Cite

[1]
Tamošaitis, M. 2019. Writers at the 20th Congress of the Lithuanian Communist Party. History / Istorija. 102, 2 (Oct. 2019), 53–75. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15823/istorija.2015.14.

Issue

Vol. 102 No. 2 (2016): History

Section

Articles