„Lithuania‘s Soviet historiography. Theoretical and ideologcal contexts“.

A special publication of „Lietuvos istorijos studijos“ (T. 2). Vilnius. 1999.

FOREWORD II

INTRODUCTION XII

Word of introduction (Pavilionis R., Juodka B.) 4

Bumblauskas A. Is it correct to dedicate „The Readings“, named after Zenonas Ivinskis, to the deliberations on soviet historiography 10

HISTORY AND OTHER SCIENCES:

SACRED HEGEMONY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY

Jučas M. On Lithuania‘s annexation to Russia in 1795 20

Round table talk: Thoughts by experienced people 22

Butkus Z. External factor in domestic policy. Discussions 37

ON SOME ASPECTS OF SOVIET HISTORIOGRAPHY

Kasperavičius A. Overthrow of 1926 and nationalists‘( tautininkai) rule in soviet

historiography 60

Jegelevičius S. War between SSRS and Germany: cliches of soviet historiography 79

Jakubčionis A. Charting the unchartered territories: the things unknown to the historiography in emigration 92

THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON SOVIET HISTORIOGRAPHY

AND HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Bumblauskas A. Conflicts in Lithuanian soviet historiography: psychology

or methodology? 104

Gudavičius E. Has there been any progress on soviet historiography after

the „Studies on the Genesis of Lithuania‘s state and society” by Henryk Łowmiański 123

Pamerneckis S. Mathematical methods in soviet historiography

Bakonis E. Two sources of historical didactics: Zenonas Ivinskis and Aleksejus Vaginas. Discussion 155

SITUATION IN THE NEIGHBOURING FIELDS

Čiubrinskas V. Lithuanian soviet ethnology: encounter of historical materialism and ethnocultural romanticism 170

Sidrys R. Excavations without theory?

A critical glimpse of Lithuanian archaeology by an optimism 207

Savukynas B. Lithuanian linguistics in the soviet period 241

Zaborskaitė V. Literary criticism in the soviet period. Discussion 249

Valiulis S. Cinematography, history and ideological contexts. Discussion 257

REFLEXIONS ON MARXISM AND COMMUNISM

Norkus Z. Nonmarxist historiography of the 20th century. Discussion 276

Jokubaitis A. Marxism: from a dogma to speculation. Discussion 323

Baranova J. Why namely Arnold Toynbee?

A myth of monistic historiosophy in Lithuania 331

WHAT WE RENOUNCE AND WHAT WE PURSUE

Bumblauskas A. [Summarising remarks] 358

Donskis L. Marxism: from a dogma to speculation. Discussion 360

ECHOES

Šepetys N. General line and prologue 388

SUMMARIES 411

INDEX 430