Belarus and the “Belarusian Irredenta” in Lithuania

Bibliographic Data

ID11047377
AuthorsStephen R Burant (United States Department of State, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume25
Issue4
Pages643-658
Publication date1997-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00905999708408532
OpenAlexW1996095514
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

On 24 February 1992, Belarusian foreign minister Piotr Kraǔchanka told a visiting European Community delegation in Minsk that he wanted to record his country's claim to Lithuanian border territory in the presence of an international audience. When asked whether the claims extended to Vilnius, Kraǔchanka said “yes,” but added that the border areas were really the ones at issue. In the late 1980s and early 1990s many Lithuanian officials expected Poland to make such claims on their country, to regain territory lost in 1939. By contrast Lithuanians paid little attention to what Belarusians were saying about the role of Vilnius in Belarusian history and the national identity of the 258,000 Slavs in the Vilnius region

Delegation · Economic history · Lithuanian · Political science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Politics and Security · History · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies

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