On Political Terror during the Soviet Expansion into Lithuania, 1918–1919
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11264413 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Česlovas Laurinavičius (0000-0002-9384-6552, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-76 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629778.2015.1009687 |
| OpenAlex | W2044528730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article deals with a noticeable anomaly of Bolshevik expansion in Lithuania during 1918–1919: the refusal of the Soviet authorities to resort to terror to subdue the local population in order to export the world revolution. The author argues that the Soviets avoided political terror in Lithuania because they did not treat the Lithuanians as a nation capable of sustaining their own state. In fact, anti-Bolshevik forces employed more terror than the Bolsheviks in their attempt to drive out the Reds and uproot Lithuanian support for the Communist regime. The Lithuanian left-wing government of Mykolas Sleževičius sought to contain its radicalized military and to preserve a soft-handed relationship with the local Bolshevik government
Ancient history · Communism · Economic history · Government (linguistics · Lithuanian · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · State (computer science · Demography · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |