Augustinas Voldemaras and Soviet-Lithuanian Relations between 1926 and 1929

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https://doi.org/10.12775/SDR.2022.2.03

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Augustinas Voldemaras, Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian-Soviet relations, Polish-Lithuanian relations, Lithuanian foreign policy, USSR foreign policy

Abstract

The article describes Soviet-Lithuanian relations in the period between 1926 and 1929, based on reports by Soviet diplomats in Vilnius. The authorities in Moscow were preoccupied with the internal situation in Lithuania, the growing tensions between Augustinas Voldemaras and Antanas Smetona, and the complicated relations between Vilnius and Warsaw.

Author Biography

Aleksandr I. Rupasow, Instytut Historii Rosyjskiej Akademii Nauk

Aleksandr I. Rupasow, PhD in History, leading researcher at the Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, editor-in-chief of the Petersburg Historical Journal, correspondent member of the Finnish Historical Society (Suomen Historiallinen Seura). Research interests include international relations in the Scandinavian-Baltic region (1920s–1960s), international trade, the Soviet economy (1920s–1930s) (rupasov_ai@mail.ru).

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Archiwum Polityki Zagranicznej Federacji Rosyjskiej

Rosyjskie Państwowe Archiwum Historii Społeczno-Politycznej w Moskwie

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Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

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2023-02-28

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RUPASOW, Aleksandr I. Augustinas Voldemaras and Soviet-Lithuanian Relations between 1926 and 1929. Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Online. 28 February 2023. Vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 61-76. [Accessed 1 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/SDR.2022.2.03.

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Vol. 57 No. 2 (2022)

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