Mission of Zigmas Toliušis-Stasiulevičius in Ukraine in 1921

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ENThe Lithuanian re-evacuation from Ukraine, which began in 1918, was suspended by the Civil War, which broke out in Russia. In 1918, a number of Lithuanian intellectuals (about 20 thousand) came back from Ukraine. However, there were 69 thousand more Lithuanians willing to come back to their homeland. In 1918, the Council of Lithuania delegated its authorised representative to Kiev, Juozas Jankevičius, whereas on 24 October 1919 the Cabinet of Ministers assigned Andrius Lisauskas to act as a temporary authorised representative of the Government of Lithuania to Odessa for the defence of Lithuanian citizens in "Southern Russia". When Odessa was occupied by the Bolsheviks at the beginning of February 1919, Lisauskas was forced to come back to Lithuania. After the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania was elected, he became the director of the Chancellery of the Constituent Assembly, but on 14 September 1920 he (together with Rapolas Juodelė) departed to Odessa and Crimea to issue passports to Lithuanians in Romania, Southern Russia, and Crimea. Lisauskas came back from his mission in Ukraine and Romania in the second half of April 1921. While on his mission, Lisauskas participated in the negotiations over the signing of the peace treaty between Lithuania and the Ukrainian SSR in Moscow and authorised Zigmas Toliušis-Stasiulevičius to stand in for him and to handle the implementation of the treaty. Before departing to Lithuania, on 24 March 1921, he delegated an authorised representative in Odessa, whereas Toliušis-Stasiulevičius was responsible for the approval of his appointment. Key words: Ukraine, Zigmas Toliušis-Stasiulevičius, Andrius Lisauskas, Odessa, Kharkiv, Kiev. [Extract, p. 57]