Lietuvių politinių partijų ir ideologinių srovių (iki 1940 m.) istoriografija

LTStraipsnyje išsamiai analizuojama pagrindinių lietuvių politinių partijų ir ideologinių srovių (iki 1940 m.) istoriografija, svarbiausios įvairiu laikotarpiu išleistos apie šias politines partijas ir ideologines sroves publikacijos, apibendrinami aptariamų tyrimų rezultatai, iškilusios problemos ir jų priežastys. Daroma išvada, kad pirmiausia dėl politinių priežasčių lietuvių politinėms partijoms ir ideologinės srovėms (iki 1940 m.) išskirtinis dėmesys pradėtas rodyti tik per pastaruosius dvidešimt metų. [Iš leidinio]

ENThe article gives a comprehensive analysis of historiography of the main Lithuanian political parties and ideological movements (before 1940), the key publications released on the political parties and ideological movements under analysis in different periods; it summarises the results of research under discussion, the arising problems and their causes. A conclusion in drawn that there was essentially no professional research of Lithuanian political parties and ideological movements (before 1940) up to the Lithuanian national revival at the end of the 1980s. Such a situation was determined by objective reasons: during the interwar authoritarian regime oppositional political parties, with the exception of the ruling Lithuanian Nationalist Union, were openly ignored and even officially banned in 1936. No objective research of political parties and movements could be possible in the years of the Soviet occupation, when the Soviet government manipulated the Lithuanian history by all possible means. Hence, the research carried out in the Soviet era has little enduring value. Even though the main political parties and movements which had previously functioned in the independent Lithuania revived their activities in exile after World War II, the previous disagreements, in particular the privileged position of the nationalist movement during the authoritarian regime renewed the rat-race among political parties in exile. The said factors played a negative role in the writing of history on political parties and movements.