Migrujące Wilno: Lata 1915-1994
Synopsis
MIGRATION IN VILNIUS: 1915–1994
For centuries, migration processes have played a significant role in the life of Vilnius. Even the first mention of Vilnius in 1323 refers to the importance of the movement of people for the city and looks forward to the arrival of new Vilniusites. Migration processes in the city intensified in times of political change (wars, uprisings, revolutions, etc.) or social cataclysms (fires, famines, disease out- breaks, etc.). With each passing century, the importance and significance of migration has increased. It was perhaps in the twentieth century that this had the strongest impact on the city’s community. That was when not just thousands but tens and even hundreds of thousands of people were caught up in the whirl of migration. At the center of this maelstrom were the inhabitants of Vilnius who more than once were in the focus of interest for several countries. These interests led to the deformation and re-creation of the identity of the Vilniusites. The most drastic changes took place during the Second World War and the early post-war years, when the city lost almost all of its former inhabitants. Paradoxically, it was migration that facilitated the growth of the city and its social environment. In the twentieth century, Vilnius went through several major transformations: first it was a city of a guberniya of the tsarist empire, then it became a city on the outskirts of Poland (with much higher ambitions to be seen as the country’s cultural capital), and, finally, the actual capital. For some groups of the residents of Vilnius, for example, Jews, Vilnius was a world-class city of special significance. It was also equally special or unique for Lithuanians, Poles, and Belarusians.
Chapters
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TABLE OF CONETNTS
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I. Pierwsza wojna światowa i mieszkańcy Wilna. Wielkie wyludnienie miasta. Lata 1915–1917
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II. Między Litwą a Polską. Oczekiwania i rzeczywistość mieszkańców Wilna w latach 1918–1920
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III. Procesy migracyjne w latach 1918–1939
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IV. Wilno w czasie II wojny światowej
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V. Znaczenie umowy z 22 września 1944 roku w życiu Wilna
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VI. Nowi wilnianie. Migracja do Wilna w okresie sowieckim
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VII. Od miasta wieloetnicznego do… jeszcze bardziej wieloetnicznego
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VIII. Fala emigracyjna z Wilna. 1990–1994
