The Civil Administration of Eastern Territories (1919-1920) - The Reasons for the Failure of Pilsudski's Federation Idea

Between 1919 and 1920, the eastern territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were temporarily administered by the Civic Management of Eastern Territories, established by Józef Pilsudski. The residents of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania were to determine their future governance. Pilsudski placed the Civic Management outside the structures of the Polish government, while his opponents from the Polish nationalist wing wanted to suborn it to the government in Warsaw. Based on hitherto unknown archival documents, the author describes the reasons for the failure of Pilsudski's federation idea, both on the Polish side, as well as errors by Belarusian leaders and the policy of the Lithuanian state.

List of contents

Józef Pilsudski - 1918-1920 - Polish-Soviet war - Polish Lithuanians - Belarusian leaders - German Ost-politik - Soviet west politics - federation - Polish supporters of the incorporation of the Vilnius region - Minsk region - Grodno region - Volhynian district - Kaunas Lithuania

About the author

Joanna Gierowska-Kallaur is professor in the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and lecturer at the Centre of Eastern European Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Her research primarily concerns the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, modern history, and 19th and 20th century empires.

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Gierowska-Ka¿¿aur, Joanna Gierowska-Kallaur
• Assisted by: Jaroslaw Fazan (Editor), Tristan Korecki (Translation)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2022
• EAN: 9783631866221
• ISBN: 978-3-631-86622-1
• No. of pages: 580
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 41 mm x 219 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Illustrations: 36 Abb.
• Series: Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives; Polish Studies ¿ Transdisciplinary Perspectives
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries