Dariusz Szoper
Kulturos barai
Kulturos barai
Eurozine
Pro-Russian concepts of re-establishment of statehood in the political thought of Lithuanian circles in 1807-1815
Dariusz Szoper
The author of this historical research article and Polish historian, attempts to find out the political opinions of the conservative circles that hailed the Russian authorities. He focuses on the memorandum of M.K. Oginskis submitted to Russian tzar in 1811 in which the nobleman insisted that the tzar should make radical decisions envisioning the Russian-French conflict. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, according to this plan, had to be incorporated into the Polish kingdom and tzar - to proclaim himself a king of this newly reconstructed political entity.