Socialdemokratai Steponas Kairys ir Mykolas Biržiška Lietuvos Tarybos darbe
Lietuvos nacionalinė M. Mažvydo biblioteka |
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2011 |
Straipsnyje, remiantis Lietuvos (Valstybės) Tarybos protokolais, istoriniais šaltiniais ir istoriografija, aptariamas istorinėje literatūroje žinomas, tačiau specialaus ir išsamaus istorikų dėmesio ir teksto nesulaukęs į Lietuvos Tarybą išrinktų socialdemokratų Stepono Kairio ir Mykolo Biržiškos santykis su istorinio 1918 m. vasario 16-osios Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo akto priėmimu. Taip pat nagrinėjamas klausimas, ar po 1917 m. gruodžio 11 d., kai M. Biržiška išstojo iš LSDP, o S. Kairys, anot dalies komunistinės istoriografijos, iš jos buvo pašalintas, juos galima laikyti socialdemokratais.
In the article there is discussed relation of sotialdemocrats Steponas Kairys and Mykolas Biržiška with the acceptance of the historic Act of restoration of Independence of Lithuania in 1918, February 16. In the one of the divisions of the article there is analysed a question if we can call S. Kairys and M. Biržiška as socialdemocrats after the IIth of December, 1917 because M. Biržiška seceded from LSDP and S. Kairys was exluded from the party accordind to some communistic istoriography. After analysing this question we can state that S. Kairys after the 11* of December 1917, not only remained the member of LSDP, but was one of the prime leaders of the party and M. Biržiška, despite his secession from LSDP, worked as a nonparty socialdemocrat Summarising the work of socialdemocrats who were selected to the Counsil of Lithuania, we can apparently state that they together with the leftists J. Vileišis and S. Narutavičius were very criticaly minded vis-a-vis the decision of the Lithuania Counsil in December 11, 1917. Also they were strictest contradictors of the annexational plans of germans. S. Kairys and M. Biržiška played a big role in the process of acceptance of the historic Act of Independence of the state of Lithuania on the 16"1 of February, 1918. Many authors, who has been writing abaut the acceptance of the act, indicated leftists of Lithuania Counsil as main authors of the act.