Title Rusų kilmės Antrojo pasaulinio karo pabėgėlių iš Lietuvos ryšiai su rusų diaspora JAV:individualios patirtys /
Translation of Title Relation of Russian refugees of World War II from Lithuania to Russian Diaspora in the USA: Analysis of individual experiences.
Authors Marcinkevičius, Andrius
DOI 10.7220/2351-6561.30.4
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Is Part of OIKOS: lietuvių migracijos ir diasporos studijos.. Kaunas : VDU: Lietuvių išeivijos institutas. 2020, 2, 30, p. 61-81.. ISSN 1822-5152
Keywords [eng] World War II ; Lithuania, refugees of Russian origin ; ethnic and religious identity ; Russian diaspora.
Abstract [eng] This article analyzes the ties that Russian refugees from Lithuania during World War II had with the Russian diaspora in the United States, as revealed by individual experiences of participation in the Russian emigrants’ religious and social organizations and by surviving gravesite monuments in historical Russian Orthodox cemeteries in the United States. What influence on the ties of Russian war refugees from Lithuania with the Russian diaspora did their ethnic background, their family and social connections, their education obtained in Lithuania and elsewhere, and their work and social activities have? That is one of the questions this article tries to clarify. The research revealed that those World War II Russian refugees from Lithuania who remained loyal to Russian culture and to the idea of a Russia liberated from communism joined the civic activities in the United States that aimed to acquaint Americans with the cultural and religious traditions of Russia before the Communist revolution and also aimed to deconstruct Communist ideology. Some of the refugees entered into ties with the Russian diaspora through membership in communities of clergy and faithful opposed to the USSR because of its religious persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad.
Published Kaunas : VDU: Lietuvių išeivijos institutas
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2020