The article examines and discusses the diplomatic activities and accomplishments of Jurgis Baltrušaitis, the long-standing envoy of Lithuania to the Soviet Union. The study is focused on several problematic moments of the envoy’s work in Moscow, especially the unique environment in which Baltrušaitis’s geopolitical views took shape and which later seemed to have influenced his diplomatic activities. The archival materials used in the article (they include Baltrušaitis’s political reports and his diplomatic correspondence) reveal the Lithuanian envoy’s controversial position regarding relations with the USSR. The study also discusses Baltrušaitis’s tense relations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the reasons for the constant conflicts with the leadership of Lithuania, analyses the algorithms of the envoy’s communications with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and provides an assessment of the results of the ‘geopolitical mission’ that Jurgis Baltrušaitis aspired to achieve.
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Straipsnyje nagrinėjama ilgamečio Lietuvos atstovo sovietų Rusijoje, nuo 1922 m. vasaros nepaprastojo pasiuntinio ir įgaliotojo ministro Sovietų Sąjungoje Jurgio Baltrušaičio diplomatinė veikla, aptariami jos rezultatai. Dėmesys sutelktas į keletą probleminių momentų: tiriama aplinka, kurioje formavosi J. Baltrušaičio pažiūros, vėliau galėjusios turėti įtakos ir jo diplomatinei veiklai; remiantis archyviniais dokumentais, t. y. paties J. Baltrušaičio politiniais pranešimais, jo diplomatine korespondencija, pristatoma kontroversiška jo pozicija santykių su SSRS atžvilgiu; aptariami įtempti J. Baltrušaičio santykiai su Lietuvos vadovybe, nagrinėjamos nuolat kildavusių konfliktų priežastys, analizuojamos J. Baltrušaičio bendravimo su Užsienio reikalų ministerijos vadovybe metodikos ir algoritmai; įvertinami J. Baltrušaičio paties sau prisiskirtos „geopolitinės misijos“ rezultatai.
This essay examines Jurgis Baltušaitis’ writings and shows its connections with the works of Henri Focillon, Aby Warburg and Athanasius Kircher. Baltušaitis oriented his interdisciplinary analyses in art history and cultural studies. The essay aims to demonstrate the complexity and importance of Baltrušaitis’ ideas that are developed in the comparative research of medieval art history, depraved perspectives, aberrations and illusions. Those works are linked by the philosophy of image and imagination that stand at the crossroads between abstractness and concreteness, myth and history, reality and illusion, rational and irrational forces, the East and West. This article tries to shape Baltrušaitis’ legacy by offering an insight into his thinking which unites various research topics, typically excluded from positivistic studies. It reveals the underlying structures of cultural imaginary in which cross-cultural interactions take place. It argues for the revaluation of his oeuvre by attending to the theoretical concerns behind his historical research program.
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