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About this show 15 minutes The reader said they would like to share an “interesting observation about BELSAT TV”:
“Here is a historical lesson about Vilnius, and the most interesting thing is that the Belarusian historian expresses his thoughts on who founded and lived in Vilnius in the Middle Ages. At first he says that the name Vilnius comes from the name of the river, not at all, but then he talks about the fact that the Belarusians gave it that name. It goes on to say that Vilnius was built by Belarusians.
But the ending of the movie was intoxicating! The BELSAT historian said that history does not know the cities built by the Lithuanians. Let me remind you that BELSAT is in Poland. Some kind of case is here. Can that historian’s opinion be acceptable? “
The show aired on March 1. You can see it in Belarusian here:
VIDEO: Vilnius is a city of Krivichi / Mysteries of Belarusian history
Krivičiai Town – or Crooked
In the program “Secrets of Belarusian history”, prof. This time A. Kraucevičius spoke about Vilnius as a city founded by Krivičiai. Krivičiai is a group of East Slavic tribes that lived in the 8th-12th centuries. in the current border countries of Russia, Belarus and Latvia.
According to the historian, archaeological excavations carried out by Belarusian and Polish archaeologists during the interwar period showed that the first medieval settlement on the territory of present-day Vilnius was the so-called Crooked City, and it was founded by the people of Polotsk. As the name suggests.
Starting from the fact that Vilnius, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and now the state of Lithuania, has a foggy start, and its mountainous landscape suggests why this place was chosen by the ancestors for the city, the professor speaks on the fact that the first inhabitants in the Stone Age, and in the Middle Ages, towards the fourteenth century, the city had three castles.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Hill of Three Crosses, called Curved Hill
“The ancient history of Vilnius is poorly researched due to the lack of written sources. It is known from the chronicles of the Teutonic Order that in the Middle Ages there were three castles here: Superior, Inferior and Curvo. Nor can much be expected from archeology, but not for scientific reasons, but for political ideological reasons.
The name of a small stream that flows into Vilija (Neris) in the center of the city raises some reflections, because throughout Belarus ancient cities developed in places where a small stream flows into a large river and the name of that small coincides with the name of the city. Polotsk – Polota, Vitebsk – Vitba, Sluck – Whore. So why the city of Vilnius and the Vilnius stream? (…) How did Vilnius come about? Is the legend worth believing that Gediminas dreamed a dream and founded Vilnius here? Has this happened before? How did the city develop in the Middle Ages? And who founded it, the Lithuanians or the Belarusians? ”, As an introduction to the program, after which the professor goes to Vilnius and continues to tell his theory while walking through the streets of the city.
Throughout Belarus, ancient cities developed in places where a small stream flows into a large river and the name of that small coincides with the city. Polotsk – Polota, Vitebsk – Vitba, Sluck – Whore. So why the city of Vilnius and the Vilnius stream?
A. Kraucevičius’s theory is that Vilnius was founded by the Krivičiai tribe, which means that the East Slavs are Belarusians, as is also attested by the name of the crooked city, which was on the crooked hill (now the three crosses).
This is not the first sample of this historian, who tells the same theory about Vilnius as a Belarusian city, whose history is still told unilaterally and not entirely accurate.
Photo by Valdas Kopūstas / 15min / Belarusians with their flags during 1863–1864. rebel funeral in Vilnius
“The story has been heard many times”
According to A. Nikžentaitis, director of the Lithuanian Institute of History, this theory has been known for a long time and the show is just one more proof that it is enough to cry that such things happen, and very specific work needs to be done. done.
“We are working because these things will not disappear by themselves. Without a doubt, such a theory has its own circle of followers and is also part of the identity of some Belarusians. It is difficult to argue with those who think so, but it is necessary to do so”, said A. Nikžentaitis.
Currently, a project has been prepared by Belarus under my coordination, which is called “Lithuania-Belarus: search for a historical dialogue”.
Such a historical narrative has been heard many times, says the historian, the statements are not new, as is the resulting theory of who are Lithuanians and who are Lithuanians, that real Lithuanians are modern Belarusians, so it goes without saying that they founded Vilnius. .
“Currently, a project has been prepared by Belarus under my coordination, which is called” Lithuania-Belarus: search for a historical dialogue “. The Institute is running a long-term program that will be a reflection of this Belarusian program. those theories have already emerged from the hands of historians, we foresee a large participation of the media in these projects, both Belarusian and Lithuanian, ”said A. Nikžentaitis.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Alvydas Nikžentaitis
He said that he knew A. Kraucevičius, whom he called the father of ideas about Belarus in Vilnius and an ideologue in this field, stating that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was first and foremost a Belarusian state:
“He softens his thoughts when he talks to me, but by speaking he will only speak as he should.”
A. Nikžentaitis says that he suggested to the Belarusian historians to include this historian in the future project, but they did not agree, however, they evaluated A. Kraucevičius as a radical.
He softens his thoughts when he talks to me, but speaking he will only speak as he should.
During the project, it is planned to organize about 12 round tables over several years, with the participation of the media, with the help of BELSAT, tut.by, Naša Niva, etc.
When this project will start, A. Nikžentaitis has not yet been able to say exactly: everything is ready, but it is being agreed with politicians how it could be financed.
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