{"title":"RUSŲ KARININKIJA KASDIENINIAME IR ŠVENTINIAME XVIII A. VILNIAUS GYVENIME:\u0000TAIKAUS SUGYVENIMO REGIMYBĖ","authors":"Lina Balaišytė","doi":"10.33918/XVIIIASTUDIJOS/T.4/A10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33918/XVIIIASTUDIJOS/T.4/A10","url":null,"abstract":"Life in the eighteenth century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was signified\u0000by active interference of the Russian Empire in the politics of the state. Imperial\u0000army was continuously summoned to reinforce Russian interests and to support\u0000internal feuds of the Commonwealth. Lithuanian and Polish society was forced\u0000to reconcile\u0000with the presence of foreign army in the country, whereas Russian\u0000officers sought to utilize their presence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth\u0000in enhancing useful personal relationships and for the purposes of propaganda.\u0000The article explores the relationship between the society of the Grand Duchy of\u0000Lithuania and the Russian officers in daily life, how both sides built this coexistence,\u0000and how it was changing depending on circumstances.\u0000Analysis of sources on everyday life of Vilnius showed that daily life of its\u0000citizens was burdened by the obligation of housing and feeding the army, although\u0000in ordinarily they tried not to confront this menacing power. People wanted to\u0000earn favour of the Russian army leadership and be relieved of this duty through\u0000gifts, salutations and other signs of respect. On the other side, Russian officers\u0000depended not only on their power, they also tried to form good relationships\u0000with the high society and communities, e. g. officers visited monasteries and pass\u0000greetings during church celebrations. A pretext to assemble the nobility was a celebration\u0000dedicated to honour the rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth\u0000and Russia. Russian officers also demonstrated signs of respect to the loyal high\u0000standing officials of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They also tried to earn favour\u0000of the wider public through events of mass entertainment, e. g. the carnivals were\u0000made open to the citizens from various strata. The public could be rallied to watch\u0000show exercises of the Russian army, which was a spectacle for the curious citizens\u0000from lower social strata, and for the higher level citizens it was an opportunity\u0000to strengthen ties that could ensure their future privileges. Multiple festivities\u0000organized by the Russian officers were implemented with propaganda objectives\u0000in mind. Through such spectacular and luxury events they tried to demonstrate\u0000power and their decorations usually repeated motifs of the glorification of the\u0000Court of Catherine II. Celebrations, their decorations, occasional literature were\u0000some of the tools aimed at supporting the patronage of Russia. Existing sources\u0000on everyday life do not permit speaking about the moral side of the relationship\u0000with the Russian officers. Most likely, the start of the Four-Year Sejm, when the\u0000aim to strengthen the statehood was expressed in clearer terms, collaboration with\u0000the foreign power was not considered treason and condemned.\u0000\u0000Keywords: Vilnius, Russian army, everyday life, festivities, spectacles.","PeriodicalId":407662,"journal":{"name":"Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė Visuomenė. Kasdienybės istorija","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115167852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}