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The di ec ions o scien i ic esea ch a e: Bal ic s udies, his o y
o Li huanian language, dialec ology, onomas ics.
The Li huanian boa man's
boule a d is a bi s ange.
A he end o he Second Wo ld Wa , all linguis ic heo is s, wo king in he ield o
language his o y, le Li huania o he Wes o escape he app oaching Bolshe ik
e o . In Li huania, only language p ac ices emained, he mos impo an o which
was p o . Juozas Balčikonis. Jonas K uopas and Juozas Senkus we e he only wo o
he emaining o ces a he uni e si y o each heo e ical Li huanian disciplines.
Bu hey we e he enemies o he Bolshe iks, and hey inally go ou o he
uni e si y. A e he Li huanian lec u es, he heo e ical le el d opped
signi ican ly. One o he mos impo an Bolshe ik "apos les" in Li huania, who
con ibu ed o he expulsion om he uni e si y o J. K uop and J. Senka, was
S anislo Lazu ka. He was bo n in Sibe ia, a descendan o he 1863 exiles. In he
au umn o 1945 he came o Li huania and en e ed Vilnius Uni e si y. He s udied
his o y. He was my classma e, so I knew him well a he ime, especially since he had a
lo o su e om. A i s , he spoke Li huanian poo ly. His o icial name was
S anisla Lazu kin. He was a lec u e in Ma xism-Leninism when he was s udying.
quickly became a uni e si y pa o gu (s uden ). Since hen, S anisla Lazu kin has
eopened S anisla Lazu ka. seeking o subjuga e and subjuga e Li huania, o ins ill
Bolshe ism […] us […] in all Li huanians, he ac ed wi hou a odai os and wi hou
a guing wi h anyone. The e's been a lo o a en ion paid o highe educa ion. I
expelled all hose lec u e s whose iews we e no Bolshe ik. The Li huanian
scien is s we e he bigges obs acle. They we e chasing me e e ywhe e.
s. Lazu kai alked abou "s ie o pe ėjūnai om a b oad mo he land", such as V.
Kulesho and Valen inas Neupokoje , who o some ime we e acul y pa ne s and
pe secu ed Li huanian lec u e s.
Many immig an s o Li huania se led in Vilnius Uni e si y. They didn' e en hink
o lea n Li huanian. He augh Ma xis disciplines, o cou se, in Russian. The
s uden s o his language did no unde s and i hen. He ook his exams h ough a
Li huanian ansla o , among whom we e decen people. Tha 's wha hei lessons
show he s uden who's aking he exam: "You say wha you wan , and I'll ansla e i ".
346 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXI he e we e also such a i als, who as i mean he
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desi e o lea n Li huanian language, only ou o ha no hing good came. He e's an
example. I was gi en he "public obliga ion" o each Li huanian o P o esso Hen y
Gab iel, who had escaped om A menia (he says he was sa ed o some "sec e s" om
he pa y cou se). I ook his job wi h en husiasm. Bu a e a ew lessons, he
p o esso said ha he had lea ned enough Li huanian and would no miss any mo e
lessons. Sho ly he ea e , a cu ious hing happened. Ma ielian demanded ha he
s uden being examined show his own Ma xis […]ko i ėjų[…] wo kshop concep . When
he Li huanian Kazys Pakalka showed such a concep , he Gab ielian, glancing a he op
o he coa o a ms, g abbed Pakalka's ba , o which he b ough no his own, bu
ano he s uden , in he name o a summa y, a concep . A e his e en , he acul y
was long idiculed o i s poo knowledge o Li huanian. The e is no doub ha he
a i al o he So ie and Russi ica ion ac o ies led by Lazu ka has long hinde ed he
p og ess o Li huanian (Bal is ) science in Li huania. Scien i ic language li e a u e
allowed ab oad was ini ially almos una ailable in Li huania. Li huanian books sen om
ab oad we e pu in o he so-called spec und and became inaccessible o esea che s.
La e , we ecei ed some Bal ic li e a u e om Wes e n Bal ic people, usually hose
who had he oppo uni y o ge pe mission o a end scien i ic con e ences in
Li huania.
The e we e no Li huanians among hem, so Li huanian o eign li e a u e, which
we ca ed abou he mos , was almos impossible o each. Excep ions, o cou se,
did occu . The e would be b a e men who would de o e hemsel es o his sac ed
wo k. Le me ell you abou one o hem ha I had a lo o con ac wi h.
F om abou he nin h decade o he las cen u y, ou is s isi ing Vilnius om he
Wes began o isi he ca hed al wi h me, deli e ing linguis ic books published in he
Wes , including Li huanian. They didn' know who sen he books. He said he go i om
a s ange . Since he books we e e y aluable, mos ly w i en by Li huanian
emig an s and e y necessa y o us, I el ha he conspi acy o sell he books was
o ganized by a pe son who was well e sed in he Li huanian language. I wasn' un il
la e ha I ealized i was Alexande he G ea . In 1983 he wen o Li huania wi h he
Li huanian g oup jaV. I me him a he ai po . I ook me a couple o hou s o ge i o
my house (i wasn' allowed). Tha 's when I go a chance o ge o know you be e .
La e , we me again and again. Du ing one o M . Dundul's isi s o me, wan ing o si
wi h him, I asked him wha he wan ed mos . To isi he g a e o his pa en s in he
ceme e y was his answe . I appealed o he hen Minis e o Fo eign A ai s o he
USSR, Vy au as Zenke ičius, whose su name sepa a ed om mine only once. We we e
bo h Ukhme s, bu we we en' ela ed. We we e in he same class. He didn' inish high
school and became a amous Bolshe ik ac i is . A my eques , he allowed M . Dunduli
o go o he TV s a ions, only demanding ha I ake him mysel in my ca and no s op
anywhe e on he way.
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Li huanian dialec s a e s ange in he Bolshe ik e a. A e a ew memo able
episodes, we made i o he ceme e y sa ely. I can' o ge he image ha
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mo ed me a ha ime […] a my pa en s' co in in he di o he ainy season,
a c ouching donkey, holding a di y kni e, aken om he co in and ied o his
nose.
A ac o was passing by. He s opped igh in on o us. I was he son o a dead
b o he o a. dundulio. He o e ed o d i e my ca h ough he loose di o he
Dundal's bi hplace, which he hadn' seen in o e 40 yea s. Dundul's eyes spa kled
wi h joy. I decided o ake a chance. Luckily, we didn' ge caugh . A he doo o he
omb, we we e g ee ed by he wi e o he dead b o he o he deceased, who was
e y exci ed when she said, "Oh, my God, oh, my God". "No Jesus, bu Alexande ",
said he Dundulis calmly. We we e sea ed a he able. ga he ed he neighbo s. They
ha e solemnly ul illed my eques no o ell anyone abou his mee ing.
Fo una ely, we e u ned o Vilnius. No one complained. When I was eco e ing om
a hea a ack in 1985, Dundulis ook g ea ca e o me and sen me some medicine.
A he end o he same yea , I had o pa icipa e in he Wo ld Li huanian Science and
C ea i i y Symposium in Chicago. I me a bunch o iends a he O'Ha e ai po . Chicago in
ea ly Decembe o 1985. The Commission shall be empowe ed o adop delega ed ac s in
acco dance wi h A icle 26 o supplemen his Regula ion by laying down de ailed ules o
he applica ion o his Regula ion. The s a ion (on he le ): he a mo ed quill, he zigzag
zinc, he g ace ul Šlapely ė-si u ienė, he julija Š abai ė-gylienė, he Jesui juozas Vaišnys, he s a ion on he le […]ija so jelionienė and he like.
The Linguis ica Li huaniana Ac No. 314 was adop ed
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on he occasion o i s 75 h anni e sa y. His
apa men , which we en ed om a iend Tamulius,
was equipped wi h a "Zinke ičius camp", which also
had a MiMi (my child en Mindaugo and Mildu ė) sec ion.
Dundulis had become a pa o ou amily. When he
ebi h began, he hunde did no cease wi h joy,
cons an ly calling me.
The Sup eme Council (la e called he Res o a ion
Seimas) headed by Vy au as Landsbe gis, a e
announcing he es o a ion o Li huanian
independence, made a phone call o my apa men
ha same e ening. Dundulis g ee ed us and said he
was happy o ha e had he happies hou o his li e.
"Now I can die in peace", she said in a weak, agi a ed
human oice.
A. Dundulis died sho ly he ea e in Chicago. Enginee A id Tamulis ul illed his las
eques and b ough he u n wi h he ashes o he deceased, which we bu ied in ou
a he 's g a e. ha u n he himsel had made e en be o e his ebi h in he o m o a
book in a box wi h he insc ip ion "God, sa e you a he Li huania". I handed o e he
manusc ip o a. dundulio and ano he legacy om Chicago o he Depa men o
Manusc ip s a Vilnius Uni e si y. I las isi ed he omb o Dundul in he T e egion
on 18 Oc obe 2003 oge he wi h membe s o he Š enčionių club in Vilnius. Alexande
Dundulis has spen his en i e li e quie ly wo king a e y meaning ul job. He didn'
ad e ise. He ga e Li huanians no less han hose whose names a e widely known.
When he o ganized he dis ibu ion o o bidden li e a u e among us Bolshe iks, he
showed ex ao dina y ingenui y. How high. The bookkeepe o Valanch. I 's all a
conspi acy! he li e a u e ecei ed was a ely shown o anyone. only i necessa y.
Bu i b ough eno mous bene i s o he Li huanians. Sepa a ing Li huanian speake s
om he es o he wo ld, he p o ided he Li huanian language, especially linguis ics,
wi h li e a u e ha was hen mo e aluable o us han gold.
Deli e ed on 14 Oc obe 2014
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Jus iniškių 41-24, LT-05127 Vilnius, Li huania This Decision is add essed o he Membe S a es.
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This is Alexande Dundulis.