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Vilnius Conference

This article is about a conference in 1917. For an international conference in 2006, see Vilnius Conference 2006.
Presidium and secretariat of the Vilnius Conference. The hall was decorated with small two-color (red and green) flags (three are visible in the picture). This was one of the suggestions for the Flag of Lithuania. The delegates decided it was too dark and gloomy and eventually a yellow stripe was added.[1]

In the history of Lithuania, the Vilnius Conference (Lithuanian: Vilniaus konferencija) or Vilnius National Conference met on 18–22 September 1917,[2] and began the process of establishing a Lithuanian state based on ethnic identity and language that would be independent of the Russian Empire, Poland, and the German Empire.[3] It elected a twenty-member Council of Lithuania that was entrusted with the mission of declaring and re-establishing an independent Lithuania. The Conference, hoping to express the will of the Lithuanian people, gave legal authority to the council and its decisions. While the Conference laid the basic guiding principles of Lithuanian independence, it deferred any matters of the political structure of future Lithuania to the Constituent Assembly, which would later be elected in a democratic manner.[4]

  1. ^ Rimša, Edmundas (2005). Heraldry: Past to Present. Vilnius: Versus aureus. pp. 82–87. ISBN 9955-601-73-6.
  2. ^ Many sources state that the Conference ended on September 23, and not September 22. This mistake probably originated in the Act of Independence of Lithuania, passed on February 16, 1918. This is one factual mistake in the text of the Act.
    Klimavičius, Raimundas (2004-02-17). "Vasario 16-osios aktas: teksto formavimo šaltiniai ir autorystės problema". History. A Collection of Lithuanian Universities' Research Papers (in Lithuanian) (59–60). Vilnius Pedagogical University: 57–66. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  3. ^ Šakalys, Jūratė A. (Winter 1985). "Higher Education In Lithuania: An Historical Analysis". Lituanus. 4 (31). Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference maks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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