ABSTRACT

In this article, we review the history of building a post-Soviet sovereign state in Lithuania by institutionalizing social and political difference of some groups in laws, policy, and public discourse. We argue that an exclusive inclusion of national (ethnic) minorities and migrants have played an important role in defining political belonging to a post-Soviet sovereign state. Language and citizenship laws and policies have been the major sites through which national minorities and migrants have been categorized and integrated in a post-1991 society. We conclude with the analysis of the politics of historical justice, central in defining political belonging to a post-2014 sovereign state.

摘要

在本文中，我们通过将某些群体在法律、政策和公共话语中的社会和政治差异制度化，回顾了在立陶宛建立后苏联主权国家的历史。我们认为，将少数民族（族裔）和移民排除在外在定义后苏联主权国家的政治归属方面发挥了重要作用。语言和公民法律和政策一直是少数民族和移民被分类并融入 1991 年后社会的主要场所。我们以对历史正义政治的分析作为结束，这是定义 2014 年后主权国家的政治归属的核心。