| Abstract [eng] |
The development history of the Lithuanian part of Užnemunė, which also includes the Suvalkija ethnographic region differs from the rest of Lithuania, especially when it comes to the period up to the beginning of 20th century. The peculiar historical circumstances determined the differences in the development of the homestead villages of this region in comparison with the rest of the territory of Lithuania. With increasing migration among the rural population, and globalization penetrating the villages of Suvalkija, as well as the villages of Lithuania as a whole, there is a serious threat to the survival of ethnocultural homestead villages in Suvalkija. Poorly regulated protection of individual heritage elements has the potential to disappear. It is worth to pay attention that homesteads of homestead villages with memorial value are included in the Register of Cultural Heritage. The aim of the study was to analyze stages of the development of homestead villages in Suvalkija and factors that determined them, based on all available historiography and sources, especially of the 19th century. The study also examines the heritage of homestead villages in Suvalkija, the essence of which is revealed by the current legislation governing the protection of ethnocultural values. In order to achieve the goal of this thesis, the elements in the geographical scope of the research that correspond to the definition of homestead villages were identified and the situation of the heritage objects of homestead villages in Suvalkija was determined. The research revealed that despite the differences in the development of homestead villages in Suvalkija compared to the rest part of Lithuania, homestead villages also lose their features of the plan and the structure, disappearing, unique to Suvalkija region, the construction of homestead of homestead villages huts around a rectangular yard. The reason for all this is the people’s desire to live comfortably, despite the planning of a rural or rural homestead typical of an ethnographic region, the layout of buildings in a homestead, and the practical use of construction materials. |
