328 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXIV This Regula ion shall en e in o o ce on he wen ie h day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union.
PAULIUS SAUDARGAS
Scien i ic esea ch a ea: biophysics.
This Regula ion shall en e in o o ce on he wen ie h day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union.
I'm going o he olley.
The DANTIS
Algi das Pa ackas w o e: "In he six h and se en h decades o he las cen u y, a
g oup o young people, who had al eady begun o smoke he sys em, ga he ed in a
communi y. […] One o hem, Mindaugas Tomoni, was killed o mu de ed, and his
eques was ca ied ou […] began o allow he cul u al jou nal Pas ogė (Pas ogė is
ese ed o hose who wan o c ea e eely), and he con inued his wo k by
publishing he collec ion E hos. […]1 A ody ų, in hese wo collec ions he e was a
e ospec i e o he s uggles o A. Pa acko and he unde g ound. La e , A.
Pa ack himsel su e ed om he egime: in 1986 he was a es ed by he KGB and,
in his own wo ds, " eleased o Russia". F om he basemen o Pas ogė o he KGB
dungeon... Why Pas ogė? The g ound should be unde he g ound, in he basemen o
in he bunke , as i he pa isans we e hiding. In he con ex o he building's alias,
he e a e ac ually wo choices. Bo h he house […] unde he loo and he shel e
[…] abo e he ceiling space p o ude om he wo ld o he p ose house. People
don' usually li e he e, bu he e a e pa allel, hidden aspec s o e e yday li e a
home. The same pa isans, clinging o he enka edis s, o en hid no only unde he
loo , bu also "ups ai s", whe e, i he e is no poisoned c a e, hey may no
hesi a e o in i e gues s. Acco ding o A. Pa acko, he name was inspi ed by
Mindaugas Tomonis himsel . So he e is a p e ense no o go in o he " adi ional"
g ound, bu o ac in a di e en way. Wha does i mean o be seen? To obse e
he app oaching enemy om u he away? Whe he o no he sel -de ense le el
wan ed o encode "pas ogininkai" in he name, appa en ly, was a ma e o
in ellec ual obse a ion. Acco ding o A. Pa acko, Pas ogė had o ill he cul u al
and in ellec ual niche lacking in he unde g ound p ess. LKB K onika was a ac ual
publica ion, i s naked u h and un o ge abili y led o he disillusionmen o he
KGB. The Ch onicle, ha ing done undamen al wo k, essen ially sa is ied he needs
o he Li huanian unde g ound p ess in his segmen , bu i did no claim ei he
li e a y o philosophical heigh s, because i was a ch onicle o ep ession. 1 Pa ackas Algi das 2011: Pas ogės Lie u a, Aidai, 170. This is a lis o people who we e bo n in, esiden s o , o o he wise closely associa ed wi h he ci y o Pa ackas, Li huania.
F om he T olley o he Tee h
Language and des iny 329 A. Pa ackas w o e: […][...] had o choose: ei he o go in o a
alse cul u e, o no o go in o i . And hen wha o do? I you don' , you ha e o lie, i
you don' , you can' exp ess you sel , you can only ca y e e y hing in you sel ,
because you' e e y es ic ed. Don' lie, bu don' ge caugh . Thus, he shel e
becomes a e uge o dissiden you hs who wan o build. Those who wan o no
only se he one, bu also lea e hei ma k on li e a u e, poe y, philosophy. To be
highe , o be in he shel e . In Russia, you speak he known Mo ze alphabe , in he
pas , you speak lines. I 's go simila i ies, bu i 's a di e en shape. The idea is e y
s ong […] unde lying in o ma ion is in ended no only o in o m o decla e a igh
agains he sys em, bu also o c ea e a wo ld o in ellec ual c ea i i y, an
al e na i e o he empi e o lies. You can w i e and publish in he o icial p ess, bu
hen he ex s will ha e o be s e ile om poli ics and eligion, you can w i e in
ables, you can w i e no hing. Howe e , you can s ill w i e in o he unde g ound
publica ion, which will no ha e a wide eade ship, bu , as we now see om a la ge
pe spec i e o ime, will emain embedded in his o y e y elegan ly. To s and wi h
you head held high, o be highe , o be in he shel e . S angely, howe e , he need
o such in ellec ual shel e s and b a e "pas o s" did no disappea e en a e
h ee decades o eedom... A. Pa acko's hough s al eady in he pe iod o
independence a e enewed in ou days. […]The e is no di ec coe cion now, bu he e
is ano he coe cion, wi h a much mo e e ined o m.[…][…]Is i ue ha all
in ellec uals a e s ill ee o w i e and speak wha hey hink? The ea o en e ing
Russia o Sibe ia is eplaced by he ea o being idiculed by he "in luence s". The
ea o physical con on a ion is eplaced by he ea o public condemna ion.
A aid o emaining a whi e c ow, i zombies he e y in ellec and makes us
obedien no only o he silen ones, bu also o he hinking ones. I 's he p ice o
being ee. F eedom, which domina es he o he alues accoun , cos . An imma u e
and in ellec ually uns able socie y ha has won i s eedom can e y quickly u n i
in o chaos o jus ano he egime. A. Pa ackas w o e: "Do a and eedom a e
insepa able; Wi hou he i s , he e is no second. To con use hese concep s is o
make a deadly, un o gi able mis ake. This is especially ue o Li huanians, as people
o e hnic cul u e. […]3 We can' help bu eel how he whole gua d o alse p ophe s
and Pha isees, who no longe wo ship he al eady o ged ideal o eedom, bu only
i s s a ue in he kingdom o w ong hinking, will si he e. A. Pa ackas w o e:
"Those who ha e a ya d wan he whole wo ld o ecognize hei ya d as a non-ya d,
so i 's easie o li e. Whe he he wins o loses, he's going o igh wi h his own
swo d. I he ough he good igh , as S . John says, Paul, i migh be o gi en, i migh win in he end. Bu no, on he con a y, hey wan o eo ganize he wo ld in such a way ha he yda is ecognized as he neyda. […]4 A. Pa ackas himsel , mo e han once
Two igh he e, 28.
Th ee igh he e, 42.
Fou igh he e, hi y-one.
PAULIUS SAUDARGAS
330 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXIV he peasan s o he mode n "in luence s"
and " olls", o whom he esponds h ough he poe b o he Gin a Pa acką "In he
wo ds o Algi das Pa ack, old du ing his own une al by he lips o his b o he
Gin a ":
My b o he s a e no
b oile s, I didn' go ou wi h
hem, Sakalai a e my b o he s
In he heigh ...
Wha can I ell you, olls,
abou he olleybus:
You we e di and you'll be di ,
you' e jus ood o he hyenas!5
A. Pa ackas was a man o u h ul wo ds and cou ageous ac ion. A unique
combina ion, whe e he muscles o a cul u ed pe son hide a sensi i e soul and a
deep in ellec . A sel - augh , bu e y insigh ul expedi ion o he e hnological
wo ld was once buil by A. Pa acką g e a in o he insigh o he geniuses o
linguis ics, and he uncomp omising duali y wi h he So ie ep essions has
al eady s uc u ed he en y o Algi das in o he g ani e o he Li huanian dissiden pan heon.
To ai h, o lowing, o he low
o he li ing di ini y, o we
walk as we ha e walked.
No o dea h, bu o li e.6
Deli e ed May 25, 2021
PAULIUS SAUDARGAS
Seimas o he Republic o Li huania
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.
5 Pa ack Gin a a 2015: Algi do Pa acko speaks, old h ough he lips o his own b o he Gin a a a his
own une al, 2015-04-0308.
Six igh he e.