ABSTRACT
The post-communist camp in Lithuania has undergone liberalization in a way similar to that of Poland's former communists. In effect, it has transformed itself into largely pro-Western social-democratic group and is largely integrated with the mainstream liberal sector. A good example of the doctrines was the public praise expressed by Aleksander Kwasniewski as Poland's president for Gierdoyc, Kultura and its ideas. This allegiance to Giedroyc's ideas led Kwasniewski to actively take part in Polish support for the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine and express support for the pro-Western Ukrainian camp. The conservatives approach to the Giedroyc Doctine is, however, much more restrained. It is seen by many as an act of scarification of principles, "historical truth" and, above all else, the interests of Poland. Particularly controversial for conservatives was the turning of a blind eye to the massacre of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during the Second World War, in particular, in the massacre at Volhynia in 1943.
