Abstract
The article discusses the way in which three different generations of Lithuanian patriots defined their relationship with the Czech national movement; how the Czech national movement influenced the development of the Lithuanian national movement in the 19th century. The article is methodologically based on a three-stage periodization of the national movement provided by historian, Miroslav Hroch.
It draws information primarily on the basis of text analysis of the journals Teka Wileńska, Aušra, and Varpas, which can be regarded as generational ideological platforms, and correspondence and memories of activists. The author researches the difference in the motivation of Lithuanian-Polish patriots on one hand and, on the other, by later generations activists of the Lithuanian national movement.