Yurginis, Juozas Matovich

He studied at the Faculty of History of Kaunas University . For revolutionary activity in 1929 - 1934 and in 1937 he was arrested.

Since 1937 in Stockholm . As a member of the Comintern, he maintained contact with the Swedish Communists.

He visited the United States, where he lectured on Lithuanian culture and collected donations in support of prisoners of bourgeois Lithuania. In the USA, he wrote and published a Lithuanian primer under the symbolic name "Good morning!".

In 1940, director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After the defeat of Nazi Germany, as part of an expedition of 3 people ( Povilas Pakarklis , Bronislav Gertus, Juozas Yurginis), he searched for Lithuanian manuscripts in East Prussia . Part of the archive of the Teutonic Order was discovered in the Lochstedt Castle (manuscripts of the 16th century, Lithuanian books of the 16th – 18th centuries, archive of Ludvikas Reza , manuscripts of Donelaitis ).

In 1945 - 1948, director of the library of the Academy of Sciences of Lithuania.

From 1948 he worked at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Lithuania (from 1948–1951, 1956–1972, deputy director).

In 1950 - 1972 he taught at Vilnius University .

He studied culture, socio-economic relations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the history of Vilnius , Vilnius University. One of the authors of the books “History of the Lithuanian SSR” (vols. 1-3, 1957–65; 1978; vol. 1, 1985), “History of the city of Vilnius” (“Vilniaus miesto istorija”. T. 1. - Vilnius, 1968) , “History of Vilnius University” (vols. 1–2, 1976–77). Prepared for publication the Code of Law of Casimir 1468 (“Kazimiero teisynas 1468 m.”. -Vilnius, 1967). The author of the memoirs "Traveler's Short Stories".

Author of school books on the history of Lithuania:

• History of the Lithuanian SSR: Textbook for VII-IX class. / Yu. M. Yurginis, V. Yu. Merkis. - Kaunas: Shviesa, 1969 .-- 160 p.

• History of the Lithuanian SSR: Textbook for environments. schools. - 3rd ed. - Kaunas: State. publishing house ped. lit., 1960 .-- 188 p.

• Rural community of Lithuanians. - M., 1964;
• The reasons for the late spread of Christianity in the Baltic. - M., 1970;
• The fate of Magdeburg law in Lithuanian cities // History of the USSR. - 1975. - No. 4;
• Changes in the agrarian system of Lithuania in the era of feudalism // History. - 1976. - No. 9;
• Lithuanian books of the 16th century and the manifestation of the ideas of humanism in them // Cultural ties of the peoples of Eastern Europe in the XVI century. - M., 1976;
• Boyars and gentry in the State of Lithuania // Eastern Europe in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. - M., 1978;
• The fate of the archive of the Teutonic Order // Materials of the international scientific conference on source studies and historiography of the peoples of the Baltic republics. - Vilnius: Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR, 1978. - P.21-30.
• Boyars and nobles and their land ownership in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania // Yearbook on the agrarian history of Eastern Europe. - Kiev, 1979;
• Embassy of Mikhail Litvin at the Crimean Khan in 1538-1540 // Russia, Poland and the Black Sea region in the XV — XVIII centuries. - M., 1979;
• The Lithuanian Statute is a monument to the history of law and culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania // The First Lithuanian Statute of 1529. - Vilnius, 1982;
• The peasantry of Lithuania in the socio-political thought of the XVI ― XVIII centuries. // Feudal peasant in Eastern and Northern Europe. - Tallinn, 1983.

In Lithuanian:

• “Essays on the History of Lithuanian Art” (“Lietuvos meno istorijos bruožai”. - Vilnius, 1960)
• “The enslavement of peasants in Lithuania” (“Baudžiavos įsigalėjimas Lietuvoje” .- Vilnius, 1962)
• “Renaissance and humanism in Lithuania” (“Renesansas ir humanizmas Lietuvoje.” - Vilnius, 1965)
• “History and Poetry: Studies in the History of Culture” (“Istorija ir poezija: kultūros istorijos etiudai” .- Vilnius, 1969)
• “Legends about the origin of the Lithuanians” (“Legendos apie lietuvių kilmę” - Vilnius, 1971)
• “The relationship of paganism and Christianity in Lithuania” (“Pagonybės ir krikščionybės santykiai Lietuvoje” .- Vilnius, 1976)
• “Condemnation: a story about K. Lyschinsky” (“Pasmerkimas: pasakojimas apie K. Liščinkskį.” - Vilnius, 1976)
• “The History of the Lithuanian Peasantry” (“Lietuvos valstiečių istorija” .- Vilnius, 1978)
• “Essays on the history of Lithuanian culture” (“Lietuvos kultūros istorijos bruožai” .- Vilnius, 1981, with I. Luksaitė) “History and culture: essays on the progress of culture” (“Istorija ir kultūra: kultūros pažangos apybraižos” .- Vilnius, 1984)
• “Martyrs and saints: legends and reality” (“Kankiniai ir šventieji: legendos ir tikrovė.” - Vilnius, 1984)
• “Medninki Castle” (“Medininkų pilis” .- Vilnius, 1984)
• “Baptism of Lithuania: Studies of the social and cultural development of feudal society” (“Lietuvos krikštas: feodalinės visuomenės socialinės ir kultūrinės raidos studija” .- Vilnius, 1987)
• “Cognition of the Fatherland: historical essays” (“Tėvynės pažinimas: istorijos apybraižos” .- Kaunas, 1989)
• “Lithuanian epic: heroes, generals, princes” (“Lietuvių epas: didvyriai, karvedžiai, kunigaikščiai.” - Kaunas, 1992)
• Жemaičiai ir kuršiai XIII a. Жemudes and Curns in the XIII Century ”// Vakarų baltai: etnogenezė ir etninė istorija: [straipsnių rinkinys]. - Vilnius, 1997 .-- P.265 - 281.

• Kašauskienė B., Šiškienė A. Juozas Jurginis: Literatūros rodyklė.- Vilnius, 1986.