TY - JOUR TI - Large private landed property in Lithuania. The Rietavas estate of Maria Ogińska (née Potulicka) during the First World War AU - Nowicki, Ryszard TI - Large private landed property in Lithuania. The Rietavas estate of Maria Ogińska (née Potulicka) during the First World War AB - The source article presents problems related to the functioning of Maria Ogińska’s private estate in Rietavas, Lithuania, during the First World War. A handwritten report of Kazimierz Rzeszowski, the estate’s manager, found in the National Archives in Krakow, enabled the creation of this article. The estates were located in the territory of the Russian Partition. From 1915, they were under German occupation. For several years, the plenipotentiary took formal and informal measures to secure the Duchess’s assets. As a result of his personal intervention, a palace in Pojeziory, owned by Zygmunt Nagurski, was saved from being burned down. After the end of the war and the establishment of the Lithuanian state, the Rietavas estates were nationalized. The unique manuscript provides information about the fate of the cultural property gathered in the palace in Rietavas. It is a proof of the destruction and dispersion of cultural heritage valuable for Lithuanians and Poles, related to the large private landed property of Ogiński’s princes. VL - 2023 IS - 1/2023 (9) PY - 2023 SN - 2391-7997 C1 - 2450-050X SP - 159 EP - 186 DO - 10.4467/2450050XSNR.23.011.18123 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/saaclr/article/prywatna-wielka-wlasnosc-ziemska-na-litwie-dobra-retowskie-marii-z-potulickich-oginskiej-w-okresie-i-wojny-swiatowej KW - private property KW - Lithuania KW - war KW - cultural property KW - Maria Ogińska KW - Rietavas KW - 20th century