Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
This article is devoted to changes in Bulgarian-Soviet relations in the last decade of the twentieth century. Throughout the whole postwar period the relations between Bulgaria and the Soviet Union were exceptionally close. The connections were rather one-way - the USSR gave Bulgaria economic aid and thanks to that the country became more industrialized and almost until the end of the system could...
The beginnings of Jozef Pilsudski Institute in New York (1943‑1956)Part I.(1943‑1950)Jozef Pilsudski Institute was founded in New York, July 4, 1943. It was founded by three prewar Polish ministers: Wacław Jędrzejewicz, Henryk Floyar‑Rajchman and Ignacy Matuszewski. They were supported in their efforts by representatives of the independence environment centered around the National Committee of Americans...
Lajos Kossuth Letters from Europe to „The New York Times” (1853‑1856)Lajos Kossuth Letters written for „The New York Times” in the years 1853‑1856 are short essays commenting on current political, social, ethnic and military events associated with the ongoing Crimean War. Originally entitled Democratic Letters on European Matters and American Policy and then Letters from L. Kossuth, written in exile...
Galicia politicians to the internal situation in Austria‑Hungary at the end of World War I.(1917‑1918)The Austro‑Polish orientation adopted by almost all Polish parties in Galicia evoked their interest in the internal situation in the western part of the Habsburg Monarchy, Przedlitawia. It caused a considerable influence on the international position of the Monarchy, especially on its relationship...
The day before the crash – Bulgarian‑Soviet relations in the eightiesThis article is devoted to changes in Bulgarian‑Soviet relations in the last decade of the twentieth century. Throughout the whole postwar period the relations between Bulgaria and the Soviet Union were exceptionally close. The connections were rather one‑way – the USSR gave Bulgaria economic aid and thanks to that the country became...
The Soviet secret police in Volyn in the years 1944‑1947History of the Soviet secret police in Volyn is a perfect example to illustrate the main problems of Soviet power in controlling the newly incorporated and also hostile to the USSR territory. On the one hand, we are dealing with an extremely efficient reproduction of power structures, but on the other hand we are dealing with a shortage and an...
From Stalinism to „Heresy”. Milovan Dilas Political Thought in the Years 1941‑1949Knowledge of communism, so carefully presented in the best and the most famous work of Milovan Dilas entitled The New Class. An Analysis of the Communist System, New York, 1957, undoubtedly resulted from his previous political practice and theoretical reflections. In the years 1941‑1949, Dilas was both a politician and...
Prekmurje – separation from Hungary and connection to Slovenia (1919‑1920)The issue of the presented article is a continuation of the author’s reflections concerning Central Europe in recent history. The main attention in this article was focused on a small, in terms of area and population, the historical‑geographical region, which is Prekmurje. Till World War I.it belonged to two western Hungarian...
This article discusses the activities of Oskar Halecki, a professor of the University of Warsaw, in the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations. He sought to win support for the further development of intellectual life in the economically ruined countries of Central and Eastern Europe between 1922‑1925. This paper focuses on the concepts and motives that drove...
The Polish population of Volhynia and Eastern Galicia was gripped by fear of ethnic cleansing at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists in the years 1943‑1944. This fear varied in form and intensity depending on the perceived aims which ranged from their physical extermination to simple eviction. This article attempts to analyse the fundamental determinants of Polish defensive actions in response to...
The purpose of this article is to clarify the role of Lewis Namier, a Foreign Office expert on Polish affairs, and his contribution to the drawing of the “Curzon Line” – the Polish‑Ukrainian border in Eastern Galicia after World War I. Namier was of Polish‑Jewish descent, and he has gone down in Polish historiography as a man of rabidly anti‑Polish inclination; during the war and later at the Versailles...
Druga część artykułu poświęcona jest ludziom, którzy włożyli ogromny wysiłek w budowę niezależnej placówki naukowej, starali się gromadzić i opracowywać dokumenty historyczne, ale także popularyzować wiedzę dotyczącą Polski i jej historii. Instytut Piłsudskiego finansowo wspierany był przez działaczy polonijnych, składki członkowskie oraz większe wpłaty czynione przez niektórych członków.