One of the main problems in which Slovenes had a keen interest in the 19th century and which had a special impact on their attitude to Poles was the Ukrainian issue. This followed from the fact that Ukrainians, or as they were called at the time, Ruthenians, belonged, like Slovenes, to so-called ‘non-historical’ nations and some of their national demands, especially those concerning language issues, overlapped with the slogans of the Slovene nationalist movement. Therefore, pro-Ukrainian sympathies of Slovene activists partly stemmed from the existing similarities with respect to the political situation and the problem of nationality. However, despite their sympathy for the Ukrainian national revival movement, Slovenes did not really like the support given to Ukrainians by the Austrian government and local authorities. The January Uprising of 1863 had a lively resonance among Slovenians. Generally, however, it cannot be said that the Polish uprising was popular among Slovenes; at most, they expressed sympathy for the fate of the insurgents. It seems that the general evaluation of the uprising was influenced by the opinions of conservative Czech politicians, who enjoyed high esteem among the majority of Slovene activists. The beginning of the era of dualism did not bring any essential changes in the attitude of the activists of the Slovene national movement with regard to the Polish-Ukrainian matter in Galicia. The fact that Poles did not accept the Ukrainian demands for the equality of rights was constantly criticised by the Slovene side. The increase of pro-Russian sympathies, which was starting to become visible from 1867 among southern Slavs, and the development of the pan-Slavic idea meant that the subject of Polish-Russian relations was frequently discussed by Slovene activists, especially in the camp of the so-called ‘Young Slovenes’ (Mladoslovenci). One of their leaders, Josip Vošnjak, called the Polish-Russian conflict ‘the most painful sore on the Slavic body, to which no one knew the cure’. However, there was a belief, supported by the Pan-Slavic Russian propaganda, that it was not the entire Polish nation but the Polish nobility that was an enemy of Russia. ‘Young Slovenes’ therefore hoped that there would be a Polish-Russian agreement and Poles – it was written – would return ‘to Slavdom’.
The last twenty-five years of Polish humanities related to the history of the nations and countries of former Yugoslavia, their political and cultural relations with Poles, and unionism ideas in the second half of the 19th centuryThis paper presents an overview of the research topics that have appeared in Polish humanities since 1989 concerning the second half of the 19th c. history of the nations and countries which went on to create the Yugoslavian state after 1918. The period we chose is 1848 to 1908. Polska humanistyka ostatniego ćwierćwiecza dotycząca historii narodów i krajów byłej Jugosławii, ich związków polityczno-kulturalnych z Polakami oraz idei wspólnotowych w drugiej połowie XIX wiekuW niniejszym artykule zostanie przeprowadzony przegląd tematów badawczych dotyczących historii narodów oraz krajów, które po 1918 roku utworzyły państwo jugosłowiańskie, w drugiej połowie XIX, w polskiej humanistyce po 1989 roku. Jako orientacyjną cezurę czasową przyjęto lata 1848–1908.
Bulgarian affairs in the second half of the 19th c. in Polish historiography since 1989In this article, we present an overview of research topics concerning the history of Bulgaria in the second half of the 19th c. and early 20th c. that have appeared in Polish historiography since 1989. We adopted the timeframe of 1848–1908. The two dates are not only of key importance for the history of Europe and Slavdom, but also for Bulgarians. 1848 was the year which saw the birth of Hristo Botev, one of the most prominent Bulgarian poets and national revival activists, while in 1908 Bulgaria officially declared its independence and the beginning of the third empire. We wanted to avoid writing historiographical overview articles which consist only of dry bibliographical lists and focus on the most important research trends which can be observed in the field of Polish studies on Bulgaria in the second half of the 19th c. Sprawy bułgarskie w drugiej połowie XIX wieku w polskiej historiografii po 1989 rokuW niniejszym artykule zostanie przeprowadzony przegląd tematów badawczych dotyczących historii Bułgarii w drugiej połowie XIX i na początku XX wieku, pojawiający się w polskiej historiografii po 1989 roku. Jako cezurę czasową przyjęto lata 1848–1908. Obie te daty mają nie tylko kluczowe znaczenie dla dziejów Europy i Słowiańszczyzny, ale także Bułgarów. W 1848 roku urodził się Christo Botew, jeden z czołowych bułgarskich poetów oraz działaczy odrodzeniowych, w 1908 roku zaś Bułgaria oficjalnie ogłosiła niepodległość i początek trzeciego carstwa. Autorzy chcieli zerwać z historiograficznymi artykułami przeglądowymi opartymi na suchym wymienianiu pozycji bibliograficznych, a skupić się na najważniejszych nurtach badawczych, tendencjach oraz zjawiskach, widocznych na polu polskich badań nad Bułgarią w drugiej połowie XIX wieku.
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