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“The Polish question” in the correspondence of Prince Evgenii Nikolaevitch Troubetzkoy and Marian Zdziechowski

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The paper analyzes the correspondence between Prince Evgenii Troubetzkoy and Marian Zdziechowski, from 1905–1916 (not yet published). The correspondence focuses on the question of Russian-Polish relations and the possibility of Poland’s autonomy within the Russian Empire or the restoration of Poland’s independence. With the clarification of these two thinkers’ positions on the “Polish question,” the paper examines their concepts of nationalism and patriotism, their attitude to the idea of Slavic unity and the role of Russia as well as the correlation between their political views and their religious outlook. It demonstrates how the “fascination” of Polish intellectuals with Russian constitutional democrats in 1905 was replaced by disappointment due to the failure of the First Russian revolution, and then by serious disagreements during the First World War. The conclusion states that despite their disagreements on the “Polish question,” Evgenii Troubetzkoy and Marian Zdziechowski retained respect for each other, and their correspondence reveals new facets of their personalities.

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  1. There are 29 letters, as far as we know, 25 of which remain in the manuscripts and are stored at the department of Vilnius University Library (Lithuania) (Troubetzkoy 1905-1913; Zdziechowski 1905), and 4 more in the Evgenii Troubetzkoy fund in the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Kiev (Troubetzkoy 1914-1916; Zdziechowski 1916). Most of the surviving letters are by Evgenii Troubetzkoy (27), only two letters are by Marian Zdziechowski. Part of Evgenii Troubetzkoy’s letters to Marian Zdziechowski from the Vilnius archive were previously published in Polish translation (Jokubaitis and Szlachta 1993).

  2. The book “Demokracya katolicka w Polsce,” published in 1896, was meant.

  3. See, for example: “Is it not obvious that Russian nationalism deserves irrevocable condemnation above all in the name of patriotism?” (Troubetzkoy 1909b, p. 3).

  4. The Krakow professor gave a lecture on “Russian influences on the Polish soul” in Lvov, it “made an impression” and “provoked interesting discussions” (see Koskowski 1913, p. 1).

  5. Zdziechowski quoted Trubetzkoy’s speech “The Revival of Poland and the Russian Question.”.

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Aliaiev, G. “The Polish question” in the correspondence of Prince Evgenii Nikolaevitch Troubetzkoy and Marian Zdziechowski. Stud East Eur Thought (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11212-024-09624-7

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