The Twilight of Prometheism? The Fate of Polish-Ukrainian Activists and Their Ideas during the Cold War
The Twilight of Prometheism? The Fate of Polish-Ukrainian Activists and Their Ideas during the Cold War
Author(s): Oleksandr AvramchukSubject(s): Political history, History of Communism, Cold-War History
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Prometheism; Cold War; anti-Communist networks; Roman Smal-Stocki; Pavlo Shandruk; Klaudiusz Hrabyk; AMCOMLIB;
Summary/Abstract: The Second World War proved to be a watershed moment for the fate of the Promethean movement. After 1945, despite political marginalisation, Prometheists continued their efforts to build an anti-Soviet front. The article examines the reasons why Prometheism, contrary to the dominant narrative in Anglo-Saxon historiography, failed to find a place in mainstream Western anti-communism. It analyzes the failure of the revival of Prometheism and its gradual transformation into new forms of anti-communist struggle in the realities of the Cold War.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 56/2024
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 141-166
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
