Geopolityka w myśli geograficznej i działalności Antoniego Sujkowskiego
Geopolitics in the geographic thought and activities of Antoni Sujkowski

Summary/Abstract: The articl e reveals the significance of geopolitics in the political and academic achievements of Antoni Sujkowski, a Polish geographer of the generation which witnessed the rebirth of independent Poland in 1918. It describes political activity of Sujkowski, the only geographer who served as a minister in the government of the Second Polish Republic. The most attention is paid to his contribution to the controversy over proposals of the territory of Poland during the Paris peace conference in 1919, when he advocated the creation of “vast strategic Poland,” i. e. a federation of Poland and historical Lithuania (including Belarus). As an academic geopolitician Sujkowski is especially the author of The geography of lands of the old Poland. That was the first book in geohistory (or “geographical history”) of Poland, considering the influence of geographic environment on the historical development of the Polish state.

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