DEFENSE OF POLAND'S INDEPENDENCE AND THE BOLSHEVIK PROJECT OF "PERMANENT REVOLUTION" Cover Image

OBRONA NIEPODLEGŁOŚCI POLSKI A BOLSZEWICKI PROJEKT “PERMANENTNEJ REWOLUCJI”
DEFENSE OF POLAND'S INDEPENDENCE AND THE BOLSHEVIK PROJECT OF "PERMANENT REVOLUTION"

Author(s): Grzegorz Baziur
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Governance, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Geopolitics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: Poland;Soviet Russia;permanent revolution;Polish-Bolshevik war

Summary/Abstract: The article explains the geopolitical situation and conflicts of interests of reborn Polandand Bolshevik Russia in the first years after the end of World War I. The authorshowed, on the one hand, Poland's aspirations to ensure security in the face of theturmoil in Russia, shaken by civil war and experiencing Bolshevik terror, and on theother, the intentions of the communist authorities resulting from the adoption of thedoctrine of "permanent revolution". Analysis of the interests and aspirations of Polandand Bolshevik Russia brings us closer to understanding the circumstances thanks towhich one of the most dangerous geopolitical projects for Western civilization couldhave been thwarted by Poland, defending newly regained independence.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 47-69
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish