Poland of 1989 in the Russian Émigré periodical Russkaya Mysl Cover Image

Polska roku 1989 na łamach tygodnika „Russkaja Mysl”
Poland of 1989 in the Russian Émigré periodical Russkaya Mysl

Author(s): Bartosz Gołąbek
Subject(s): History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Diplomatic history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PIGONIANUM
Keywords: USSR; PPR; dissidents; Solidarity; opposition; roundtable; Walesa; Morawiecki; Romaszewski; Gorbachev; Gorbanievskaya; emigration

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the perspective of Polish reforms of the year 1989 adoptedin the Russian émigré weekly Russkaya Mysl. The editors of the periodical were persuaded topresent the situation of communist Poland thanks to their collaborator – poet and Polish-Russiantranslator Natalya Gorbanevskaya. Her Polish expertise and direct contacts establishedwith Polish dissidents and opposition leaders played a great role in the Polish publications ofRusskaya Mysl: articles, commentaries as well as the coverage of Round Table negotiationsand the elections of 4 June 1989, and finally the first government with non-communist PrimeMinister. All that information was published, without any doubt, due to the favourable attitudeand ideological influence of Natalya Gorbanevskaya herself.

  • Issue Year: 2/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 195-213
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Russian, Polish