Dialog polsko-rosyjski. Obszary współdziałania, nadzieje i ograniniczenia

• Authors: Iwona Kabzińska

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POLISH-RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. FIELDS OF COLLABORATION, HOPES AND LIMITATIONS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Recently, there have been in Poland and in Russia a lot of rumor about necessity of changes in Polish-Russian relations, overcoming the conflicts and conducting the systematic dialogue. In 2008, after a several year break, the Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters started its activities. In 2011 there was established Polish-Russian Centre for Dialogue. Both of these institutions focus among others on the development of scientific cooperation between Poland and Russia, publication of works on the history of both countries and Polish-Russian relations, popularization of cultural heritage of Poles and Russians as well as on making a young generation interested in the Polish-Russian matters. Support given to the idea of dialogue is supposed to ease the influence of negative stereotypes and prejudices in Polish-Russian relations. The author is skeptical about idea of dialogue in the international relations, even though she thinks such activities have significant meaning. This article discusses the strategies of historians’ debates as well as what Polish and Russian societies expect from the dialogue conducted by scientists and politicians. It shows how mass medias popularize the idea of dialogue and shape Polish-Russian relations. The author positively evaluates that no references are made to the idea of Slavic commonwealth in official documents and talks concerning the Centre for Dialogue. This idea has never been popular in Polish society, and on the other hand, in Russia the concept of Slavic commonwealth included (and still does) mainly Eastern Slavs.

Keywords

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Poland; Russia; Cooperation; Dialogue; Difficulties; Media

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Etnografia Polska
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 71-96

Contributors

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Iwona Kabzińska

• Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN, al. Solidarności 105, 00-140 Warszawa, Poland