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RUSSIA IN THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF WILHELM FELDMAN

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Glabiszewski J.

Studia Historyczne

2007

vol. 50

issue 1(197)

45-62

Wilhelm Feldman (1868-1919) was a leading Polish historian of literature, critic and journalist of his day. This article offers an account of his view of Russia in the context of his political thought. At the root of it lies the conviction that the Russian state was Poland's worst enemy. Feldman believed that Tsarist Russia, made up of Norman, Byzantine and Tartar elements, was a barbarian Asiatic state, irreparably despotic, savage and aggressive. In consequence, there could be no progress towards Poland's independence without the overthrow of the Tsarist regime, a feat which, in his opinion, could only be accomplished by the Russian people. The signs were never as auspicious as in 1905, a year when the people of Russia woke up and rose to change the face of the country. The revolutionary turmoil convinced Feldman that the days of the Tsarist regime were numbered. He hoped that it would be replaced by a new federation of nations, including Poland, and his optimism affected the way he perceived the Russian society. At that time he pictured it as active, dedicated, freedom-loving. However, as the revolutionary momentum fizzled out, his descriptions changed accordingly. The pejorative traits of the Tsarist regime were now transferred to the Russians as a whole, a nation of apathetic, despotic imperialists. Yet in spite of his post-1905 antipathy to both the Russian state and the Russian society, he always valued highly Russia's cultural achievements. When the First World War broke out, Feldman true to his anti-Russian sentiment, became an advocate of the German alliance. He believed that Germany in return would help restore Polish statehood.

'Dziennik Krakowski' - Wilhelm Feldman's First Newspaper

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Glabiszewski J.

Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej

2006

vol. 9

issue 1(17)

5-17

The article is dedicated to 'Dziennik Poranny' (Morning Daily), a daily published in Kraków from 3 December 1895 to 22 July 1987. A total of 448 issues were published over that period. On 1 February 1896, Wilhelm Feldman took over as the editor-in-chief, changing the paper's name to 'Dziennik Krakowski' (Kraków Daily). The paper targeted the city's progressive and radical democratic intelligentsia. Its political programme was based on an alliance with Galician socialists affiliated with the Polish Social Democratic Party. In addition to politics, the paper focused on literature and art criticism.

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'Dziennik Krakowski' - Wilhelm Feldman's First Newspaper