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Eugen Kvaternik (1825-1871) was a Croatian politician, a proponent of Croatian independence, and one of the most controversial figures in the history of Croatia. His dramatic life is bound up with the stormy events of 19th-century Europe's political arena. His contacts and ties with representatives of the Polish independence movement, with French and Italian revolutionaries, as well as his relations with the intelligence services of Russia, where he also sought help, made him a figure of an international significance. Kvaternik was a romantic who revolted against Austria-Hungary aiming to establish an independent Croatian state. With this aim in mind he launched a nationwide uprising in fall 1871. But due to his romantic nature, the revolt on the Military Frontier soon turned into a grotesque farce and ended in complete failure within just 96 hours. Because Croats and Poles experienced similar political and historical fates, Polish language newspapers became increasingly more and more interested in the course of the revolt. They paid a lot of attention to Kvaternik and his 'Uprising.' Despite the fact that Eugen Kvaternik died almost 150 years ago, debates on his role and influence in the history of the nation are still vivid in Croatia, among not only historians but also politicians, and journalists express emotional opinions of him.
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The first half of the 20th century witnessed a complex process leading to the birth of a state unit which united south Slav peoples for the first time in history i.e. the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians. Although the political idea of creating the Yugoslavian state originated simultaneously in the Croat and Serb lands, their respective plans as to how to create a common statehood were diverse. Both Serbs and Croatians were convinced of the superiority of their respective cultures as well as of their historic rights to guide and speak for the rest of the south Slavs and intended to lead the unifying movement. The major integrating element as well as area of conflict for political and spiritual leadership was, in their opinion, the language. This is why they argued about the 'superiority' of different dialects of the Serbo-Croatian language. The author also discusses the Polish participation in the unifying project, namely that of the Lambert Hotel and the envoys of Prince Adam Czartoryski. A key role in this rivalry was played by Bosnia. Finally, though, the emerging Yugoslav idea was to face a sharp confrontation with the emergence of Croat and Serb nationalisms.
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(Polish title below: Krakowski dziennik 'Czas' o chorwackich roszczeniach do Bosni i Hercegowiny w dobie 'wielkiego kryzysu wschodniego' (1875-1878)). The conservative journal Czas [Time], which appeared in Cracow, covered the course of a political, and later also military, crisis in the Balkans in 1875-1878. The conflict focused on Austria, Turkey and Serbia's disputes over the future status of Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the intriguing and less known aspects associated with these events were Croatia's aspirations to the Bosnian territory. This demand grew stronger and stronger and was openly articulated by political and intellectual circles in Zagreb. The article aims to show how Czas, the most important Polish language journal in this region, approached the topic of Croatia's ambitions towards Bosnia's territory and how these events were commented on and what parallels were found between the course of events in the Balkans and the contemporaneous situation in the Polish lands. The present review enables us to understand better the attitudes of eminent representatives of Cracow's elite as well as the opinion of the popular strata of the local community on the issue of independence and the territorial ambitions of the fellow nation of Croatia.
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