Prometheism

Prometheanism (Polish Prometeizm ) was a political movement in Poland and Ukraine, which was directed against the geopolitical influence expansion of the Soviet Union.

She was was initiated by the Polish Marshal Józef Piłsudski during the First World War. By supporting separatist movements in parts disassembly of the multinational state should be promoted, which had annexed several East-Central and Eastern European countries in 1918.

Were supported by Poles from specially independence movements in Ukraine, Belarus, Karelia, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In addition to the concept of the project consisted Prometheanism a mainly Polish confederation called out Intermarum.

The Prometheanism was created in part to the pursuit of complete recovery of state independence of all Slavic peoples and the resistance against the expansion of the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union to the West. In addition, he was one of the guidelines for the Polish foreign policy between 1918 and 1939.

1934, the organization was founded Prometeusz based in Paris, whose activity in the active financial and technical assistance separatist organizations existed on the territory of the Soviet Union. In coordinating the activities of the two institutions founded sowjetologischen Instytut Wschodni helped in Warsaw, Instytut Naukowo - Badawczy Europy Wschodniej in Wilno. Offshoots were located further in Berlin, Harbin, Helsinki and Tehran.

After 1944, the followers of Prometheanism victims of repression were numerous. 1951 we began to collect information about leading people in the movement and to send to Moscow, noted in 1965, however, an all monitoring operations.

Significant Prometheaner

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