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- Title
Polish Sovietology in the Lead-up to the Cold War.
- Authors
Pipes, Richard
- Abstract
The article examines Polish interpretations and impressions of tsarist and Soviet Russia between the mid-1850s and the beginning of World War II in 1939. The author argues that some Poles foresaw the establishment of a Communist government in Russia well before 1917. The article also briefly describes U.S. reactions to Russian Bolsheviks. The article discusses the book "Studien über die innern Zustände, das Volksleben und insbesondere die ländlichen Einrichtungen Russlands," by German agrarian author Baron August von Haxthausen as a theoretical basis for Polish thought on Russia, particularly the argument that the Russian people were susceptible to Communism. The article also examines the writings of Polish authors such as Henryk Kamieński, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Franciszek Duchiński.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; POLAND; SOVIET Union; COMMUNISM; HAXTHAUSEN, August, Freiherr von, 1792-1866; POLISH authors; POLISH history -- 1864-1918; FEBRUARY Revolution, Russia, 1917; RUSSIAN Empire, 1613-1917; SOVIET Union politics &; government, 1917-1936; HISTORY of the Soviet Union, 1917-1936
- Publication
Journal of Cold War Studies, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 2, p175
- ISSN
1520-3972
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/JCWS_a_00103