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Does the fact that we dislike someone influence our perception of the world? If Poles consider Russians as "historical" enemies, does this affect how they interpret the present and the past? The author argues this is indeed the case. In his book, the author illustrates this through the example of the Caucasus, primarily in the context of the nineteenth century, when the modern Polish nation was being formed. How did the Polish independence emigration view the independence struggles of the Caucasian peoples? And how do contemporary Polish researchers and publicists approach the issue? Where does Russia fit into all of this? The author seeks to answer these and many other questions in his account about an imagined Polish-Caucasian comradery.
Przemysław Adamczewski is a professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2010 at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He specializes in Caucasian studies, primarily Polish-Caucasian relations.
List of Figures and Tables1 Introduction1 A Few Remarks on the Ethnopolitical Myth, Myths, and Science2 The Image of Russia as Poland’s “Historical Enemy”3 Purpose, Scope, and Work Methods4 Characteristic of the Materials Used2 The Caucasus – Ancestral Homeland of the Poles3 Creation of the Image of the Caucasus in Nineteenth-Century Literature1 In Polish-Language Literature Published in Western Europe2 In the Polish Émigré Press4 Plans of the Polish Émigré Community Concerning the Caucasus and Their Influence on the Image of the Region5 The Image of the Caucasus in Works from the Period of the Polish People’s Republic6 Poles in Imam Shamil’s Armed Forces7 Desertions of Poles from the Tsarist Army and the Attitude of the Independent Caucasian Peoples towards Runways8 Poles in Russian Service and Their Attitude towards Polishness9 The Notion of Poles’ Contributions to Developing the Caucasus10 The Caucasus as a Site of Polish Martyrology11 Applying Argumentum ad Rossicum to Explain Processes Underway in the CaucasusConclusionBibliographyIndex
