Prometheism
Sign in to savePrometheism or Prometheanism () was a political project initiated by Józef Piłsudski, a principal statesman of the Second Polish Republic from 1918 to 1935. Its aim was to weaken the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, by supporting nationalist independence movements among the major non-Russian peoples that lived within the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union.
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- 1918-00-00
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- 1939-00-00
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16 sectionsContents
- Sources of Prometheism
- Principles
- First period (1918–1921)
- Second period (1921–1923)
- Third period (1923–1926)
- Fourth period (1926–1932)
- General Promethean affairs
- Ukrainian affairs
- Caucasus affairs
- Idel-Ural and Turkestan affairs
- Cossack affairs
- Fifth period (1933–1939)
- World War II and since
- See also
- Notes
- References
Prometheism or Prometheanism () was a political project initiated by Józef Piłsudski, a principal statesman of the Second Polish Republic from 1918 to 1935. Its aim was to weaken the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, by supporting nationalist independence movements among the major non-Russian peoples that lived within the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union.
Between the World Wars, Prometheism and Piłsudski's other concept, that of an "Intermarium federation", constituted two complementary geopolitical strategies for him and for some of his political heirs.