The Polish elites, in various ways, tried to instill the national consciousness in Polish peasants and workers. Poland’s partitioners stood against each other, breaking their previous solidarity on the Polish issue.ĭespite over one hundred years of servitude, the bloody suppression of national insurrections, political repression, Siberian katorga, and increasing Russification and Germanization policies at the turn of the century, the Poles did not give up their dreams of regaining independence. In the years of the First World War (1914–1918), circumstances favorable to “the Polish question” appeared in the political spectrum. This was mainly due to the perseverance and dedication of the active part of Polish society, who, during the period of servitude, passed down their allegiance to the language and national culture to new generations of young Poles. In November 1918, after 123 years of absence on European political maps, Poland regained its independence.
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