WIZJA UKRAINY I POLSKO-UKRAIŃSKICH STOSUNKÓW W POLSKIEJ MYŚLI POLITYCZNEJ W LATACH 1945-1964

Abstract

The relevance of the study of the evolution of the vision of Polish-Ukrainian relations in Polish political thought today lies in the fact that this process led to a peaceful resolution of the issue of the border in 1991, when the first Polish- Ukrainian settlements were concluded. According to some authors, the concept of ULB, also called the »doctrine of Giedroyc», has kept the entire Eastern European region from the scenario that occurred in the Balkans. In addition, in articles from the period of common communist captivity, we find many theses about the possibility of solving complicated difficult historical problems, which looks particularly active in the times of today’s next crisis in Polish- Ukrainian relations. The context of today’s Polish-Ukrainian relations is particularly important in this regard, because the crisis in the bilateral relations of our countries does not consist in any new topics, but in those that were often described by Polish and Ukrainian political journalists on emigration before the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the same time, by shaking up two directions of political thought, we can find both how common ideas and problems that the Polish and Ukrainian authors talk about, as well as the differences that today have created new problems in the relations of our countries. The scientific elaboration of the subject is diverse. If on the Polish side we find many editions of how to shape Polish Eastern policy in general, and the evolution of Polish-Ukrainian relations, then similar publications and books on the Ukrainian side are missing. And this is also the timeliness of this work. The hypothesis of the work is that the issues in which there was no complete agreement reached in these times are today partly responsible for the crisis in Polish-Ukrainian relations. At the same time, in some of the theses described in those times, many beneficial arrangements can be found now. It is worth highlighting the territorial and chronological framework to define the scope of work. The chronological work will cover the period 1945-1967. The choice of this period is conditioned by the fact that after the Second World War a new Polish-Ukrainian border was formed, which posed a number of new problems in bilateral relations. In addition, the Volyn tragedy was also a topic that needed an effort to find an agreement between the two nations.