Poland and Poles in the Biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Poland and Poles in the Biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Summary/Abstract: The biography of Marshal of Finland C. G. Mannerheim Poland and the Poles didn’t play important role. Despite this it can be concluded that in the first period of his adult life he had very close contacts with them. That was a consequence of stationing in the area of Poland by Russian troops in which he was serving at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. Even after gaining the independence of Finland in 1917, Mannerheim didn’t cease extensive contacts with Poles. Mannerheim’s contacts seemed particularly interesting with Joseph Pilsudski who was respected by him as a real and strong leaders of the Polish nation. In this article one also presented similar historical issues of Finnish and Polish history at the background of the Mannerheim’s biography.

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