Pamięć rewolucji 1905 roku po upadku PRL: wykluczanie z narodowej tradycji i próby nowej interpretacji
Memory of the 1905 Revolution after the Fall of the Polish People’s Republic: Exclusions from National Tradition and Attempts of New Interpretation

Summary/Abstract: From the outset, the 1905 revolution was a place of conflict of memory revealingthe political and social divisions existing in the Polish society. In the interwar period(1918–1939), three “legends” were formed: the left assessed the revolution positively andhighlighted the relevance of its experiences, the ruling camp emphasized the independencedimension, and the right strongly criticized the revolution. After 1989 the conflict wasrenewed. The objective of the right-wing communities and parties influencing the historicalpolicy of the state is to exclude the 1905 revolution from the national tradition and removeits symbols from public space. For the left-wing representatives, who are the minority, theyears 1905–1907 are an important collective experience that requires a new interpretationand commemorating.

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