UKRAIŃCY/RUSINI W PRACACH JANA I EUGENIUSZA ROMERÓW
UKRAINIANS-RUTHENIANS IN THE WORKS OF JAN AND EUGENIUSZ ROMER

Summary/Abstract: One of the basic problems facing the circles representing the Polish national interest inthe last years of the partitions was the considerable ethnic diversity of the population inthe area which could potentially become the territory of the reborn Commonwealth.Particular parties wanted to solve this problem differently and, therefore, their visions ofthe reborn Polish state and the policy they were planning to implement in relation to thenon-Polish population were different. The decision that took place was the result ofopposing political options in conditions determined by the prevailing intellectualatmosphere. In the crucial period of 1918-1921, it was influenced by opinions expressedby the Romer brothers, Jan and Eugeniusz. As far as national issues are concerned, theyrepresented views typical of a significant part of Poles. The study presents the positionof Romer in relation to the so-called Ruthenian affairs, that is to say, to aspirations ofthe Ruthenians (usually called Ukrainians nowadays). This was a very important issuefrom the point of view of the shape of the reviving Polish statehood. The attitudetowards the Ruthenians was shown in the context of the worldview, politicalorientation and general attitude of the Romers to nationality issues. The data used forthe analysis come from the documents of the Peace Conference in Paris and from theposthumous editions of the memoirs of Jan and Eugeniusz Romer.

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