UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF POLISH-UKRAINIAN DIALOGUE
UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF POLISH-UKRAINIAN DIALOGUE
Author(s): Roman DrozdSubject(s): Sociology, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku
Keywords: Poles; Ukrainians; dialogue
Summary/Abstract: The Ukrainian community in Poland has actively participated in the process of Polish- Ukrainian dialogue and reconciliation. Tragically experienced due to the Polish-Ukrainian conflict during the Second World War and displacement to the Soviet Ukraine and within the “Vistula” Action, the majority of the community’s members understood that if they want to live in harmony with Polish neighbours, they should join the Polish-Ukrainian historical dialogue. Hence the initiatives and gestures of reconciliation, supporting the actions of the Polish and Ukrainian authorities in this direction and the hierarchies of churches in Poland and Ukraine. This dialogue, however, encountered resistance from Polish and Ukrainian na- tionalist circles, who blame the other side for the harm they suffered.
Journal: Ars Inter Culturas
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 17-34
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English