Young Poland (secret society)

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Young Poland (Polish Młoda Polska ) was a political secret society that was founded on May 12, 1834 in Bern by exiled Polish revolutionaries.

The purpose of the secret society was to create an independent and democratic republic of Poland. The home of its founders at that time was divided and mostly from the Russian Empire occupied, which had installed an autocratic system of rule in Poland.

The secret society was part of the revolutionary collection movement Young Europe founded by Giuseppe Mazzini .

The members of the secret society included Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861), Walenty Zwierkowski (1788–1859), Wincenty Nieszokoć (1792–1865) and Karol Bogumił Stolzman (1793–1854). After the death of Szymon Konarski (1808–1839), his most important protagonist in the Polish-speaking area, the other members dissolved the secret society and joined other exile organizations in Paris and London .

literature

  • Stanisław Grodziski: W Królestwie Galicji i Lodomerii , Cracow 1976