ASSIMILATION OF UKRAINIANS AS A FACTOR OF INTERWAR POLISH POLITICS IN ADOLF MARIA BOCHENSKI’S INTERPRETATION

Abstract

The article analyses theoretical and methodological approaches as well as historical and political perspective on assimilation of Ukrainians in the Second Polish Republic produced by Polish intellectual Adolf Maria Bochenski. It examines ethnic and political assimilation theories and politics in the context of the interwar Polish political doctrine.It determines the consequences of assimilation for the Polish state sovereignty and its international image. The article identifies the main principles for optimal programme of Ukrainian minority state assimilation in the interwar Poland.