TY - JOUR
TI - Geopolitics in the geographic thought and activities of Antoni Sujkowski
AU - Danek, Adam
TI - Geopolitics in the geographic thought and activities of Antoni Sujkowski
AB - 
	The article reveals the significance of geopolitics in the political and academic achievements of Antoni Sujkowski, a Polish geographer of the generation which witnessed the rebirth of independent Poland in 1918. It describes the political activity of Sujkowski, the only geographer who served as minister in the government of the Second Polish  Republic. The most attention is paid to his contribution to the controversy over proposals of the territory of Poland during the Paris peace conference in 1919, when he advocated the creation of “vast strategic Poland,” i. e. a federation of Poland and historical Lithuania (including Belarus). As an academic geopolitician Sujkowski is especially the author of The geography of lands of the old Poland. That was the first book in geohistory (or “geographical history”) of Poland, considering the influence of geographic environment on the historical development of the Polish state. The literature used in research includes works by Sujkowski, other geographical and geopolitical writings of his time (as primary sources), memoirs, contemporary biographies and studies in geopolitics, the history of Poland and Polish science in the first half of the twentieth century (as secondary sources).
VL - 2019
IS - Issue 156
PY - 2019
SN - 1644-3586
C1 - 2083-3113
SP - 121
EP - 138
DO - 10.4467/20833113PG.19.006.10310
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-geograficzne/article/geopolityka-w-mysli-geograficznej-i-dzialalnosci-antoniego-sujkowskiego
KW - Antoni Sujkowski
KW - borders of Poland
KW - geopolitics
KW - geohistory
KW - historical geography
KW - geographical history