%0 Journal Article %T Inna historia berdyczowskich bałagułów %A Węgrzyn, Iwona %J Wielogłos %V 2014 %R 10.4467/2084395XWI.14.021.2822 %N Issue 2 (20) 2014: Pogranicze - inna literatura, inna historia? %P 35-51 %K balagulas, Ukraine, Volyn, romanticism, decadence, conservatism, borderland %@ 1897-1962 %D 2014 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wieloglos/article/inna-historia-berdyczowskich-balagulow %X The another history of balagulas from Berdicher The paper is an attempt to reread the history of Volyn balagulas. In Polish tradition these groups of young gentry decadents flirting with peasants culture are the symbol of lost generation. I would like to remind the forgotten discussion held by 19th century conservative writers who described balagulas movement as the threat to Polish identity.