%0 Journal Article
%T Treatise on the Political Activity of the Polish Minority in Ukraine (1988–2018). Selected Aspects
%A Bonusiak, Andrzej
%J Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora
%V 2020 (XLVI)
%R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.20.022.12338
%N Vol. 2 (176)
%P 325-350
%K Polish minority, contemporary Ukraine, politics, activity
%@ 2081-4488
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/rzecz-o-dzialalnosci-politycznej-mniejszosci-polskiej-na-ukrainie-1988-2018-wybrane-aspekty
%X 
	The article presents the political activity of Polish diaspora in independent Ukraine. It shows the forms of this activity and its results, referring to examples of selected representatives of the Polish minority. The text also highlights the attempt to create an independent political movement of Poles on the Dnieper, as well as the history of activities of the independent Polish political party on the Dnieper River. 

	
		The analysis of the situation taking place in the discussed range of 1988–2018 allows us to conclude that representatives of the Polish minority had the opportunity to conduct political activity in Ukraine, regardless of whether they had their own political party or not. It seems that in the specific geopolitical situation in this country the Polish diaspora can effectively operate only in close cooperation with the organizations of the national majority. This in turn allows us to state that the actions aimed at building their own political power were wrong.