Communism and communists towards the intelligentsia in interwar Poland. An outline of the issue

As a section of the Comintern and de facto Soviet agent, Communist Workers’ Party Poland (CWPP), subsequently (CPP), aimed to effect revolt masses—a revolution—which would culminate in making dictatorship proletariat reality. Holding hegemonic power, Communists thus be able carry out Moscow’s imperial plans guise slogans ideals. In that struggle, communist party active on territory Second Republic Poland, as well all sections Comintern, relied primarily working masses, proletariat, with time found support among landless rural smallholders: groups which were susceptible most extreme revolutionary slogans. Or was there place for another force, namely intelligentsia? What positions regard latter adopted by Bolsheviks Russia, principal ideologists mir and, virtue CWPP/CPP’s subordination Moscow, parties Poland? This is precisely what this text concerned with: varying, fairly flexible policy communists towards intelligentsia, nonetheless always calculated serve interests goals Moscow. One rather important detail should noted here. The intelligentsia question neither homogeneous group terms its social, political or economic views nor it national religious monolith; contrary, characterized numerous dividing lines, why applying uniform yardstick assess attitudes communism vice versa erroneous. Hence, study only outlines critically discusses chief directions treatment selected modalities latter’s approach communism: from negation, through conformist subservience, total subordination. All same, merely voice scholarly debate continue.