Congress of the Slavs in Prague (1848)
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Description: About the Congress of the Slavs that took place June 2-12, 1848 in Prague.
Congress of the Slavs in Prague (1848) Congress of the Slavs in Prague (1848) Congress of the Slavs in Prague (1848), organized June 2-12, meant as a manifestation of power, unity and vigilance of the Slavs, endangered in their existence by the plans of unification of Germany and nationalistic policy of the Hungarians. The idea of the Congress was put forward on April 20, 1848 by a Croat Ivan Kukuljevic Sakginski and a Slovak L'udovít Stúr; soon afterwards, a similar project was proposed by Jedrzej Moraczewski from the G reat Duchy of Poznan, alarmed by a startling development of German nationalism; for the same reasons the project was supported by the Czech politicians. On May 1 the preparatory committee of the congress issued an address inviting delegates; formally only representatives of the Slavs from the Habsburg monarchy were called, but other Slavs were welcomed too; altogether 340 delegates arrived representing Croats, Czechs, Dalmatians, Moravians, Poles, Ruthenians, Serbs, Silesians, Slovaks and Slovenes, a s well as 500 official guests.
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