Abstract
This paper aims to provide an interpretation of approach of the Polish national society to the idea of redefined slavonic solidarity in the early 20th century. The fundamental question was the question about motivation of the Polish leaders: why did the Poles take part in neoslavonic movement, despite their continual tense relations towards Russia? The decisive tendency to the "slavization" of the Polish policy was caused by the failure of their parliamentary action, so that it is arguable to understand Polish political slavism as a flexible change of tactic; ND was looking for some way how to compensate its failed national policy.
Slavonic cooperation should have performed task of a mediator in the Russian-Polish dispute. The ambivalent nature of the neoslavonic Polish participation is possible to document by the analysis of the speeches during the negotiation in St Petersburg and in Prague.
The rhetoric of the slavonic enthusiasm was namely followed by preservating national interest.