Intermarium

Article summary

's post-WWI Intermarium concept ranging from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Adriatic and Black Seas in the south. In light green: eastern parts of Ukrainian and Belarusian lands incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1922 Intermarium ( , ) was a post-WWI geopolitical plan conceived by Józef Piłsudski to unite former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lands within a single polity. The plan went through several iterations, some of which anticipated the inclusion of neighbouring states. The proposed multinational polity would have incorporated territories lying between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas. The Polish name Międzymorze (from między, "between"; and morze, "sea"), meaning "Between-Seas", was rendered into Latin as . Prospectively a federation of Central and Eastern European countries, the post-World War I Intermarium plan pursued by Piłsudski sought to recruit to the proposed federation the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia), Finland, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. The proposed federation was meant to emulate the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, that, from the end of the 16th century to the end of the 18th, had united the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.…

Key claims

1. date of death: 1935 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1385 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1918 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of establishment: 1921 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. publication date: 1830 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. publication date: 2019-05-01 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of death is "1935". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1385". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1918". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of establishment is "1921". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the publication date is "1830". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the publication date is "2019-05-01". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
9. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377094204