Poles and Ruthenians about the Prague Slavic Congress of 1848

This article shows the narrations of Polish and Ruthenian participants of Prague Slavic Congress of 1848. The main sources include diaries, memoirs, correspondence and other publications published after 1848. This publication attempts to answer the following questions: What political objectives did Poles and Ruthenians have in Prague?; What hopes did delegates associate with the congress?; How did they describe or remember events of 1848?; and finally How did they refer to the other nationalities represented at the congress?