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Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 1 b/w portrait, 56, [1] p., b/w plates. Jozef Pilsudski. Hayat ve faaliyeti. A biographical study on Jozef Pilsudski, (1867-1935), was a Polish statesman; Chief of State (1918-22), "First Marshal of Poland" (from 1920), and de facto leader (1926-35) of the Second Polish Republic, Minister of Military Affairs. From mid-World War I he had a major influence in Poland's politics, and was an important figure on the European political scene. He was the person most responsible for the creation of the Second Republic of Poland in 1918, 123 years after it had been taken over by Russia, Austria and Prussia. Under Pilsudski, Poland annexed Vilnius from Lithuania following Zeligowski's Mutiny but was unable to incorporate most of his Lithuanian homeland into the newly resurrected Polish State. He believed in a multicultural Poland with recognition of numerous ethnic and religious nationalities. His arch-rival Roman Dmowski by contrast called for a purified Poland based on Polish-speaking Catholics with little role for minorities.