- Austroslavism
Austroslavism was a political concept and program aimed to solve problems of
Slavic people s in theAustrian Empire .It was most influential among Czech liberals around the middle of the 19th century. First proposed by
Karel Havlíček Borovský in 1846, as an opposition to the concept ofpan-Slavism , it was further developed into a complete political program by Czech politicianFrantišek Palacký . Austroslavism also found some support in other Slavic nations in the Austrian Empire, especially theSlovenes andCroats .The program
Austroslavism envisioned peaceful cooperation of the smaller Slavic nations of
Central Europe within theHabsburg Monarchy not dominated by German-speaking elites. Palacký proposed a federation of 8 national regions, with significant self-governance. After the suppression of the Czech revolution inPrague in June 1848, the program became irrelevant. Austrian Empire transformed toAustria-Hungary (1867), honouring Hungarian, but not Slavic demands as part of the "Ausgleich ". This further weakened the position of Austroslavism.As a political concept, Austroslavism persisted until the fall of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire in 1918. It was exhibited in several uninfluential proposals to federalise Austria-Hungary, e.g. that of
Aurel Popovici ("seeUnited States of Greater Austria ").Prominent supporters of Austroslavism
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Janez Bleiweis
*Karel Havlíček Borovský
*Jernej Kopitar
*Anton Tomaž Linhart
*Fran Miklošič
*František Palacký
*Paweł Stalmach
*Josip Juraj Strossmayer
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