"He was a Polish nationalist, and it was his essence". How Soviet Union reacted to the death of Marshal Piłsudski
There is a myth in Polish literature that there was official mourning declared in Soviet Union on occasion of J. Piłsudski’s death. But it absolutely contradicts the “cold” (and sometimes absolutely hostile) contacts that were characteristic for Polish-Soviet relations in 1930s. The study of Polish press and materials of the Archive of Foreign Policy of Russian Federation finally sheds light on how the Soviet Union was telling the last good-buy to the First Marshal of Poland J. Piłsudski.