Kwestie historyczne w stosunkach polsko-rosyjskich w latach 2007–2015

The article focuses on the issue of the influence of the historical conditions on the Polish-Russian relations at the threshold of the 21st centuries. The history of these two countries is linked by a long lasting and difficult past and thus numerous unresolved disputes, burdens and myths arose that have been felt to this day. In 1989, after the fall of the Communist system in our country, new political elites managing the process of democratic changes in the Third Polish Republic, made efforts that aimed at settling disputed threads from the common Polish-Russian history. On the way to making up for the past, the period between 2007 and 2015 was marked by a number of important events that could be seen as the symbol of the common reconciliation. Unfortunately, there were also moments of regression and deep crisis that negatively affected the cooperation of both countries in the matter of dealing with difficult cards of the common history.