Explain any three ways in which …

to main content  Explain any three ways in which nationalist feelings were kept alive in Poland in the 18th and 19th Centuries CBSE Class 10CBSE Class 10 Social Science rise-nationalismnationalism-europe ADVERTISEMENT Explain any three ways in which nationalist feelings were kept alive in Poland in the 18th and 19th Centuries CBSE Class 10CBSE Class 10 Social Science rise-nationalismnationalism-europe 2  /  2  LokeshCBSE Mar '19 Explain any three ways in which nationalist feelings were kept alive in Poland in the 18th and 19th Centuries. 1 created Mar '19 last reply Mar '19 1 reply  LokeshCBSE Mar '19 POLAND had been partitioned at the end of the eighteenth century by the Great Powers - Russia, Prussia and Austria. Though, Poland no longer existed as an independent territory. National feelings were kept alive through music and language. Karol Kurpinski celebrated the national struggle through his operas and music, turning folk dance like the Polonaise and Mazurka into nationalist symbols. After Russian occupation, the Polish language was forced out Of schools but many members of clergy in Poland began to use language as a weapon of national resistance. Polish was used for church gatherings and all religious instructions. As a result, a large number of priests and bishops were put into jail by the Russian authorities. The use of Polish came to be seen as a symbol of the struggle against Russian dominance.