Interethnic Contradictions, Regional Consciousness and Political Alliances in the Southern Middle Europe (end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century)
The article deals with the correlation between three elements of the ideology of national movements in Central Europe at the end of the19th century - beginning of the 20th century - historical roots, regional aspects and internal alliances. Different peoples of the region belonged to multinational empire, the Habsburg Monarchy. Internal ethnic and political conflicts were determined by the relationship of Austro-Hungary with its neighbors as well. The component of collective consciousness of these peoples was its belonging to the region of Central Europe. These national movements intended both to overtake the Western Europe and surpass the Eastern Europe. As an alternatives to the imperial structure of Austria-Hungary as the multinational state were considered various types of federation or confederation (to be maintained) or alliances of national independent states in the case of its disintegration.