The centennial jubilee of the Revolution of 1848 in the context of the Soviet-Yugoslav conflict

The Revolution of 1848–1849 is still perceived in Hungary as one of the cult events of national history. In the European context, it became the first largescale social turmoil that demonstrated clearly the destructive power of nationalism. The mismatch of the goals of the different national movements, each formulating their own program, led to sharp collisions which echoed up to the First World War. Later, prominent representatives of European political thought reconsidered this experience. The article shows how the centennial anniversary of the Revolution, which was to be celebrated at the highest level in the interest of expanding the cooperation in the Danube region, unexpectedly coincided with the onset of an acute international conflict in which Hungary was involved - and in turn that affected the celebrations profoundly.