The Temporary Coordinating Commission of Confederated Independence Parties ( pl, Komisja Tymczasowa Skonfederowanych Stronnictw Niepodległościowych, KTSSN) formed on 10 November 1912 in the Austrian Partition on the eve of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. It was an alliance of Polish political parties from Galicia in

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and their paramilitary wings existing in the form of legal

Riflemen's Association The Polish Riflemen's Association known as ''Związek Strzelecki'' (or more commonly, in the plural form as ''Związki Strzeleckie'') formed in great numbers prior to World War I. One of the better known associations called "Strzelec" (Riflemen's ...

s. Created in

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, KTSSN was later renamed as ''Komisja Skonfederowanych Stronnictw Niepodległościowych'' (KSSN, or the Commission of Confederated Independence Parties). On 1 December 1912 KTSSN chose Józef Piłsudski to head its military arm, based on

("Strzelec"). Its goal was to coordinate the pro-Polish independence activities and support Austro-Hungary in the expected war. In case of the war its aim was to create a unified government for the territories liberated from the Russian partition of Poland. It was created by the following parties: Polish Socialist Party, Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia, ''Związek Patriotów'', ''Związek Chłopski'', ''Narodowy Związek Chłopski'', Polish People's Party (after 1913 ''PSL Lewica''), National Workers' Union (until May 1914), ''Związek Niepodległości'' (from May 1914 known as ''Organizacja Niepodległościowa Inteligencji''). Its main activists were: Józef Piłsudski,

Ignacy Daszyński Ignacy Ewaryst Daszyński (; 26 October 1866 – 31 October 1936) was a Polish socialist politician, journalist, and very briefly Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic's first government, formed in Lublin in 1918. In October 1892 he cofo ...

, Witold Jodko-Narkiewicz, Władysław Sikorski,

Walery Sławek Walery Jan Sławek (; 2 November 1879 – 3 April 1939) was a Polish politician, freemason, military officer and activist, who in the early 1930s served three times as Prime Minister of Poland. He was one of the closest aides of Polish lead ...

, Hipolit Śliwiński, and Leon Wasilewski. Commeettee's ties with the Austrian government and Anti-Russian policies were unpopular. In May 1914 KSSN some of the parties left KSSN; Riflemen's Association "Strzelec" also withdrew its support. On 16 August 1914 KSSN was replaced by the interim government of the re-emerging sovereign Poland, the

Supreme National Committee The Supreme National Committee (''Naczelny Komitet Narodowy'', ''NKN'') was a quasi-government for the Poles in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire, from 1914 to 1917. History Created on 16 August 1914, the Supreme National Committee replaced the Te ...

(''Naczelny Komitet Narodowy'').

Notes and references

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