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During the 19th century Pan-Slavism grew increasingly popular. The idea of Slavic political and cultural unity was controversial and although it appealed to many Slavs who felt nationalism towards their race there were many different opinions. Some believed that there was a cultural, ethnic, and political connection among all Slavs. Others argued that there was no place for Pan-Slavic goals in the present empires. Slavic peoples populated the Austro-Hungarian, German, Russian, and the Balkan Areas of the Ottoman Empires. However as a result of their geographic diversity, there was no single language or literature for the Slavic population.

they wanted the slavs to breakaway because that would weaken austria-hungary
russia always used the slavs as like a political tool

Above all, the cultural and political issues in the debate over Pan-Slavism were nationalism for ones race and a quest for power.

Slavic nationalists wanted to unify and form a free and content Pan-Slavic......

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