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The victory of utopian political institutions in the Soviet Union largely affected the book system in that country. The transformation in question reflected the utopian model of the political system implemented in the former Russia. The author describes the essence of that transformation analyzing particular instances of the Bolshevik censorship and propaganda of the Stalinist period and pointing that the roots of the transformation in question are to be seen in the history of political myths rather than in social utopianism. Translated by Dorota Chabrajska ; Zwycięstwo utopijnych instytucji politycznych w Związku Radzieckim wpłynęło na transformację systemu książki w tym państwie. Transformacja ta odzwierciedlała również utopijny charakter realizowanego systemu politycznego. Autor przedstawia istotę tej transformacji na przykładach bolszewickiej cenzury i propagandy czasów stalinowskich, wskazując, że jej korzenie tkwią raczej w historii politycznych mitów niż w społecznym utopizmie.

The aim of the article is to study the maladjustment of the paneuropean ideals to the social andnational expectations in the interwar Poland, a fragmentary evidence of which can be found inthe dangerous – in a political sense – philo-German propaganda messages in Burdecki's story,and indirectly, also the history of this author – wrongly understanding the national interests.Burdecki's literary utopia proves that the ideas sublimed from literary fiction can be useful in forming research questions and analyzing the socially fixed thinking and acting stereotypes.Searching for good political solutions requires confrontation with thinking stereotypes. Suchis the conclusion of this draft, dedicated to waiting for the realization of the united Europeproject.Key words: Paneurope, German revanchism, interwar period, Feliks Burdecki, utopia