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The landed gentry had a special position in Polish economy and culture, as well as in the definitely peasant Sokolka district which after the loss of independence was under Prussian governments and Russian later. The landowners from Sokolka district participated in the November and January uprisings, therefore they were afflicted with repressions such as the tributes and confiscations of estates,...