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On the Polish National and Territorial Autonomy in Lithuania (the Spring–Summer of 1991)A new system of Polish-Lithuanian relations was shaped manly by the passivity of Poles inhabiting the eastern Lithuania in the plebiscite organised by the Lithuanian government on 9 February 1991, and a decision of the authorities of Vilnius and Šalčininkai (Polish: Sołeczniki) regions to hold a referendum, initiated...
Emanuel Halicz – More than Scientist’s ProfileEmanuel Halicz (1921–2015) was a historian of the 19th century. In 1939 he began his studies at the Ukrainian university in Lviv. In June of 1941 he was evacuated to the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1943 a political officer in the Polish people’s Army. A member of the Polish Workers’ Party/Polish United Workers’ Party. In 1950 he earned...
The Iron Curtain as an Aspect of the Sovietisation of Eastern Europe in 1949–1953Sovietisation of Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union at the turn of the 1950s was a consequence of the division of Europe and strengthened the so-called Iron Curtain. The restrictions of the Iron Curtain included the ban on all travel to the West, except of delegations of sportsmen and some of the members of security services...
Belorussian-Lithuanian Political and Economic Relations (1990–2015)During the first years of their independence a pivotal role in mutual relations of Lithuania and Belarus was played by historic symbols related to their many centuries-old belonging to one state – the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. For many years there was a problem of un-demarcated border between the two countries. But leaders of the two...
“Anticolonial Intellectual” Anton Łuckiewicz and “Hybrid Nationalist” Otto Eichelman. A Comparative Study of Federalist UtopiasIt is not an easy task to compare Łuckiewicz federalist ideas with a project by Otto Eichelman. As a Belarusian activist, he perceived federalism as a political system within a great state project – a Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Eichelman on the other hand sought to substantiate...
Russian Emigrants and Polish Underground in 1939–1948 AbstractThe present article brings up a practically forgotten episode in the history of Russian emigration. An archival inquiry revealed the engagement of several Russian post-revolutionary émigrés in the fight against the Germans during World War II in the territory of occupied Poland. The persons described in this concise article are an example...
Bulgarians and Bulgaria in the Last Quarter of the 19th Century in Jan Grzegorzewski’s Publications (Internal Policy, Foreign Policy)The period of five-century “Turkish yoke” of the Bulgarian lands brought up many deep and multifaceted changes in almost all areas of social life. The Bulgarian population, pushed aside on the margin of social life and deprived of almost all public rights, were unable...
The article presents documents pertaining to the construction of a Catholic church at Ussuriysk, kept in the Russian State Historical Archive of the Far East in Vladivostok. The documents span the period between 1912 and 1921. They reveal that the Municipal Duma of Ussuriysk was in favour of the construction of a Catholic church in the town; this could be concluded from the fact that they gave free...
Question of construction of a Catholic church at Ussuriysk in the light of the Russian State Historical Archive of the Far East in VladivostokAbstractThe article presents documents pertaining to the construction of a Catholic church at Ussuriysk, kept in the Russian State Historical Archive of the Far East in Vladivostok. The documents span the period between 1912 and 1921. They reveal that the Municipal...
Russian emigrants and Polish Underground in 1939–1947 AbstractThe article brings up a practically forgotten episode in the history of Russian emigration. The archival search revealed involvement of some post-revolution Russian émigrés in the fight against the Germans during World War II in the territory of occupied Poland. The persons described in this concise article are an example of unconventional...
Iron Curtain as an aspect of Sovietisation of Eastern Europe in 1949–1953AbstractSovietisation of Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union at the turn of the 1950s was a consequence of the division of Europe and strengthened the so-called Iron Curtain. The restrictions of the Iron Curtain included the ban on all travel to the West, except of delegations of sportsmen and some of the members of security services...
Represyjna działalność brygady Kamińskiego na okupowanych terenach ZSRR w latach 1941–1944Brygada gen. Kamińskiego, znana także jako Rosyjska Wyzwoleńcza Armia Ludowa (RONA) oraz 29. Dywizja Grenadierów SS, zajmuje szczególne miejsce w dziejach kolaboracyjnych formacji powstałych na okupowanych przez wojska hitlerowskie terenach ZSRR. Formacja ta nie była jedynie jednostką propagandową, taką jak Rosyjska...
Belorussian-Lithuanian political and economic relations (1990–2015) AbstractDuring the first years of their independence a pivotal role in mutual relations of Lithuania and Belarus was played by historic symbols related to their many centuries-old belonging to one state – the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. For many years there was a problem of un-demarcated border between the two countries. But leaders...
Emanuel Halicz – not only his scientific profile AbstractEmanuel Halicz (1921–2015) was a historian of the 19th century. In 1939 he began his studies at the Ukrainian university in Lviv. In June of 1941 he was evacuated to the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1943 a political officer in the Polish people’s Army. A member of the Polish Workers’ Party/ Polish United Workers’ Party. In...
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