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The year 1899 can be regarded as the beginning of the production of medications for animals in the Polish territories, for it was then that biological preparations made at the Department of Hygiene of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków were first mentioned by the press. The interwar period saw the development of not only the veterinary and bioveterinary industry, but also legislation that regulated...
Following the statistics maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland dated 31 March 2014 currently 183 192 monuments have been listed at the territory of Poland. According to the list delivered in 2016 by the Provincial (Opole Province) Monument Conservator, 40 of them are threatened by a construction catastrophe. Some of them require an immediate construction intervention. The statistics...
Keeping the chronological order, this paper presents a timeline of events of the 30-year history of the organization of the Polonia Winter Games in Poland: first their beginnings in the years 1986–1989, and then, after a long break and a change to the name, their continuation as the World Polonia Winter Games in the years 2000–2016. Driven by the popularity of the summer Polonia Sports Games (1934–1991),...
This paper looks at the history of physical education and sports in the Czechoslovak and Polish YMCA. As far as physical education and sports are concerned, the two national associations not only developed in a similar way but cooperated in some areas of their activity as well. The two associations were established and began to work together in the 1920s, exchanging printed matter or arranging friendly...
History of the specimen of Purpuricenus kaehleri (L.) that was last collected in Poland decades ago. The specimen had been located in a private entomological collection from which it was stolen. The circumstances of a theft and a finding of the specimen are given.
This paper presents past and recent water management in the area called the Vistula Delta Fens (Żuławy Fens). This area (56 x 56 km) is located at the outlet of the Vistula River to the Baltic Sea, at the shore of the Gulf of Gdańsk. A large part of the area (30%) is located below sea level as potentially submerged depressions. A multitude of rivers, channels, ditches and pumping stations have been...
W 1974 roku na terenie Nadleśnictwa Trzcianne (Bagna Biebrzańskie) były prowadzone badania nad wolnożyjącymi cietrzewiami. Analizowano ich przydatność jako materiału hodowlanego do hodowli wolierowej. Populacja ta została wybrana ze względu dobre rozpoznanie jej przez profesora Fruzińskiego. Od roku 1975 w Ośrodku Hodowli Zwierzyny w Parzęczewie hodowano cietrzewie z jaj pozyskanych w wymienionym...
This paper is a contribution to the history of activities of the Polish Gymnastic Society “Sokol” in Rzeszow, which was created in 1886. Slets’ activity of the “Sokol” nest in Rzeszow was a reflection of the state of interest and support for the Sokol idea among the inhabitants of Rzeszow from the late 19th century to the outbreak of the Second World War. Slets constituted an important aspect of the...
This paper is a short review of historical development of the tissue culture method in Poland. Similarly to the rest of the world, in vitro technology in Poland has progressed in many directions simultaneously. Its main fields are closely interconnected by natural sequences of biological processes and integrade one into another. The best results, driven by the prospects of practical applications,...
The objective of the paper is to analyse agrarian structure in Poland in 1921 and 2002 based on the examples of the following selected provinces from the former three annexed territories: the Greater Poland Province from the Prussian partition, the Lesser Poland Province from the Austrian partition and the Świętokrzyskie Province from the Russian partition. The subject of evaluation of changes in...
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