The Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Statut Organiczny dla Królestwa Polskiego) was a

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which replaced the Constitution of 1815 in the aftermath of the failed

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in the Russian Partition of Poland. The Statute was pronounced in occupied

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on March 13/25, 1832 by

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Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich, appointed

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. Demidowicz: 2010. Page 1 To commemorate the Tsar's crushing of the Cadet Revolution,

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

wrote "On the Taking of Warsaw", hailing the capitulation of Poland's capital as the "final triumph" of Mother Russia. Other writers joined in to celebrate.Myroslav Shkandrij
''Russia and Ukraine: literature and the discourse of empire from Napoleonic to postcolonial times''
McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2001, 354 pages. Page 69. The Statute, signed by

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Nicholas I, replaced the

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between the

Kingdom of Poland The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to: Historical political entities * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031 * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...

and the

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with the "''eternal incorporation''" of Poland into Russia (a point that had actually been stated in the first article of the 1815 Constitution). The

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( pl, Sejm) of the Kingdom was abolished, and its army merged with the

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. Remaining resemblances of autonomy left without change by the Statute included the

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, the Administrative Council, and the

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. Out of five governmental commissions, two (military and religious/educational) were dissolved (leaving only treasury, justice and internal affairs). The power of the Namiestnik of Poland was increased.

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References

* Tomasz Demidowicz
Statut Organiczny Królestwa Polskiego w latach 1832-1856
Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne, Vol LXII, 2010; Zeszyt 1. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
"Dziennik Praw Królestwa Polskiego" 1832 Tom 14, nr 55, str. 160–249

"Dziennik Powszechny" Nr 83 z 26 III 1832, s. 339-342
1832 documents 1832 in law 1832 in Poland 1832 in the Russian Empire Legal history of Poland Political history of Poland Government of Congress Poland Nicholas I of Russia