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Eugeniusz Okoń
Eugeniusz Okoń (25 December 1881 – 19 January 1949) was a Polish priest, activist, and politician. Elected to the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria and the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic, he was a founder of the Radical Peasant Party, and the co-founder of the Republic of Tarnobrzeg, which was established during a popular uprising on 6 November 1918. Biography Early life The first of seven siblings Eugeniusz Okoń was born on Christmas 1881. His parents Wincenty and Aniela Okoń were peasants who resided in the town of Radomyśl, which at the time was located in the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Showing promise from an early age Okoń was sent to school in Rzeszów. After graduating he applied and was accepted to the Higher Theological Seminary in Przemyśl. In 1906 Okoń was ordained as a priest before attending Jagiellonian University where he studied Polish philology and Philosophy. Between 1906-1916 Okoń was transferred between eight di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radomyśl Nad Sanem
Radomyśl nad Sanem (until 2001 Radomyśl) is a village in Stalowa Wola County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radomyśl nad Sanem. It lies on the San river in Lesser Poland, approximately north-west of Stalowa Wola and north of the regional capital Rzeszów. Radomyśl was a town from 1558 to 1935. History In the early days of Polish statehood, the area of Radomyśl belonged to the Duchy of Sandomierz, which later became Sandomierz Voivodeship. In 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created out of Sandomierz's eastern part, which included the Radomyśl area. Radomyśl itself was founded as a private village in 1556 by local nobleman Jakub Sienienski. Two years later, King Zygmunt August granted it a town charter (Magdeburg rights), and in 1584, King Stefan Batory gave permission for an annual fair and weekly markets, organized on each Monday. In the 1772 First Partition of Poland Radomyśl was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Philology
Polish studies, Polish philology or Polonistics (, or ''polonistyka'') is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates the Polish language and Polish literature in both historic and present-day forms. The history of Polish studies dates back to the 16th century. The first Polish scholars to study the Polish language were Jan Mączyński and Piotr Stoiński (Pierre Statorius). Academic activities in Polish Studies include conferences, workshops, and book publications by scholars who work and teach on Polish history, culture, art, and politics. The Polish Studies Association is part of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and facilitates "the exchange of academic information regarding Polish history, culture, arts, politics, economics, and contemporary affairs, and seeks to enhance contacts between Polish and Western Affairs." The Departments of Polish Studies exist in all major universities across Poland, and in many academic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki
Wojciech Bartos(z) Głowacki (1758–1794), known also as Bartosz Głowacki, was a Polish people, Polish peasant and the most famous member of the ''kosynierzy'' (peasant volunteer infantry) during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. Born as Wojciech Bartosz, he became a Polish Folk hero, national hero during the battle of Racławice on 4 April 1794, when he captured a Russian cannon by putting out the Fuse (explosives), fuse with his hat. For this, he was promoted to the military rank, rank of ''chorąży'' and received the surname 'Głowacki'. He was mortally wounded during the battle of Szczekociny on 6 June that year. Since then he has become one of the symbols of the Uprising and Polish valor. Biography Bartosz was born around 1765 as a serfdom in Poland, serf of Antoni Szujski. He was probably born in the village of Rzędowice, Opole Voivodeship, Rzędowice, although some sources give Zakrzów, Opole Lubelskie County, Zakrzów as his place of birth. As the Christian Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasz Dąbal
Tomasz Jan Dąbal (; 29 December 1890 – 21 August 1937) was a Polish lawyer, activist of the interwar period and politician. He was the co-founder and the head of state of the Republic of Tarnobrzeg, succeeded by the Second Polish Republic. Life Tomasz Jan Dąbal was born 29 December 1890 in Sobów, Poland. In 1909–1914, he studied law in Vienna and medicine in Kraków and joined the Polish People's Party (1911). During World War I he served in the 87th Infantry Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army on the Russian, Balkan and Italian fronts. Wounded three times, he reached the rank of captain. In January 1917 he was assigned to the 3rd Legion Infantry Regiment as a machine gun instructor. Towards the end of the war he was arrested for political activities in the Austrian army and imprisoned for two months in a camp in Udine. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary he returned to Poland. In early November 1918, as a special representative of the Polish Liquidation Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnobrzeg
Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland), on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Polish: ''Województwo podkarpackie'') since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (1975–1998). Tarnobrzeg lies in the Sandomierz Basin, and directly borders the town of Sandomierz, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Its history dates back to the year 1593, when it was granted Magdeburg rights, and belonged to the Tarnowski family. For centuries Tarnobrzeg remained a small town, which did not develop until the post-World War II period, when it became center of an industrial area, based on rich sulfur deposits. Etymology The name Tarnobrzeg refers to the founders of the town, the Tarnowski family. Other names were suggested, such as "Tarnodwor", "Nowo Dwor", and "Nowy Tarnów". Finally, Tarnobrzeg prevailed, and other towns, founded by the Tarnowski fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Poland (1917–1918)
The Kingdom of Poland (, ), also known informally as the Regency Kingdom of Poland (), was a short-lived polity that was proclaimed during World War I by the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on 5 November 1916 on the territories of formerly Russian-ruled Congress Poland held by the Central Powers as the Government General of Warsaw and which became active on 14 January 1917. It was subsequently transformed between 7 October 1918 and 22 November 1918 into the independent Second Polish Republic, the customary ceremonial founding date of the latter being later set at 11 November 1918. In spite of the initial total dependence of this client state on its sponsors,The Regency Kingdom has been referred to as a puppet state by Norman Davies in ''Europe: A history'' Internet Archive, p. 910; by Jerzy Lukowski and Hubert Zawadzki in ''A Concise History of Poland''Google Books, p. 218; by Piotr J. Wroblel in ''Chronology of Polish History'' and ''Nation and History''Google Books, p. 454; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social class, and they dominated those states by exercising szlachta's privileges, political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the Feudalism, feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution (Poland), March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce" ''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. The ''szlachta'' secured Golden Liberty, substantial and increasing political power and rights throughout its history, begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolbuszowa
Kolbuszowa () is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 88911 inhabitants (02.06.2009). Situated in the Sandomierz Forest in the Subcarpathian Voivodship, it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County. Kolbuszowa belongs to historic Lesser Poland, near its border with another historic region, Czerwień Cities/Red Ruthenia. History The name of the town comes from the land owner Kolbusz. It appeared for the first time in 1503 in place where Poręby Wielkie used to exist. The town, which administratively belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province, was probably founded before 1683, when it was mentioned in a trade regulating document of Józef Karol Lubomirski. Kolbuszowa was located on an important trade route from Sandomierz to Przemyśl. As the owners of the area were the Leliwa Tarnowski, Kolbuszowa belonged to Sandomierz County. With regard to the Roman Catholic Church, Kolbuszowa was within the diocese of Kraków, but in 1786 it was moved under the ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majdan Królewski
Majdan Królewski () is a village in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Majdan Królewski. It lies approximately north of Kolbuszowa and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. Names In 1900, those names were in use: MAYDAN BEI KOLBUSZOW (German) and MAYDAN KOLO KOLBUSCHOWA.Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967 References Villages in Kolbuszowa County {{Kolbuszowa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Głąbiński
Stanisław Głąbiński (25 February 1862 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish politician, academic, lawyer and writer who served in 1918 as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Poland. Early years Głąbiński was born on 25 February 1862 in Skole, in the Stryi district, Eastern Galicia, in what was then the Austrian Empire. His father, Jan Głąbiński, was a participant in the Krakow Uprising in 1846 and the Revolutions of 1848. Jan worked as a tax official in Brzozów, Czortków, Sambór and Skole. He became a town councillor and assessor in Sambor. Little is known about Stanisław Głąbiński's mother, Teofila, née Niedzielska. After graduating from grammar school in Sambór in 1880, Stanisław Głąbiński's was admitted to the Faculty of Law at the University of Lwów. He was a member of the Academic Reading Room and of the Brotherly Aid of Law Students of the Lwów University of Technology, and participated in the meetings of the scientific "Touris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Grabski
Stanisław Grabski (; 5 April 1871 – 6 May 1949) was a Polish economist and politician associated with the National Democracy (Poland), National Democracy political camp. As the top Polish negotiator during the Peace of Riga talks in 1921, Grabski greatly influenced the future of Poland and the Soviet Union. Stanisław Grabski was the brother of Władysław Grabski, another prominent Polish economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland, prime minister, and of political activist Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa. Biography Stanisław Grabski became a political activist early in his life. In 1890, in Berlin, he edited ' (The Workers' Gazette). In 1892 he cofounded the Polish Socialist Party (''PPS''), but in 1901 he detached himself from that political movement to become a member of Roman Dmowski's "nationalist" camp (later known as National Democracy (Poland), National Democracy). A member of the National League (Poland, 1893), National League since 1905, a year l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
