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Janusz Gmitruk
Janusz Gmitruk (born 17 February 1948 in Świniarów) is a Polish historian, museum curator, academic teacher, and Doctor of Humanities. He is a specialist in contemporary Polish history and the peasant movement, as well as the martyrology of Polish villages, the Peasant Battalions, and the Polish Underground State during World War II, as well as the peasant resistance movement after the war. He is the author of numerous articles, books, and exhibitions on these topics. He has served as the long-time editor-in-chief of ' and ', as well as the director of the Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement and president of the board of the People's Scientific and Cultural Society. Biography Childhood and education Janusz Gmitruk was born on 17 February 1948 in the village of Świniarów in Łosice County into a peasant family of Paweł Gmitriuk and Genowefa, née Oleksiuk. From 1955 to 1962, he attended Primary School No. 2 in Łosice, and later continued his education at Józef Pietr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Świniarów
Świniarów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łosice, within Łosice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Łosice and east of Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... References Villages in Łosice County {{Łosice-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture And National Heritage (Poland)
The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage () is a ministry within Polish government led by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage responsible for national heritage preservation and Polish culture promotion. Ministry oversees state or partially state cultural institutions and implements the law regarding art and cultural property. Ministry headquarters are located at Potocki Palace, 15 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw. Incumbent minister has been Hanna Wróblewska member of the Cabinet) since May 2024 History It was formed on 31 October 2005, from transformation of ''Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland''. The ministry can trace its history back to 1918 when the Ministry of Art and Culture was established. It was suppressed in 1922 due to rationalization of public expense and structural reform of the government. It was reestablished within the temporary communist government in 1944 and has existed continuously henceforth until the merger w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People's Party
The Polish People's Party (, PSL) is a conservative political party in Poland. It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although its name was changed to the present one in 1903. During the Second Polish Republic, the Polish People's Party was represented by a number of parties that held its name. They were all supportive of agrarian policies, although they spanned from the left-wing to the centre-right on the political spectrum. It was reformed to the People's Party shortly after the Sanacja regime took power. It took part into the formation of Polish government-in-exile during the World War II, and after the war it was again reformed into the Polish People's Party, and soon after into the United People's Party. During the existence of the Polish People's Republic, it was seen as a satellite party of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party that promoted rural interests. After the fall of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian-Peasant Party
The Christian-Peasant Party (, SLCh) was a center-right agrarian Polish political party functioning in the early-middle 1990s, between 5 April 1991 and 17 May 1992 as the Polish People's Party "Solidarity" (, PSL "S"). History Initially as Polish People's Party "Solidarity", the party was created in the spring of 1989 as a political branch of Rural Solidarity under . During the party's 2nd Extraordinary Congress on 16 May 1992, the party rebranded as the Christian-Peasant Party. In 1992, , who was a representative of Rural Solidarity at the Round Table Agreement came to power in the party. In the Autumn of 1992, a "rightwing" splinter of SLCh defected to the National Party "Fatherland". On many issues, it closely aligned with the Conservative Party, which it later united with in 1997 to form the Conservative People's Party. Ideology SLCh described itself as a center-right post-Solidarity party pledged to Christian and family values. It supported traditional multi-genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Ethnography
The National Museum of Ethnography () is a museum of ethnography in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1888. Collection and exhibitions The collection is made up of objects, folk art, costumes, crafts, sculptures, paintings and other art from Poland, Europe, Africa, Australia, Oceania and Latin and South America. The museum has a permanent exhibition, a library (around 26 000 volumes), a Photographic and Film Records Studio and a Central Repository for the Museum's Collections; it produces temporary exhibitions, research projects and publications. The Polish collection is composed of around 13,500 exhibits in the permanent collection and over 1000 in the deposits. The permanent exhibitions presented inside the museum are: * ''The Ordinary – The Extraordinary. The Ethnographic Museum's Fascinating Collections. The Museum's 120th anniversary exhibition'' * ''Celebration Time in Polish and European culture'' * ''The Order of Things. The storeroom of Piotr B. Szacki'' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Malinowski
Roman Malinowski (26 February 1935 – 31 August 2021) was a Polish politician and economist. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1985, Chairman of United People's Party from 1981 to 1989, and Marshal of the Sejm from 1985 to 1989. Malinowski was a co-founder of the first non-communist government in Poland. Biography Roman Malinowski was born in Białystok, Poland 26 February 1935.He graduated from SGH Warsaw School of Economics in 1956. He was a member of Union of Polish Youth from 1948 to 1956. Malinowski became a member of the pro-communist United People's Party in 1956. He served as a member of the Sejm of the 7th, 8th and 9th terms (1976–1989). Malinowski was chairman of the party from 1981 to 1989. Malinowski was Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1985 and Minister of Food Industry from April to October 1980. In 1985 Malinowski was nominated as the Marshal of the Sejm. He was also a member of Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth. After the Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a Warsaw metropolitan area, greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 6th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises List of districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw, 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Alpha 2, alpha global city, a major political, economic and cultural hub, and the country's seat of government. It is also the capital of the Masovian Voivodeship. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mausoleum Of Polish Rural Martyrology In Michniów
The Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages in Michniów is a museum located in Michniów, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in Poland, constituting a branch of the Museum of the Kielce Village, commemorating the pacification actions in German-occupied Poland. The initiative to build the Mausoleum was put forward in 1979 by the Chief Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation. The Mausoleum Organizing Committee was established in 1984, and the cornerstone was laid in 1989. Since 1999, the Mausoleum in Michniów has been under the protection of the Kielce Countryside Museum, while since 2008 it has been a branch of this Museum. The mausoleum currently includes: House of National Remembrance, Sanctuary of the Martyr's Polish Villages, cemetery and grave of victims of pacification, and a monument - " Pieta of Michniów". In 2014, the museum was visited by 30 137 people compared to 28,311 in 2013. Michniów massacre During World War II and the oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Commission For The Prosecution Of Crimes Against The Polish Nation
The Chief Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation () is a governmental agency created in 1945 in Poland. It is tasked with investigating Nazi crimes against the Polish nation and since 1991 also of Communist crimes. In 1999, it was transformed into the main organizational unit of the investigative department of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). Naming The commission was created in the aftermath of World War II under leadership of the Polish Communist and Auschwitz survivor Alfred Fiderkiewicz to investigate Nazi crimes against the Polish nation. Following the Fall of Communism in Poland and revision of its mission in 1991, it was also tasked with investigate Communist crimes in Poland.Łukasz JasińskiSprawiedliwość i polityka. Działalność Głównej Komisji Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich/ Hitlerowskich w Polsce 1945–1989*, Dzieje Najnowsze, Rocznik L – 2018, 1 Although the IPN in its contemporary form has been established in 1999 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Łuczak
Aleksander Piotr Łuczak (10 September 1943 – 15 March 2023) was a Polish historian and politician. A member of the Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party (, PSL) is a conservative political party in Poland. It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although its name was changed to the pre ..., he served as Minister of National Education from 1993 to 1995. Łuczak died on 15 March 2023, at the age of 79. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Luczak, Aleksander 1943 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Polish historians Education ministers of Poland Polish People's Party politicians University of Warsaw alumni Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) People from Legionowo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siedlce University Of Natural Sciences And Humanities
The Siedlce University () is a higher-education institution in Siedlce, Poland. It was created on October 1, 2010, by the decision of Sejm signed by the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski. The previous name of the university was 'Akademia Podlaska w Siedlcach', in English known officially as University of Podlasie. History The institution officially began in 1969 with the establishment of the Higher Teacher Training College (Wyższa Szkoła Nauczycielska) in Siedlce. The college provided new cultural and social development opportunities and easier access to higher education for young people from the Podlasie and north-eastern Mazovian areas. It also laid the groundwork for developing a scientific center in Siedlce. In 1974, the college was transformed into the Higher School of Pedagogy (Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna). This change enhanced the school's status by granting authority to have programs for teachers at the master's degree level. Further restruct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
