The Eastern Galician Conservators Circle was a monument protection organization that was engaged in the protection, preservation, and restoration of monuments in
Eastern Galicia
Eastern Galicia (; ; ) is a geographical region in Western Ukraine (present day oblasts of Lviv Oblast, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil Oblast, Ternopil), having also essential historic importance in Poland.
Galicia ( ...
. It existed in
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
from 1889 to 1923.
History
In 1848, the
Zbruch Idol
The Zbruch Idol, Sviatovid (''Worldseer'', ; ) is a 9th-century limestone sculpture idol, and one of the few monuments of pre-Christian Slavic beliefs (according to another interpretation, it was created by the Kipchaks/Cumans). The pillar was ...
was discovered in the
Zbruch River
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Husiatyn
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, and on the initiative of the future conservative of the Eastern Galician Conservators Circle,
Mieczysław Ludwik Potocki
Mieczysław Ludwik Potocki (1810, – 31 January 1878, Lviv) was Polish landowner, November insurgent, organizer of the conservation office in Eastern Galicia, member of the Galician States.
Biography
Mieczysław Ludwik Potocki was born in L ...
Vienna
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to protect the monuments of the
Austrian Empire
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, which included Galicia. In 1873, the Central Commission was reorganized into the Central Commission for the Study and Conservation of Historical and Artistic Monuments, which was divided into three sections: archaeological, architectural and artistic monuments, and archival monuments.''Булик Н. М'' Пам'яткоохоронні традиції кінця ХІХ – першої половини ХХ ст. у археологічному середовищі Галичини // Сіверщина в історії України. — Глухів, 2016. — Вип. 9. — S. 42–49.''Саламаха І'' Участь «Грона консерваторів Східної Галичини» у проведенні реставраційних робіт у Львові на початку ХХ ст. // Наукові записки Тернопільського національного педагогічного університету імені Володимира Гнатюка. Сер. Історія. Тернопіль : ТНПУ ім. В. Гнатюка, 2019. — Вип. 1. — S. 83–88.''Серцелевич Р''. Об'єднання пам'яткоохоронців і кореспондентів Східної Галичини: організаційна структура та персоналії в 1889—1914 роках (до 125-річчя від дня створення) // Наша спадщина. — 2014. — № 1. — S. 39—41.
On 24-25 May 1888, the First Congress of Conservators of Galicia took place in the building of the
National Museum in Kraków
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. During the meeting, a decision was made to establish organizations in Eastern and Western Galicia to assist and coordinate conservators and correspondents regarding the funds annually allocated by the
Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria
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for the maintenance and restoration of monuments. Their executive bodies (committees) were located in Lviv and Kraków. The congress also adopted a resolution to begin an inventory of historical monuments and to draw up a map of conservative districts.
In the fall of 1889, in Lviv, Eastern Galician conservatives and correspondents founded the organization "Eastern Galician Conservators Circle".''Саламаха І'' Державна охорона історичних пам'яток у Східній Галичині напередодні Першої світової війни (1910–1914) // Україна: культурна спадщина, національна свідомість, державність. — 2008. — Вип. 17. — S. 73—79.
On 17 December 1889, in Kraków, Western Galician conservatives and correspondents founded the " Western Galician Conservators Circle", headed by .
In 1911, in accordance with the reforms in Galicia, the position of the only state conservator was established, which turned the Lviv "Circle" into a society of antiquity lovers. In 1916, the East Galician conservatives at a meeting decided to reorganize their organization into the "Eastern Galician Conservators Regional Circle". In 1923, the monument protection organization ceased to exist.
In 1892, 1900, and 1902–1910, the Eastern Galician Conservators Circle published three volumes of the ''Teka Konserwatorska''.
In different years, the organization was run by:
Ksawery Liske
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Adam Kirkor
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Kirkor was born in on 21 January 1818, finishing school in Mogilev. From 1834 to 1866, he worked in Vilnius, later in Sai ...
,
Aleksander Czołowski
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He graduated from the Ivano-Fran ...
Bohdan Janusz
Bohdan Janusz (; 23 January 1887 – 5 November 1930) was Polish and Ukrainian archaeologist, historian, ethnographer, conservator of prehistoric monuments in Lwów Voivodeship.
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He was born on 23 January 1887 in Lviv to a Ukrainian fami ...
,
Teodor Talowski
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,
Wojciech Kętrzyński
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* Franciszek Stroiński (1856–1859),
* Adolf Wolskrim (1859),
*
Mieczysław Ludwik Potocki
Mieczysław Ludwik Potocki (1810, – 31 January 1878, Lviv) was Polish landowner, November insurgent, organizer of the conservation office in Eastern Galicia, member of the Galician States.
Biography
Mieczysław Ludwik Potocki was born in L ...
(1864–1878),
* acting director (1878),
* (1879),
*
Władysław Łoziński
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Born on 29 May 1843 ...
(1889–1898),
*
Ludwik Ćwikliński
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(1898–1902),
*
Ludwik Finkel
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From 1878 to 1881 he studied history, philosophy and history of literature at the Lviv ...
(1902–1907),
*
Władysław Abraham
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(1907–1912),
*
Karol Hadaczek
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He was educated in elementary sch ...
(1912–1914),
* Tadeusz Szczydłowski (1914–1916),
* Władysław Abraham (1916–1920),
* acting director (1920).