Józef Piotrowski (, 1840–1923), also known as Joseph Yulianovich Petrovsky (), was a participant in

January Uprising The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last i ...

and an enlightener.
// Администрация города Перми. К юбилею города. Пермское ретро.''Пермский некрополь''
// Энциклопедия Пермской области. He is known as the founder of first bookshop in Perm, Russia, Perm. Józef Piotrowski was born in 1840 in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, which for that time was in

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. For the participation in January Uprising he was sentenced to exile to

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and later to Perm, Russia, Perm. In winter of 1863 he opened a bookshop, registering it in the name of his wife, Olga Platonovna Petrovskaya. The shop was situated at the crossing of Pokrovskay Street and Sibirskaya Street. The Petrovsky Shop won popularity among the inhabitants and promoted the development of education in Perm. It was also used for underground distribution of democratic literature, which influenced on the formation of revolutionary opinions among the youth. This is testified by the documents of Petrovsky family kept in Perm Krai Museum. A memorial table is installed on the building where was the bookshop situated. С. А. Торопов. ''Пермь: Путеводитель.'' — Пермь: Кн. изд-во, 1986. Józef Piotrowski died in 1923 and was buried at the Yegoshikhinskoye Cemetery.

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1840 births 1923 deaths January Uprising participants Perm, Russia {{Poland-bio-stub