Ryszard Władysław Tomczyk (born in Bierzwnik,

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, on August 17, 1959) is a Polish

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, a historian, and a member of

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Biography

Ryszard Tomczyk graduated from the

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in 1983. dr hab. prof. US Ryszard Tomczyk
Having received his doctorate, he was appointed

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at that university. In 2008, he defended his

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at the Rzeszów University, and now he is a

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at the universities of

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and of

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

. He focuses on Ukrainian history, international relations in the

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, and

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. During the period of 2002-2003 Ryszard Tomczyk was an

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West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people. It was established on 1 Janua ...

.In the years 2003–2005 he was a member of the Polish parliament

Selected publications

* ''Ukraińskie Zjednoczenie Narodowo-Demokratyczne 1925–1939'', Książnica Pomorska, Szczecin 2006 * ''Galicyjska Rusko-Ukraińska Partia Radykalna w latach 1890–1914'', Szczecin 2007 * ''Radykałowie i socjaldemokraci. Miejsce i rola lewicy w ukraińskim obozie narodowym w Galicji 1890–1914'', Szczecin 2007 * ''Socjaldemokraci ukraińscy i polscy. Z dziejów współpracy'', Warszawa 2007 * ''Ukraińska Partia Radykalna w II Rzeczypospolitej 1918–1926'', Szczecin 2007 * ''Myśl Mocarstwowa. Z dziejów młodego pokolenia II Rzeczypospolitej'', Szczecin 2008 * ''Między Wiedniem a Lwowem. Szkice z historii administracji w Austrii'', Szczecin 2010 * ''Urzędnicy cywilni w Austrii 1740–1918. Studia z historii prawa i administracji'', Szczecin 2012. * * ''Cmentarz Janowski we Lwowie. Polskie dziedzictwo narodowe'' (współautor Barbara Patlewicz), t. I–II, Szczecin 2017.

References

External links

Ryszard Tomczyk’s personal page
at the

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