The ''Sarmatian Review'' (formerly ''The Houston Sarmatian'') was a triannual

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, published from 1981 to 2017 by the nonprofit Polish Institute of Houston, covering

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(the study of the histories,

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s, and

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of the Slavic nations of Central, Eastern, and

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). The

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was Ewa Thompson. From 1992 an abbreviated web edition was available, free of charge, six to ten weeks after the publication of the print edition.

History

The journal was established in 1981, under the auspices of the Houston chapter of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, as ''The Houston Sarmatian'', obtaining its subsequent title in 1988. In 1999 a nonprofit public foundation, the Polish Institute of Houston, was formed as a cultural and educational institution with the chief purpose of continuing the journal's publication. The journal took its name from " Sarmatia", a semi-legendary appellation for the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

, a multicultural state that, from the 16th to the 18th century, included most of Eastern Europe.

Content

The journal concerned itself with the Slavic countries (most prominently

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, and

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

), the post-Soviet period, American and European

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questions, and matters related to

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, and

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. The journal published articles,

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s, and occasionally samples of

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References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/
Correspondences
between

Melchior Wańkowicz Melchior Wańkowicz (10 January 1892 – 10 September 1974) was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writin ...

and Jerzy Giedroyc, ''Sarmatian Review'', September 1999 Slavic studies journals Academic journals established in 1981 1981 establishments in Texas Publications disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in Texas Triannual journals

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