Zbigniew Klemens Karpus (born 1954) is a Polish historian.

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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU (, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473. History The beginnings of higher education in Toruń The first institution of higher ...

,Head Office of State Archives, Poland, "Polish-Russian Findings"
/ref> where he is the director of Institute of International Relations, he is the author of several books and dozens of articles. He specialized in the relations between

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 ...

and her eastern neighbours (

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and others). Among the specific areas of his interests is the fate of

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during the Polish-Soviet War, history of the political emigrés from Russia to Poland in the

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, history of interwar

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and

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and their local

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ish communities.Gazeta Wyborcza, Opole, "Spotkanie z prof. dr. hab. Zbigniewem Karpusem", 2009-12-03

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Selected publications

*Tuchola. Obóz jeńców i internowanych 1914-1923 *Polska i Ukraina. Sojusz 1920 roku i jego następstwa *Jeńcy i internowani rosyjscy i ukraińscy na terenie Polski w latach 1918-1924 (doctoral thesis) *Zwycięzcy za drutami. Jeńcy polscy w niewoli (1919–1922). Dokumenty i materiały *Wschodni sojusznicy Polski w wojnie 1920 roku.

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1954 births Living people 21st-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Academic staff of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 20th-century Polish historians {{Poland-historian-stub

Selected publications

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