Zjednoczone Koła Zjazdów Rolniczych – organizacja ziemian Galicji Wschodniej w pamiętnikowej relacji Karola Krusensterna (część II)
The Association of Agricultural Conventions – an Organization of the Landed Gentry in Eastern Galicia in the Memoirs of Karol Krusenstern (Part II)

Summary/Abstract: The Association of Agricultural Conventions, an organization of the landed gentry in Eastern Galicia, was founded by Jan Emanuel Rozwadowski in 1907 in Lviv. To date, the association has not attracted considerable interest from history researchers, but the memoirs of one of its members, Karol Krusenstern, a landowner, entrepreneur and owner of the health spa in Niemirów, are a rich source of data about the organization. The presented fragment of Krusenstern’s memoirs provides the most important information on the association’s origins, goals, operations, achievements and key activists. The memoirs also serve as a unique source of knowledge about the Second Agricultural Club, a member of the association, where Krusenstern worked as a secretary. The analyzed source provides valuable information about the club’s members and the organized agricultural conventions. Krusenstern described the association’s relations with the Association of Landed Gentry Clubs and its efforts to establish contact with similar organizations operating in Galicia (such as the Galician Farming Association). The memoirs also describe the links between the association and the National Democracy political movement.

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