“The Story of One Life” by Franciszek Żulichowski. Russia and Russians on the border of the Tsarist Empire on the example of the Olkusz region in the years 1897–1914 Cover Image

Historia jednego życia autorstwa Franciszka Żulichowskiego. Rosja i Rosjanie u granic Carskiego Imperium na przykładzie powiatu olkuskiego w latach 1897–1914
“The Story of One Life” by Franciszek Żulichowski. Russia and Russians on the border of the Tsarist Empire on the example of the Olkusz region in the years 1897–1914

Author(s): Mateusz Kamionka
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Olkusz; powiat olkuski; Królestwo Polskie; Imperium Carskie; rosyjska administracja; gubernia kielecka

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to present everyday life in the Olkusz poviat at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, especially in terms of relations between the Poles and Russians. In these times, Olkusz belonged to the Kielce Governorate of the Kingdom of Poland, and was one of the most western regions in the vast Russian Empire. Due to its location, relations in the city were influenced not only by Poles' national liberation views, but also by arranging their lives on the border, where, for example, smuggling was an everyday issue. The article, however, particularly analyzed the russification of Poles at that time, thanks to excerpts from unpublished diaries, but also important and interesting social relations between Poles and Russians.

  • Issue Year: 8/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-33
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish