„ATENY WOŁYŃSKIE” W KRZEMIEŃCU I JEGO „GABINET MEDALÓW”
“THE ATHENS OF VOLHINIA” IN KRZEMIENIEC AND HIS “MEDAL CABINET”

Summary/Abstract: The Volhynian Gymnasium, later transformed into the Volhynian Lyceum, known as “The Athensof Volhinia”, was a Polish High-School in Krzemieniec in Volhynia. It was founded by Tadeusz Czacki, then in-spector of educational establishments in the Volhynia, Kiev and Podolia governorates, with the participation ofHugo Kołłątaj. It existed during the years 1805-1831, and was reactivated in the years 1922-1939. It played a sig-nificant role in the development of the level of Polish culture in Volhynia.In Krzemieniec there was a “Medal Cabinet”, with a valuable numismatic collection based on part of the collectionleft after Stanisław August Poniatowski. Coins from ancient to contemporary periods were gathered there, and partof the gold medals of the “royal series”. The numismatic collection was intended for didactic use. For this purpose,printed “lectures” were prepared by Tadeusz Czacki. Franciszek Rudzki was particularly instrumental in develop-ing the collection. The collection was moved to Vilnius after the fall of the November Rising. Later it was dispersedto other academic centres in Kiev and Kharkov.

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