Memoirs and Letters of Polish Authors from the Western Krai (Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine) in the 19th Century. Comments on the Margins of Two Completed Projects of the National Program for the Development of Humanities – the Perspectives of Source Re Cover Image

Pamiętniki i listy polskich autorów z Ziem Zabranych (Litwa, Białoruś, Ukraina) w XIX stuleciu. Uwagi na marginesie zakończonych dwu projektów Narodowego Programu Rozwoju Humanistyki – perspektywy badań źródłowych
Memoirs and Letters of Polish Authors from the Western Krai (Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine) in the 19th Century. Comments on the Margins of Two Completed Projects of the National Program for the Development of Humanities – the Perspectives of Source Re

Author(s): Wiesław Caban, Lidia Michalska-Bracha
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Polish Literature, 19th Century, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Diaries; letters; 19th century; Western Krai; Siberia; exile; National Program for the Development of Humanities;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the characteristics and summary of the results of research conducted in the years 2013–2019 by an international team of historians at Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, as part of two scientifi c projects under the program of the National Program for the Development of Humanities. Their goal was to catalog and compile the handwritt en diaries and lett ers of Polish authors from the Western Krai in the 19th century, and to conduct research on the image of Polish exiles in Western Siberia in the second half of the 18th and in the 19th century in the eyes of Russians and the Siberian population. Source queries conducted in numerous domestic and foreign archival and library collections (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, France, England) allowed to catalog over 5,000 handwritt en and printed diaries and lett ers of Polish authors from the Western Krai and connected to this area. These studies drew att ention to the scale of the problem in terms of the availability of source documentation on the above topics and the possibility of obtaining it, and indicated the need to continue this research, paying particular att ention to the source and editorial aspects.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 259-279
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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