Polscy księża zesłańcy postyczniowi o Rosji
Polish priests-exiles about Russia (after the January Uprising)

Summary/Abstract: The given article is devoted to the problem of the perception of Russia and the Russians inPolish Catholic priests’ literary work, exiled after the January Uprising to the Russian Empire. Ascommonly assessed, exile to Russia affected about six hundred Polish clergymen, in one way oranother connected to the insurrectionary move of 1863. The most famous priest-exiles, whoseliterary legacy has survived to this day, are: Mikołaj Kulaszyński, Stanisław Matraś, Edward Nowakowski and Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński. A present article was devoted to it is for thesewriters, and is concentrating on the stereotype of the Russians and Russia. The text includes thefollowing aspects one by one: national nomenclature, psychological and characterological features,physical properties of the Russians and the general image of Russia as the state and the country.

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