How did the Nabokov’s Majorat Kacice Shooters recapture, that is macrohistory reflected in the microhistory Cover Image

Jak to strzelcy Nabokowom Kacice rekwirowali, czyli o makrohistorii odzwierciedlonej w mikrohistorii
How did the Nabokov’s Majorat Kacice Shooters recapture, that is macrohistory reflected in the microhistory

Author(s): Ewa Klimczyk, Mariusz Wołos
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Nabokov family; Shooters of Piłsudski; Kacice; Microhistory; Macrohistory; Relations of Poles and Russians; First World War;

Summary/Abstract: Majorat Kacice in the Kingdom of Poland received a donation from the Tsar Dmitri Nikolayevich Nabokov, the later Russian Minister of Justice and a representative of a well-known landowner. After him Kacice inherited your son Dmitri Dimitrovich, father of the famous composer Nikolas and uncle of the famous writer Vladimir. In August 1914, Shooters commanded by Józef Piłsudski made a symbolic requisition of the Majorat Kacice in the name of a non-existent polish national government, symbolically mourn on the Russians for the harm done to Poland. In the estate Poles also carried requisitions of horses and weapons used to fight against the Russian army. The text is a case study that has helped authors to present intricate relationships between Poles and Russians.

  • Issue Year: 43/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 85-105
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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