Moje wspomnienia. Tom 1
My memoir. Volumen 1

Author(s): Władysław Zahorski
Contributor(s): Jolanta Sikorska-Kulesza (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Władysław Zahorski; diaries; Russia; Vilnius; Ural; Poles in Russia
Summary/Abstract: The memoir of Władysław Zahorski (1859–1927) – physician, social activist, cofounder and president of Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk w Wilnie (Society of Friends of Science in Wilno). The publication covers the period of his childhood, school years and studies at the University of Moscow, as well as his professional work in the heart of Russia, where Zahorski engaged with the representatives of all social classes and different ethnic groups. The diary also features many famous personages encountered by the author. The text has been thoroughly annotated and includes an introduction.

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