Chromitites from the Sudetic ophiolite: origin and alteration

Author(s): Katarzyna Delura / Language(s): English

This book presents the petrological and chemical features of high-Al chromitites associated with serpentinized ultramafic rocks of mantle origin in the Jordanów-Gogołów and the Braszowice-Brzeźnica massifs (Sudetes Mts., Poland) as well as the metamorphic processes of chromian spinel and associated silicate minerals. Collected data suggest that models of the Sudetic ophiolite formation have to be revised. The monograph is intended for experts and students in the field of Earth sciences.

Historia astronomii

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

An outline history of science about the Universe presented from the prehistoric times (megalithic astronomy) to the second half of the 20th century (including space research). The book also contains the essay on the ancient Chinese astronomy, the description of the Arab flat astrolabe, the history of the telescope, chronological tables and the outline history of astronomy in Poland. It combines the clear and accessible language with the scientific integrity at the highest world level.

YUGOSLAVIA (League of Nations Book)

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Book was published in 1939 by the "League of Nations / European COnference on Rural Life" LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS: Dr. Rudolf Andrejka, Head of Division in the Genera Statistical Department. Ante Celegin, Engineer, Head of Division in the Ministry of Public Works. G. Davidovitch, Secretary of the Central Union of Co-operative Societies of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Dr. Milorad Dragitch, Adviser to the Central Institute of Public Health.Dr. Stevan Ivanitch, Head of Division in the Ministry of Social Welfare and Public Health. Milorad Jefremovitch, Director-General of the Agricultural Chartered Bank. Dr. Bogoliub Konstantinovitch, Director of the Central Institute of Public Health.Dr. Branislav Krstitch, Head of Division in the Ministry of Education. Alfonz Hribar, Inspector in the Ministry of Agriculture.Dr. Miloslav Stojadinovitch, Publicist. Velislav Tomachevitch, Engineer, Head of the Sanitary Technical Section in the Central Institute of Public Health. The various chapters of the monograph were assembled and edited by Dr. Andrejka, Dr. Ivanitch and Dr. Stojadinovitch.

Narratio prima or First Account of the Books On the Revolution by Nicolaus Copernicus

Author(s): Georg Joachim Rheticus / Language(s): English,Latin

The first Polish critical edition of Georg Joachim Rheticus’ Narratio Prima (First Account), the treatise on heliocentric astronomy, written in Frauenburg (Frombork), where Rheticus spent two years with Copernicus, and published in Danzig (Gdańsk), in 1540. Georg Joachim Rheticus is known in the history of science as the only disciple of Copernicus and the man, who played a vital part in publishing Copernicus’ revolutionary work De revolutionibus, which was to become the foundation for modern science. In 1540 the world first heard about the heliocentric theory of Nicolaus Copernicus. Paradoxically enough, this revolution in astronomy was announced not by Copernicus himself but by Georg Joachim Rheticus, a young Lutheran mathematician of Wittenberg, who published the First Account of the Books “On the Revolutions” by Nicolaus Copernicus. His book preceded the publication of Copernicus’ De revolutionibus by three years and became one of the most fascinating texts documenting the life and work of the great Polish astronomer. Rheticus wrote the Narratio prima in Lubawa where he stayed with Copernicus.

W reakcji na powojenną przemoc antysemicką. Samoobrona Żydów w Łodzi – uwarunkowania społeczno-polityczne i przestrzenne

Author(s): Andrzej Rykała / Language(s): Polish

Jewish self-defense (Special Commission), like other forms of community life of Polish Jews, was a kind of sensation in Poland after World War II. It was created as a result of a wave of murders in the country, “anti-Jewish provocations, assaults on trains and the killing of Jewish passengers and, finally, the culmination of anti-Jewish activity of armed bands”, which was the Kielce pogrom of July 4, 1946. Actually, the Commission operated for a very short time, only until the end of May 1947. In total, 200 guard groups were formed consisting of 2,500 armed people (with approximately 1,000 rifles, 100 automatic weapons, over 1,000 pistols and 120 grenades), providing a round-the-clock protection of close to 390 objects of the following Jewish institutions: committees, child care homes, nursing homes, repatriate homes, schools, canteens, cooperatives, factories employing a larger number of Jews, Jewish parties, kibbutzim. The establishment of special commissions fulfilled its purpose – about 2,000 interventions, at various levels of government, were carried out throughout Poland, as a result of which attacks or provocations were thwarted and the danger was averted. Apart from performing the primary function of self-defense, the commission’s activity had a significant psychological impact. The presence of guards armed with rifles and automatic weapons in the vicinity of Jewish institutions eased somewhat the “prevailing moods of panic” among Jews that had been caused by the Kielce pogrom. It also had a deterrent effect on potential attackers, or neutralized the willingness to show hostile attitudes towards those who identified themselves as Jewish. The commissions also helped to manage the need, which many Jews had had since the beginning of the war, to stand up for the nation undergoing systematic extermination.

Miejsca pamięci w turystyce historycznej po Górnym Śląsku

Author(s): Maciej Fic / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The text is the combination of theoretical refection and the speculations on the subject of the role of memorial sites in the area of Upper Silesia Region (fr. les lieux de mémoire, ger. Erinnerungsorte), in the perception suggested by Pierre Nora. It is an attempt to categorize the memorial sites in the Upper Silesian space (especially in the context of the region as the former borderland) and their usage within the contemporary heritage tourism. The author, taking into consieration both material and non‑material evidence of the past, introduced his own typology of this type of constructs, assigning eight different kinds, varying in character and determinants: recalled “oblivion” sites, recreated “forgotten sites,” sites of “changeable affiliation,” “post‑industrial memorial sites,” sites of “unintentional remembrance,” sites of “memory restitution,” “on the pedestal memory” sites, and memory through the literary works about the past. Each of the given groups is characterized in the article, and some specific examples which symbolize the places in the region, are shown.

Szlak Zabytków Industrialnych Województwa Śląskiego

Author(s): Zbigniew Hojka / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Industry in Silesia and Lesser Poland has been developing for ages. However, during the last 200 years that area became one of the leading industrial regions in Europe. The number of industrial monuments in the Silesian Voivodeship is very large. Many of them are proudly represented or used in different ways. They fascinate people with their architectural shape, created thanks to the constructors’ sense, and please the eye with wonderful shapes. They allow one to better recognize the history of these lands. There are so many of them that it was possible to create many interesting tourist paths. On the path you can find machines and devices which are still working. The most interesting places which create Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship are: Black Trout Adit in Tarnowskie Góry, coal miners settlements in Katowice Nikiszowiec, Giszowiec, “Królowa Luiza” Adit in Zabrze, Guido Coal Mine in Zabrze, Tychy Brewery, Drill Mine of the “Sztygarka” Town Museum. On the area of the Silesian Voivodeship there are cities, which take care for industrial heritage like Zabrze or Gliwice as well as cities where industrial monuments are not properly exhibited. Some of post‑industrial buildings currently function as places connected with culture, services and trade. Industrial monuments are very unique and because of that, they are integral part of European Cultural Heritage. Since 2006, even Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship works. It was created as a path for drivers with number of 36 monuments. It is promoted as a branded tourist product, which includes the most interesting and well preserved industrial monuments connected with coal mining, steel mill, light and food industry, railway transport, telecommunication and people’s lives. In 2010 it was added to European Route of Industrial Heritage. A supplement of this path, Industriada – Industrial Monuments Path Festival, is organized since 2010.

Górnośląskie kopalnie jako obiekty turystyczne

Author(s): Adam Frużyński / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

For many years coal mines were treated only as a coal mining area. When the coal deposits were depleted or mining became unprofitable, mines were closed and all their buildings were demolished. It was not until the interwar period that the first projects of making fragments of “Concordia” mine in Zabrze and “Fryderyk” mine in Tarnowskie Góry accessible to tourists were made. Their realization was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Initially, in the Polish People’s Republic, the problem of preservation and making mining objects available was not being taken care of. It was not until 1965 that on the site of West Field of “Zabrze” coal mine an underground route designed for tourists came into existence. In 1976 the first visitors were received by Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry. Founded in 1979, Coal Mining Museum made two mines available for tourists. In 1982 Open‑air Mining Museum “Guido” and in 1993 Historic Mine “Królowa Luiza” came into existence. Restructuring of the mining industry, conducted from the beginning of ‘90s, led many mines to being closed. It triggered the creation of many local initiatives focusing on preservation of some mines as tourist attractions – bearing witness to the development of a given place. This way mines “Saturn” in Czeladź, “Ignacy” in Rybnik, “Michał” in Siemanowice and shaft “Maciej” in Zabrze were open for tourists.

Dąbrowa Górnicza jako obszar turystyki historycznej

Author(s): Anna Glimos-Nadgórska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Dąbrowa Górnicza is the largest city in the Silesian Voivodeship in terms of surface area. It is also the greenest area of Silesia and the Dąbrowa Basin. Its name comes from oak forests growing there in the past, hence the presence of green acorns in its coat of arms, next to the crowned eagle and a hammer. This paper discusses the geographical location of the city, its administrative affiliation, the most important events in its history, historical monuments, religious sites, water reservoirs, green areas and a variety of recreation, sports and tourist facilities. Dąbrowa Górnicza is home to “Katowice,” currently Arcelor Mittal Poland S.A., which used to be the largest steel plant in Poland. The area of the city also includes: part of the Błędowska Desert – the only area in Europe that is covered by loose sand; “Karst springs” – the area of dolomite and limestone hills with springs ejecting 50 liters of crystalline calcium‑magnesium water per second; and an adit on the Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian province, currently a part of the “Sztygarka” city museum.

Muzeum Górnictwa Węglowego w Zabrzu – opiekunem i propagatorem dziedzictwa górniczego

Author(s): Jan Jurkiewicz / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Tatry i Podtatrze. Monografia dla szkół. Red. prowadzący Władysława Skupień Red. tomu Magdalena Sarkowicz. Wyd. Urząd Miasta Zakopane. Zakopane 2004, s. 479

Author(s): Krzysztof Nowak / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

România 1918-2018. Un secol de frământări geopolitice

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian

The volume entitled Romania 1918-2018. One century of geopolitical concerns (coordinated by Associated Professor Marius-Cristian Neacșu, PhD) is the fruit of the efforts and scientific research of the Geopolitics and Business Master Program, within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, with the participation of both consecrated (professors) and early staged researchers (final year MA students), in a perfect symbiosis, on one hand by virtue of a noble ideal - the appearance in and under the auspices of ASE Bucharest in this important anniversary year, the Centenary of the Great Union (1918-2018) – and, on the other hand, as a proof of the Romanian higher education quality, through relevance, rigor and scientific accuracy of the information. Thus, the paper presents a particular interest, with regards to the subjects as well as its contribution to the understanding of the context and the geopolitical and geoeconomic Romanian framework, its dynamics over the last 100 years, with current implications on the regional and national business environment.The thematic area underlying this volume of studies and researches is Geohistory, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics, being structured in 15 studies, within three parts: Part I. The Centenary of Romania (1. The complicated geopolitical position of Romania, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU); Part II. One century of geopolitical concerns (2. Romania in World War I, Marian TUCĂ; 3. Nicolae Iorga and the Great Union. Geopolitical and geohistorical contributions, Clara NAE; 4. Romania between 1918 and 1944, Beatrice AVRAM; 5. The population of Romania in the interwar period, Bogdan ȚEBREAN; 6. The economy of Romania in the interwar period, Cătălin CONSTANTINESCU; 7. Romania during the communist regime, Roxana MATEI; 8. Romania after 1989, Laura-Iulia CIUPERCĂ; 9. Romania's relations with its neighbouring countries 1918-2018, Alina GHERGHINA, 10. Romanian-Russian relations 1918-2018, Marian TUCĂ); Part III. Geography and Geopolitics. The Romanian School (11. Simion Mehedinți, precursor of the Romanian school of geopolitics, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU; 12. Romania in the Romanian geopolitical studies in the first half of the 20th century, Silviu NEGUȚ, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU; 13. The contribution of Romanian geographers to the construction of modern Romania. Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU, Gheorghe VLĂSCEANU; 14. Simion Mehedinți, the great absent of Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU; 15. A long century of geography at Bucharest University of Economic Studies. The Master Program of Geopolitics and Business, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU).

La Yougoslavie

Author(s): Ante Ciliga / Language(s): French

A former member of the Jugoslav Communist Party discusses the Tito-Stalin rupture and attempts to analyze the probable influence on the conflict of the earlier and unresolved struggle between Serb and Croat.

Die natürlichen Grenzen Russlands. Ein Beitrag zur politischen Geographie des Europäischen Ostens

Author(s): Albrecht Friedrich Karl Penck / Language(s): German

Published in 1917, during WW I, by the Institute of Oceanography at the Berlin University. The „political Geography of the European East“ (as mentioned in the title) is described as the political Geography from German war-time perspective.

Український незалежний культурологічний журнал «Ї» — № 63/2010

Author(s): Petro Gutsal,Lubomira Boitsun,Mykola Lasarowitsch,Ivan Bobersky,Bogdan Ostapjuk,Philipp Gaida,Taras Wozniak / Language(s): Ukrainian

In order to make the thorough mendacity of Putin's rhetoric about "Ukraine as a State of Neo-Nazis" fully evident, CEEOL is offering the Ukrainian Jewish journal ”Ї“ as the strongest possible proof of a habit of "modern Ukrainian and world intellectual thought". The NGO "Ї", an independent cultural organization founded in the late 1980's in L'viv, focuses on modern Ukrainian and world intellectual thought. It offers periodic forums for discussion of issues concerning Ukraine and, among others, Europe, Russia, post-Byzantium, the Muslim Renaissance. It analyzes the current situation in order to develop future socio-political strategies. The organization also publishes "Ї", a quarterly journal dealing with European and Ukrainian issues in politics, philosophy, and culture. It also examines the relationship of Ukrainians with Russians, Poles, Austrians, and Jews and places Ukraine in a modern geopolitical sphere that can further Ukraine's identity as a modern state.

Fordulópontok és meghatározó személyiségek Erdély altalajkincseinek megismeréstörténetében 1920 előtt

Author(s): Ferenc Wanek / Language(s): Hungarian

This volume is an attempt to paint a picture of the history of natural resources and mining in Transylvania, through a few selected examples arranged in a chronological order, up to the point in time mentioned in the title. It relies on a scientific approach, but also tries to give an account that is easy to read and understand.Some of the chapters identify the locations of medieval mines that were known from documents but had no precise geographic positions; others call the attention to the fact that, taking into account their characteristics, some modern-day mines were also active during medieval times. The book guides the reader through the adventurous history of learning about the geology of energy resources (natural gas, coal) in Transylvania. In the process of doing that, it also highlights ideas and concepts that were introduced here for the first time in the history of science, such as the industrial use of natural gas, pioneering research on single-celled fossils, and the clarification of stratigraphic controversies through the use of paleontology. The effect of the scientific, economic, societal, and political context on the exploration and exploitation of raw materials – and mineral waters as well – is also discussed.By describing the work of a few outstanding Transylvanian geologists (e.g., Franz Herbich, Gyula Halaváts, and Mór Pálfy), we also highlight that, despite all the difficulties of doing scientific work in a small and often disadvantaged country, thanks to these scientists, this region was able to keep up with, or even lead, the scientific advances in Europe and the rest of the world. In some cases we also discuss their contributions in areas outside of the geosciences.By summarizing and cataloguing those publications of these researchers that are relevant to Transylvania, we also hope to aid further studies in the history of geoscience in this region.

Bohuslav Horák – od archeologie k historické geografii

Author(s): Martin Čechura / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Předložená studie je věnována osobnosti Bohuslava Horáka (1881–1960) a jeho archeologické činnosti. V počátcích své odborné dráhy, kdy působil jako profesor gymnázia v Plzni, spolupracoval s Městským historickým museem v Plzni. Provedl archeologické výzkumy na raně středověkém hradišti Hůrka ve Starém Plzenci a na hradišti z doby bronzové a halštatské v Hradišti, podílel se také na zpracování a zhodnocení archeologických nálezů z muzejních sbírek. Významná byla i jeho přednášková činnost, zejména unikátní archeologický kurz pro dobrovolné spolupracovníky.

Kroaten und Slowenen: zwei Darstellungen

Author(s): Andreas Milčinović,Johann Krek / Language(s): German

THE ORIGINAL COPY USED FOR DIGITIZATION HAS BEEN PRINTED IN GERMAN FRAKTURA FONT. PLEASE MAKE SURE, THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ THIS KIND OF TEXT AND TAPEFACE. // Karl Noetzel wrote in his introduction (in a very „ Zeitgeist-Language“ of the first WorldWar): What we lack for the time being is the knowledge of the Slavic peoples' individualities. The following text should have an enlightening effect here. That is perhaps the only new thing about the Slavs of Austria: the possibility that in each of these nations there were people who were able to speak to us in another language, in our German, about the most sacred thing there was for them, about their nation. This is - it seems to me - a pleasant proof of the high Slavic Culture.

L’Ancien Art Bulgare

Author(s): Bogdan Filow / Language(s): French

The scholars who have studied the past of the Bulgarian people have all confined themselves almost exclusively to the domain of its political destinies. The founding of the Bulgarian Empire, its incessant struggles against Byzantium during the Middle Ages, the national movement during modern times, these are the most important questions to the clarification of which native and foreign Bulgarian historiography has in the first place consecrated. On the other hand, the intimate life of the nation and its conquests in the intellectual spheres have been examined more superficially. One easily recognizes in the ancient Bulgarians political aptitudes and warlike virtues, by the fact that they succeeded in grouping the Slavic populations of the Balkan peninsula into a vigorous and viable state and that they were able to maintain themselves in this way despite the numerical predominance of Byzantium, but we do not do enough justice to their intellectual talents. It is wrongly taken for granted that the Bulgarians received all their material and moral civilization from the Byzantines from whom they were inspired. Now, the first of the Slavic peoples, they created for themselves a script which they passed on to the other Slavs, which should suffice to prove that they also sought in the intellectual field to maintain their independence and independence in an absolute way. their national characteristics with regard to the Byzantines. Still the first among the Slavs, they established a completely autonomous national church.

Antropomorfik Kapların Anadolu Coğrafyasındaki Tipolojisi

Author(s): Göknil Arda / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

In this study we examined “The Anthropomorphic Vessels of Ancient Anatolia”. Because overcoming some deficiencies related to this topic which we have noticed during our researches on prehistoric culture will make new contributions to our field and also reveal the international linkages in this field. In other words, it will emphasize the importance of the cultural flow between the nations and accordingly will contribute to the global integrity of this field. In our study anthropomorphic vessels unearthed in Anatolian geographical regions, and the chronological typology of the anthropomorphism, and figuration and adornment in those vessels found in Anatolia was set up by us.