We know them from school reading lists, and their texts often graced our homes from childhood.…
Kategoria: 19th Century
The Crimean War 1853-1856
The Crimean War, fought between 1853 and 1856, was one of the most significant conflicts in…
Celina Mickiewicz – The Poet’s Wife in the Shadow of Illness
Today, the figure of Celina Mickiewicz does not arouse widespread interest. During her lifetime it was…
The assassination of Alexander II Romanov
Alexander II was killed in March 1881 in a bombing carried out by Ignacy Hryniewiecki. The…
Maria Walewska. The Polish Woman Who Gave Napoleon a Child
The romance between Maria Walewska and Napoleon Bonaparte remains shrouded in legends, mysteries, and conjectures to…
Tadeusz Kościuszko. National hero of Poland and the USA
Tadeusz Kościuszko’s full name was actually Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura. He also had great ambitions. And an…
Alexander I. The Tsar Who Supposedly Never Died
Alexander I, ruler of Russia, died suddenly in 1825 in Taganrog, leaving behind an empire at…
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski – writer, patriot and exile
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, known for his industriousness and literary prolificacy, is nevertheless a little-explored figure. He…
Polish Miners in Pennsylvania: The True Story
Polish miners in Pennsylvania created a community over decades whose history is not just a story…