Edward Gierek – Polish History

Our knowledge of December ‘70 will not be complete without access to the post-Soviet archives

- 17.12.2025 -

Our knowledge of December ‘70 will not be complete without access to the post-Soviet archives. However, we may never know the truth, because there are many indications that in the early ‘90s some of the KGB resources were destroyed, just as the archives of the Security Service were decimated in Poland – says Prof. Antoni…

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June 1976: workers’ victory at the cost of repression

- 25.06.2025 -

A single day in June 1976 showed how fragile the public’s confidence in Gierek’s team was after almost six years in power. by Paweł Sasanka The fourteen-year rule of Władysław Gomułka ended in the socio-political crises of March 1968 and December 1970. After the December tragedy, in which the army and police opened fire…

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Our knowledge of December ‘70 will not be complete without access to the post-Soviet archives

June 1976: workers’ victory at the cost of repression

Maria Skłodowska-Curie: The Star Of Radioactivity

(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)

Beautiful minds. Extraordinary mathematicians from Lwów

An interview with Mariusz Urbanek, author of the book Genialni. Lwowska szkoła matematyczna (The Geniuses. Lwów School of Mathematics)

Marian Małowist and Witold Kula: Polish leading figures of world historiography

Parallel Lives

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733–1795: Light and Flame

Review of the book by Richard Butterwick