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Józef Piłsudski's letter to Feliks Perl

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The leftist Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) and the nationalistic National Democracy (Narodowa Demokracja) were the two most powerful Polish pro-independence groups established towards the end of the 19th century which continued their political activity in the 20th century. Among the most prominent figures in the first one was Józef Piłsudski (pseudonym “Ziuk”),…

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Manifesto of the Interim National Government 1863

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On January 22, 1863, the Polish ‘Central National Committee’ proclaimed the outbreak of an uprising and issued a manifesto whereby it proclaimed itself the Interim National Government. The document appealed to all the inhabitants of the former Polish-Lithuanian Rzeczpospolita (Commonwealth), within its pre-partition borders, to fight against tsarist rule for liberty. The manifesto heralded the…

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Maria Skłodowska-Curie: The Star Of Radioactivity

(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)
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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)
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Marian Małowist and Witold Kula: Polish leading figures of world historiography

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

Review of the book by Richard Butterwick