The notion of economic-geographic position seems to be a good instrument of regional qualitative analysis. The two principal peculiarities of this method are “playing scales” and historical, evolutionary approach. These ideas are analysed on the example of a particular case, the problems and prospects of Irkutsk. The following relationships are studied: Irkutsk in Europe, Irkutsk in the ethnic area of the Buryat people, Irkutsk in Russia, Irkutsk in Eastern Asia, Irkutsk in the ex-Soviet Union, Irkutsk in Siberia, Irkutsk in its administrative region (Oblast), Irkutsk and Baikal, Irkutsk in its agglomeration, and Irkutsk and Poland.
In the article based on the materials of federal (SARF) and regional (Zabaikalskyi district, Irkutsk region, the Republic of Buryatia) archives complicated and contradictory experience of conservation and use of religious heritage in the first decades of the Soviet power is analyzed. The author taking into account current legislation considers specific examples of peculiarities of accounting, nationalization and preservation of the Church property in the context of the anti-religious policy of the state. The process of museumification of the Orthodox Churches in Irkutsk, Verhneudinsk and Chita as one of the ways of the use of objects of cultural heritages is shown.
The Image of Alexander Kolchak and the Civil War of 1917 in Admiral, and contemporary Russian Historical Consciousness The article offers an analysis of the image of Alexander Kolchak in Russian cinematography. The most extensive portrayal of both this figure and of the Russian civil war is found in the film Admiral. Contemporary Russian historical consciousness has been modified or moulded by images conveyed in films. Historical cinema is an effective means by which attitudes to the past can are formed and may be used as a tool in carrying out historical politics.
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The Image of Alexander Kolchak and the Civil War of 1917 in Admiral, and contemporary Russian Historical Consciousness The article offers an analysis of the image of Alexander Kolchak in Russian cinematography. The most extensive portrayal of both this figure and of the Russian civil war is found in the film Admiral. Contemporary Russian historical consciousness has been modified or moulded by images conveyed in films. Historical cinema is an effective means by which attitudes to the past can are formed and may be used as a tool in carrying out historical politics.
Multiple global changes are impacting Russia today. Economic transformations in Russia have prompted the establishment of new business relations, which are based on innovations in the economic, institutional and ecological spheres, including within the Forest industry. This paper focuses on the Forest sector in Irkutsk province and beyond, examining the basic problems related to the institutional innovations in the Forest industry of the province, and the major factors and conditions influencing the dynamics of institutional innovations. A brief historical background and analysis of institutional structures are also presented.
In October 2020, a manuscript by Anton Ivanovich Losev (1765–1829), a Russian surveyor who lived at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, was submitted for digitisation within the Jagiellonian Library’s “Patrimonium – Monuments of Literature” project. Apart from the text, the manuscript contains a number of colourful hand-made drawings and bears a long title in Russian: “Abridged description of the river Lena with addition of a general map and drawings of all peculiarities and qualities on its banks, drawn up by the district surveyor Anton Losev in the years 1785–1786.” Losev himself was widely known in Siberia, especially in Irkutsk, as a surveyor, geographer, cartographer, historian, and explorer, however elsewhere in Russia and in Poland he and his works are all but forgotten. The paper is devoted to this unique manuscript discovered in the Jagiellonian Library and contains also an edition of the original work published for the first time.
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W październiku 2020 roku do digitalizacji w ramach projektu Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej (BJ) „Patrimonium – Zabytki piśmiennictwa” został przekazany rękopis dzieła żyjącego na przełomie XVIII i XIX wieku rosyjskiego mierniczego Antona Iwanowicza Łosiewa (1765–1829). Rękopis poza tekstem zawiera kolorowe odręcznie malowane rysunki i nosi długi tytuł w języku rosyjskim: „Skrócony opis rzeki Leny z dodatkiem mapy generalnej oraz rysunków wszystkich osobliwości i przymiotów przy brzegach jej, sporządzony przez powiatowego mierniczego Antona Łosiewa w latach 1785–1786”. Sam Łosiew był szeroko znany na Syberii, szczególnie w Irkucku, jako mierniczy, geograf, kartograf, historyk oraz krajoznawca, jednakże na pozostałym terenie Rosji oraz w Polsce jego sylwetka i prace są praktycznie zapomniane. Artykuł jest poświęcony odnalezionemu w BJ unikatowemu rękopisowi, zawiera również edycję oryginalnego tekstu publikowaną po raz pierwszy.
Much that has been taking place in today’s Irkutsk is quite typical for cities of post-Soviet Russia. Irkutsk is suffering from drastic structural changes: in its macro-geographic position and international links, in the structure of production, in its postindustrial (non-production) functions, in the system of regional development. The total estimation of changes should be positive. But we can see a lot of losses. Some of them seem to be temporary, but there are also losses caused by the market character of the reforms themselves.
Na cmentarzu parafialnym w Radzyniu Podlaskim zachował się XIX-wieczny pomnik nagrobny mało dziś w Polsce znanego artysty malarza – Stanisława Wrońskiego (1840-1898). Prawdo-podobnie mamy do czynienia z jedyną realizacją warszawskiego warsztatu kamieniarskiego Andrzeja/Leonarda Pruszyńskich w Radzyniu, a może i w regionie. Stanisław Wroński urodził się na Lubelszczyźnie, od 1857 r. studiował w Szkole Sztuk Pięknych (późniejszej Akademii). Był zdolnym, obiecującym malarzem pejzażystą, cenił zwłaszcza twórczość Jana Matejki, Hen-ryka Siemiradzkiego oraz szwajcarskich mistrzów pejzażu. W okresie przedpowstaniowym zaangażował się w działalność patriotyczną, a w 1863 r. dołączył do oddziałów w Lubelskiem. Aresztowany został w pierwszych dniach marca 1863 r. w Rossoszy, gdy jako kurier przewoził depesze naczelnika powiatu radzyńskiego. Po kilkumiesięcznym śledztwie pozbawiono go praw stanu i skazano na 10 lat ciężkich robót w twierdzach syberyjskich. Początkowo przeby-wał w Piotrowsku, Siwakowej, Darasuniu nad Turą, a następnie w Irkucku. Wroński był towa-rzyszem około bajkalskich ekspedycji innego zesłańca, wybitnego badacza Syberii – Bene-dykta Dybowskiego. Wykonywał m.in. rysunki z natury do jego prac naukowych. Wytrwale tworzył i wysyłał swoje obrazy do Warszawy, Petersburga, Sztokholmu. Niektóre pozostały na Syberii (np. w Irkucku), tylko nieliczne trafiły do kraju. Na rodzimym rynku sztuki są dzisiaj wielką rzadkością.
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On the parish graveyard in Radzyń Podlaski, there is a 19th century tombstone of Stanisław Wroński (1840-1898), a painter relatively unknown in Poland nowadays. Most likely, it is the only tombstone in Radzyń – maybe even in the only one in the region – from the Warsaw-based masonry workshop of Andrzej and Leonard Pruszyński. Stanisław Wroński was born in the Lubelskie region, and in 1857 began studies at the School (later Academy) of Fine Arts. He was a talented and promising landscapist, who particularly appreciated works by Jan Matejko, Henryk Siemiradzki and Swiss landscape masters. Before the January Uprising, he was active in patriotic circles, and in 1863 he joined Polish fighters in the Lubelskie region. He was ar-rested in early March 1863 in Rossosz, when transporting dispatches from the commander of the Radzyń area. After a few months of investigation, he was stripped of the nobleman’s privi-leges and sentenced to 10 years of hard labour in Siberian strongholds. Initially, he was sent to Piotrovsk, Sivakova, Darasun upon Tur, then to Irkutsk. Wroński accompanied Benedykt Dybowski, another Polish exile and eminent explorer of Siberia in his expeditions to Lake Baikal. For example, he drew pictures of various specimens Dybowski found and described in his works. Incessantly, he continued to create and send his paintings to Warsaw, Petersburg, Stockholm. Some of his works remained in Siberia (e.g. in Irkutsk) and only a few arrived to Poland. Nowadays, they are very rare in Polish art market. Having returned to Poland, Stanisław Wroński alternated between Lubelskie area (Podlasie?) and Warsaw, and in 1892 eventually settled in the capital, in Krucza 25, where he had his studio. Despite health prob-lems and difficult material situation, he continued to create, exhibit, and travel. He died sud-denly, on 5 January 1898 in Zbulitów near Radzyń, probably in his brother’s house.
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