In the literature on the Kosciuszko Insurrection, military, political, social or international aspects of insurrection are described in details. There was also often tackled a problem of participation of the clergy, mostly Roman Catholics, and attitudes of individual churches and religious communities towards the uprising. Though, it was rarely researched on relation of the Tadeusz Kosciuszko to Uniates (Greek Catholics) and his active attempts to engage Uniates in the rise. Aprops of discussing the Polish-Russian relations in a religious context (Russia used care for the Orthodox church to interfere in Polish affairs) questions arise also over Kosciuszko and the Polish government attitude towards Orthodox church. However, the Orthodox inhabitants of Poland (mostly Russians) were a minority far less numerous than their compatriots who adhere to the Greek Catholic Rite (Uniates). Kosciuszko planned to extend the uprising over the whole Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and involve in it as much people as possible. He wanted to attract all social, ethnic and religious groups, in order to give the uprising character of nationwide movement. Clergymen of various denominations were often intermediaries in the transmission of the call for uprising, thus they were addressees of the appeals of Commander in Chief and the insurgents’ authorities. In the letters calling for the uprising Kosciuszko appealed to patriotic and religious feelings at the same time. To engage the peasant in uprising (peasants from all over the country, but among Unites and Orthodox dominated peasants) and cover the eastern territories inhabited by Ruthenians, Kościuszko in camp at Polaniec issued series of very important documents, including The Manifesto of Polaniec and appeals to the Uniate and Orthodox clergy. Document which is published here is an unknown Kosciuszko’s letter to the Uniate clergy, that was found in the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv.
The aim of the article is to analyze the organizational forms and personnel composition of the Lublin Voivodeship Order Committee, which was the institution of territorial administration of the insurrection authorities in 1794. It indicates the circumstances of Lublin’s accession to the act of rising, the prevailing social and political moods, differences in attitudes, which is particularly important in the context of involvement of burghers representatives in the work of the commission. An important element was to determine how the changes taking place in the insurgent central administration affected the functioning of the local institution. The conducted research allowed to determine the solutions used by the commissioners in the face of several times occupied by Lublin by the Russian and Austrian armies.
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Celem artykułu jest analiza form organizacyjnych oraz składu personalnego Komisji Porządkowej Województwa Lubelskiego, która stanowiła instytucję administracji terytorialnej władz insurekcji kościuszkowskiej w 1794 r. Wskazuje na okoliczności przystąpienia Lubelskiego do aktu powstania, panujące wówczas nastroje społeczne i polityczne, różnice postaw, co jest szczególnie istotne w kontekście zaangażowania w prace komisji porządkowej przedstawicieli stanu trzeciego. Ważnym elementem było ustalenie, w jaki sposób zmiany zachodzące w powstańczej administracji centralnej rzutowały na funkcjonowanie instytucji lokalnej. Przeprowadzone badania pozwoliły na określenie rozwiązań stosowanych przez komisarzy w obliczu kilkukrotnego zajmowania Lublina przez wojska rosyjskie i austriackie.
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