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Poławiacze niespełnionych snów – dramatyczne losy afrykańskich imigrantów w literaturze Gwinei Równikowej

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Díaz-Szmidt R.

Afryka

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2016

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issue 43

53-72

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The purpose of the article is to analyze the drama of African immigrants described in the works of writers and poets from Equatorial Guinea. The text is divided into three parts. In the first, I attempt to determine the usefulness of literature to study the problems associated with the phenomenon of migration today. In the second part, I characterize two distinct groups of postcolonial Guinean migrants: political refugees and economic migrants; I also deliberate about the legitimacy of describing them as diaspora. In the last, analytical part of this article, I explain the reasons for describing the representatives of both groups as “catchers of unfulfilled dreams” by presenting their dramatic fates reflected in the literature.

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Оренбургская политическая ссылка как механизм аккультурации: казус Бронислава Залесского и Кандида Зеленко

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Lyubichankovskiy S.

Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski

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2018

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vol. 1

11-20

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The article is devoted to the analysis of life and activities in the Orenburg region of Bronislaw Zalessky and Kandid Zelenko, who were exiled there for political reasons in the first half of the XIX century. The theoretical basis of the article is the concept of acculturation. The study is based primarily on unpublished sources from the State Archives of the Orenburg region, with respect to which the method of historical reconstruction has been used. It is concluded that people who were exiled to a remote province eventually became embedded in the structure of the local society in such a way that they became the vehicles of European culture and education in the Orenburg region. At the same time, they themselves in the course of living in exile fell in love with the place of their exile, became its patriots and popularizers outside the borders of the Russian Empire.

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The Siberian Polonia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th century in the Polish historiography

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Shaidurov V.

Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski

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2017

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vol. 1

11-21

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The period between the 19th – early 20th century witnessed waves of actively forming Polish communities in Russia’s rural areas. A major factor that contributed to the process was the repressive policy by the Russian Empire towards those involved in the Polish national liberation and revolutionary movement. Large communities were founded in Siberia, the Volga region, Caucasus, and European North of Russia (Arkhangelsk). One of the largest communities emerged in Siberia. By the early 20th century, the Polonia in the region consisted of tens of thousands of people. The Polish population was engaged in Siberia’s economic life and was an important stakeholder in business. Among the most well-known Polish-Siberian entrepreneurs was Alfons Poklewski-Koziell who was called the “Vodka King of Siberia” by his contemporaries. Poles, who returned from Siberian exile and penal labor, left recollections of their staying in Siberia or notes on the region starting already from the middle of the 19th century. It was this literature that was the main source of information about the life of the Siberian full for a long time. Exile undoubtedly became a significant factor that was responsible for Russia’s negative image in the historical memory of Poles. This was reflected in publications based on the martyrological approach in the Polish historiography. Glorification of the struggle of Poles to restore their statehood was a central standpoint adopted not only in memoirs, but also in scientific studies that appeared the second half of the 19th – early 20th century. The martyrological approach dominated the Polish historiography until 1970s. It was not until the late 20th century that serious scientific research started utilizing the civilizational approach, which broke the mold of the Polish historical science. This is currently a leading approach. This enables us to objectively reconstruct the history of the Siberian Polonia in the imperial period of the Russian history. The article is intended to analyze publications by Polish authors on the history of the Polish community in Siberia the 19th – early 20th century. It focuses on memoirs and research works, which had an impact on the reconstruction of the Siberian Polonia’s history. The paper is written using the retrospective, genetic, and comparative methods.

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W cieniu wielkiej polityki. Londyńskie dzieje pomnika katyńskiego 1971 – 1976

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Polak B., Polak M.

Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne

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2021

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vol. 28

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issue 1

221-232

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The complicated history of the construction and unveiling of the Katyn 1940 memorial in Gunnersbury Cemetery is still thought-provoking on the policy paradigms of the superpowers on both sides of the then Iron Curtain. The main aim of this article is to analyse - on the basis of the obtained sources and studies - the fate of this monument, reflecting in a historical mirror one of the paramount Soviet lies of the 20th century and at the same time showing the difficult conditions for the functioning of Polish political emigration in Great Britain in the second half of the 20th century. At all costs British politicians tried to prevent the conflict with the Soviet Union from escalating. Activities of Poles in Great Britain that aimed at commemorating the Katyn massacre were not to the liking of the British government. The final success of this initiative should be credited to the determination of Polish refugees.

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Skomplikowane losy budowy i odsłonięcia pomnika Katyń 1940 na cmentarzu Gunnersbury do dziś budzą refleksję nad paradygmatami polityki mocarstw po obu stronach ówczesnej żelaznej kurtyny. Celem głównym artykułu jest przeanalizowanie – w oparciu o pozyskane źródła i opracowania – losów tego monumentu, odbijających w historycznym zwierciadle jedno z największych kłamstw sowieckich XX w., a zarazem ukazujących trudne warunki funkcjonowania polskiego uchodźstwa politycznego w Wielkiej Brytanii w drugiej połowie XX wieku. Politycy brytyjscy za wszelką cenę próbowali nie dopuścić do zaognienia konfliktu ze Związkiem Sowieckim. Działania Polaków w Wielkiej Brytanii zmierzające do upamiętnienia zbrodni katyńskiej nie były na rękę rządowi brytyjskiemu. Jedynie determinacji polskiego uchodźstwa należy zawdzięczać ostateczny sukces tej inicjatywy.

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Poławiacze niespełnionych snów – dramatyczne losy afrykańskich imigrantów w literaturze Gwinei Równikowej

Оренбургская политическая ссылка как механизм аккультурации: казус Бронислава Залесского и Кандида Зеленко

The Siberian Polonia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th century in the Polish historiography

W cieniu wielkiej polityki. Londyńskie dzieje pomnika katyńskiego 1971 – 1976