ossnhughiePO Top Contributor & Patron
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:41 pm
Post subject: Life of Poles under Romanov Czars
Greetings all,
I could not find a forum topic about my general question so I figured here would be the best place to ask the question.
My Polish ancestors were from the area around Wilno now Vilnius Lithuania. I understand that the relations with the Russian authorities were not very good, do to the fact Imperial authorities tried to stamp out Polish culture. My real question is does anyone know of a book, or any other media that tells the story of the Poles in the Russian partition; What their lives were like, and an overall history of the areas under Russian authority?
Dziekuje,
Hugh
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dnowickiPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:20 am
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Hugh,
Your question does not admit of a simple answer and there is probably no single book or other media which would tell the story of the relationship between Poles and their Czarist rulers from 1795 until the end of WWI. A discussion which could possibly provide some insight into what you would like to know really needs to begin prior to 1795. Poland prior to 1795 was both a royal republic and a commonwealth. Although it was known as Poland it was more accurately called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the formalization of the union between Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by the signing of the Union of Lublin in 1569. (Prior to that time Poland and the Duchy were united in a personal union through the rulers of the Jagiellonian Dynasty.) At the time of the Third Partition in 1795 the are around Wilno was incorporated into the Russian Empire. The situation for other parts of the old Polish Commonwealth was much more fluid until 1815. Napoleon after victories over Prussia and Russia set up the Duchy of Warsaw which did not include the areas of the former Duchy of Lithuania. After 1815 the so called Congress Kingdom of Poland was created by the Congress of Vienna. This Congress Kingdom (also referred to as "Russian Poland") did not include the area around Wilno. A fair amount has been written about the relationship between the Congress Kingdom and the areas which were formally part of the Russian Empire. The relationship between the Congress Kingdom, which was under Russian control, and the czarist government was basically a story of a degenerating relationship (from the Polish perspective) after the 1830s and especially after 1868. There are most likely similarities between what was going on in the Congress Kingdom and what was happening in areas like the former lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but I personally have not read anything which specifically describes the situation in the area where your ancestors lived.
It might be easier for you to find the kind of information you are seeking if you narrowed your search to specific areas of interest like for example the condition of serfs in the Russian Empire and their emancipation in 1861 or political activism in a specific area. It would also probably be helpful to narrow your search by classes of society since the relationship to the czarist government was perceived differently by different groups in society.
Perhaps the attached maps will help to clarify the areas of specific interest to your questions.
Sorry that I can't direct you to any specific book which would help to answer your question but in my experience answers to questions like you pose are usually found only by researching through a number of sources.
Dave
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sirdanPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:55 pm
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ossnhughie, thanks for the question. I dont know yet any comprehensive source about life inder russian partition, but it is known what was different between three partitions. Here is a brief and interesting story of life conditions under all partitions, try to translate because it's in polish http://www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=29306
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