Poland of To-Day and Yesterday
Poland of To-Day and Yesterday

Author: Nevin Otto Winter

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781357990596

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Poland of To-Day and Yesterday, 1913
Poland of To-Day and Yesterday, 1913

Author: Nevin O. Winter

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-17

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781528272551

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Excerpt from Poland of to-Day and Yesterday, 1913: A Review of Its History, Past and Present, and of the Causes Which Resulted in Its Partition, Together With a Survey of Its Social, Political, and Economic Conditions to-Day Poles are seeking our shores in great numbers, and it is well to know who they are, and why they come. Their blood will enter into the composite American type that will eventually be evolved. Is it good blood, or is it bad blood? A study of the history of Poland and the conditions still existing in the land of their birth furnishes the best answer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Poland of To-Day and Yesterday; a Review of Its History, Past and Present, and of the Causes Which Resulted in Its Partition, Together with a Survey O
Poland of To-Day and Yesterday; a Review of Its History, Past and Present, and of the Causes Which Resulted in Its Partition, Together with a Survey O

Author: Nevin Otto Winter

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781230359038

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...less than a year from the beginning of the ill-advised rebellion. "Warsaw is at your feet," wrote the Russian commander to Nicholas. Not Warsaw alone, but all of Poland lay at the feet of the czar. The reprisals of the Russian autocrat were severe. The constitution granted by Alexander was annulled; many were banished to Siberia; commissions were appointed to administer the government; the Polish army was merged in the imperial army; Russian provinces replaced the former palatinates; the University of Vilna was suppressed, the Polish language forbidden in Lithuania, and the Uniates were placed under the ban. Europe refused to take up the cause of Poland, although appealed to by Czartoryski and others who visited a number of the capitals. Russian Poland remained fairly tranquil for a period of years. In 1846, however, trouble arose in Austrian Poland. The nobles had made preparations to revolt against Austria, and the peasants in their turn revolted against the landlords. The rumour was systematically spread among the peasants that the emperor had granted them the soil for partition, but that the nobles were suppressing this boon. Their fury knew no bounds. In three days two thousand men, women, and children of the noble rank were killed. Some were burned to death, others flogged until life was extinct, while still others were literally cut to pieces. The free city of Cracow gave asylum to the refugees, and their movements were directed from that remaining fragment of the old republic. Russian, Austrian and Prussian troops entered that country, and these powers decreed that Cracow should be annexed to Austria. The Crimean War aroused the hopes of the Poles, but even Napoleon III turned a deaf ear to their appeals. When peace was...