Stanisław Stroński (1882-1955) was a Polish philologist, publicist and politician (a National Democracy
SejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. Each member of Sejm is called Poseł.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-chamber Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the King. It was commonly termed a three-estate parliament...
deputyDeputy is a rank or title, or part of a title, used in various organizations with a codified command structure. It often designates someone who is "second-in-command," and as such, may precede the name of the rank directly above it. For example, a "Deputy Master" is likely to be...
). In
interwar PolandThe Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; from the creation of an independent Polish state in the aftermath of World War I, to the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic,...
he edited the
Rzeczpospolita newspaperRzeczpospolita is one of Poland's large nationwide daily newspapers, with a circulation of 160,000, although a few years ago it reached even 260,000. The title may be rendered as "The Republic", but see Rzeczpospolita for more about this word....
and was a professor at
KrakówKraków , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow and pronounced
, is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland and a popular tourist destination. Its historic centre was inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites as the first of its kind...
's
Jagiellonian UniversityThe Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kraków...
and at the
Catholic University of LublinJohn Paul II Catholic University of Lublin is located in Lublin, Poland. Presently it has an enrollment of over 19,000 students...
. During
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he was a member of the
Polish government in exileThe Polish government-in-exile was the government of Poland after the country had been occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union at the start of World War II...
. At war's end, he remained abroad.
He was a vocal prewar opponent of Poland's first president,
Gabriel NarutowiczGabriel Narutowicz was an engineer, a hydroelectrician, a professor at the Zurich Polytechnic Institute in Switzerland, Poland's Minister of Public Works , Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs , first president of the Second Polish Republic.-Family:Gabriel Narutowicz was born into a Polish noble...
, and of Marshal Józef Piłsudski.
It was Stroński who coined the expression, "Miracle at the Vistula," intended to derogate Piłsudski's 1920 victory over the Soviets.
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Stanisław Stroński (1882-1955) was a Polish philologist, publicist and politician (a National Democracy
SejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. Each member of Sejm is called Poseł.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-chamber Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the King. It was commonly termed a three-estate parliament...
deputyDeputy is a rank or title, or part of a title, used in various organizations with a codified command structure. It often designates someone who is "second-in-command," and as such, may precede the name of the rank directly above it. For example, a "Deputy Master" is likely to be...
). In
interwar PolandThe Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; from the creation of an independent Polish state in the aftermath of World War I, to the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic,...
he edited the
Rzeczpospolita newspaperRzeczpospolita is one of Poland's large nationwide daily newspapers, with a circulation of 160,000, although a few years ago it reached even 260,000. The title may be rendered as "The Republic", but see Rzeczpospolita for more about this word....
and was a professor at
KrakówKraków , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow and pronounced
, is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland and a popular tourist destination. Its historic centre was inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites as the first of its kind...
's
Jagiellonian UniversityThe Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kraków...
and at the
Catholic University of LublinJohn Paul II Catholic University of Lublin is located in Lublin, Poland. Presently it has an enrollment of over 19,000 students...
. During
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he was a member of the
Polish government in exileThe Polish government-in-exile was the government of Poland after the country had been occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union at the start of World War II...
. At war's end, he remained abroad.
He was a vocal prewar opponent of Poland's first president,
Gabriel NarutowiczGabriel Narutowicz was an engineer, a hydroelectrician, a professor at the Zurich Polytechnic Institute in Switzerland, Poland's Minister of Public Works , Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs , first president of the Second Polish Republic.-Family:Gabriel Narutowicz was born into a Polish noble...
, and of Marshal Józef Piłsudski.
It was Stroński who coined the expression, "Miracle at the Vistula," intended to derogate Piłsudski's 1920 victory over the Soviets. Ironically, the expression quickly lost its intended meaning and was adopted with approval by some patriotically- or piously-minded Poles unaware of Stroński's ironic intent.
His academic interests centered around the
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of
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.