Zygmunt Miłkowski
Encyclopedia
Zygmunt Miłkowski, pseudonym Teodor Tomasz Jeż (March 23, 1824 Podolia Governorate
, Russian Empire
— January 11, 1915 Lausanne
, Switzerland
) was Polish romantic
writer and politician who struggled for independence of Poland
as leader of Polish Union . He became a member of the Serbian Learned Society in 1869, the society which preceded the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
.
Podolia Governorate
The Podolia Governorate or Government of Podolia, set up after the Second Partition of Poland, comprised a governorate of the Russian Empire from 1793 to 1917, of the Ukrainian People's Republic from 1917 to 1921, and of the Ukrainian SSR from 1921 to 1925.-Location:The Podolian Governorate...
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
— January 11, 1915 Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
) was Polish romantic
Romanticism in Poland
Romanticism in Poland was a literary, artistic and intellectual period in the evolution of Polish culture that began around 1820, coinciding with the publication of Adam Mickiewicz's first poems in 1822. It ended with the suppression of the January 1863 Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1864. ...
writer and politician who struggled for independence of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
as leader of Polish Union . He became a member of the Serbian Learned Society in 1869, the society which preceded the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the most prominent academic institution in Serbia today...
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Selected works
- Wasyl Hołub
- Handzia Zahornicka
- Historia o pra-pra-prawnuku
- Hryhor Serdeczny
- Szandor Kowacz
- Ci i tamci
- Asan
- Uskoki
- Narzeczona Harambaszy
- Niezaradni (1884)
- Ofiary 1874
- Dahijszczyzna
- Rotułowicze
- W zaraniu
- Dersław Z Rytwian
- Za króla Olbrachta
- Nauczycielka
- Emancypowana
- Pamiętniki starającego się
- Od kolebki przez życie
- Nad rzekami Babilonu
- Rycerz chrześcijański 1889, A novel about SkanderbegSkanderbegGeorge Kastrioti Skanderbeg or Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu , widely known as Skanderbeg , was a 15th-century Albanian lord. He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottomans in 1440...