Published: 2022-05-30

About a Few (Starvro)Polish Testimonies in the North Caucasus

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Abstract

The aim of the article is to present a few less known, but historically and culturally significant, testimonies of Polish activity in the territory of today's Stavropolsky Kray. The main part of the article introduces three different kinds of the activity of Poles. Firstly, the the Author has discussed circumstances of making the inscriptions in Polish language, carved in the rock near the village of Orekhovka. Secondly, the history of the Catholic community in Pyatigorsk is briefly presented. The Author has focused on the construction of a church with a historical inscription above the entrance made in Polish language. At last, the article presents the profile of a Pole, Josif Bentkowski (1812-1890), a member and secretary of the Stavropol Statistical Committee, and his research activities. Three subjective selected examples of written sources (spontaneously curved rock inscriptions, an element of an architectural design and Bentkowski's archived research works) are manifestations of the cultural activities of Poles in the North Caucasus and, in a broader sense, refer to the concept of “sites of memory”.

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Kula, J. M. (2022). About a Few (Starvro)Polish Testimonies in the North Caucasus. Przegląd Rusycystyczny [Russian Studies Review], (2 (178), 43–58. https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.12975

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No. 2 (178) (2022)
Published: 2022-05-30


ISSN: 0137-298X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/pr

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Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycystyczne oraz Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

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