";s:4:"text";s:12722:" The territory of Congress Poland roughly corresponds to modern-day Kalisz Region and the Lublin, Łódź, Masovian, Podlaskie and Holy Cross Voivodeships of Poland as well as southwestern Lithuania and part of Grodno District of Belarus. [7] Russian secret police commanded by Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev started persecution of Polish secret organizations and in 1821 the King ordered the abolition of Freemasonry, which represented Poland's patriotic traditions. The noblemen and landowners were, on the other hand, provided with more privileges, rights and even financial support in the form of bribery. The Viceroy was chosen by the King from among the noble citizens of the Russian Empire or the Kingdom of Poland. The Grand Duchy of Kraków was created after the incorporation of the Free City of Cracow into Austria on November 16, 1846. Provinzen Preussen u. Posen, Kgr. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. Army of the Congress Poland refers to the military forces of the Kingdom of Poland that existed in the period 1815–1831. In 1867, following the failure of the January Uprising, further reforms were instituted which were designed to bring the administrative structure of Poland (now de facto the Vistulan Country) closer to that of the Russian Empire. Congress Poland [3] or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, [4] was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a sovereign Polish state.Until the November Uprising in 1831, the kingdom was in a personal union with the tsars of Russia. [21] Taxes were raised and the overall economic situation of commoners worsened. Poland also had democratic traditions (Golden Liberty) and the Polish nobility deeply valued personal freedom. "The Genesis of the Aristocracy in Congress Poland,", Leslie, R. F. "Politics and economics in Congress Poland,", Zamoyski, Adam. The Kingdom of Poland largely re-emerged as a result of the efforts of Adam Jerzy Czartoryski,[14] a Pole who aimed to resurrect the Polish state in alliance with Russia. The Council executed the King's will and ruled in the cases outside the ministers competence and prepared projects for the Council of State.. Both Austria and the United Kingdom disapproved of that idea, Austria issuing a memorandum on returning to the 1795 resolutions, this idea supported by the United Kingdom under George IV and Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson and the British delegate to the Congress, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, so in effect the Tsar, after the so-called Hundred Days, established the Kingdom of Poland and the 1815 Congress of Vienna approved. This was formalized through the issuing of the Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland by the Emperor in 1832, which abolished the constitution, army and legislative assembly. Coordinates: 52°14′00″N21°01′00″E / 52.2333°N 21.0167°E / 52.2333; 21.0167. The capital was located in Warsaw, which towards the beginning of the 20th century became the Russian Empire's third-largest city after St. Petersburg and Moscow. It was mostly composed of Poles, Polish Jews, ethnic Germans and a small Russian minority. Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam-Poland Friendship Association (VPFA) held its fourth National Congress for the 2020-2025 tenure in Hanoi on September 25. The Russian Empire is shown in light green.
Following the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, Poland ceased to exist as an independent state for 123 years. The territory, with its native population, was split between the Habsburg Monarchy, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire. After 1804, an equivalent to Congress Poland within the Austrian Empire was the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, also commonly referred to as "Austrian Poland". It was, therefore, little more than a puppet state of the Russian Empire. History of Congress Poland, Russian Poland. [21] Greater use of machines led to production in the form of workshops. The territory of Congress Poland roughly corresponds to modern-day Kalisz Region and the Lublin, Åódź, Masovian, Podlaskie and Holy Cross Voivodeships of Poland as well as southwestern Lithuania and part of Grodno District of Belarus. Poland also had democratic traditions (Golden Liberty) and the Polish nobility deeply valued personal freedom. Congress Poland [3] or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, [4] was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a sovereign Polish state. The rule of Nicholas also meant end of political traditions in Poland; democratic institutions were removed, an appointedârather than electedâcentralized administration was put in place, and efforts were made to change the relations between the state and the individual. Despite the fact that the economic situation varied at times, Congress Poland was one of the largest economies in the world. The Russian acquisition encompassed the largest share of Poland's population, living on 463,200 km2 of land constituting the eastern and central territory of the previous commonwealth. Card from set of geographical cards of the Russian Empire 147.jpg 2,731 × 3,976; 2.87 MB. [12] [14] [15]. In 1819, Alexander I abolished freedom of the press and introduced preventory censorship. Map of Congress Poland, circa 1815, following the Congress of Vienna. Theoretically the Polish Kingdom in its 1815 form was a semi-autonomous state in personal union with Russia through the rule of the Russian Emperor. His title as chief of Poland in Russian, was Tsar, similar to usage in the fully integrated states within the Empire (Georgia, Kazan, Siberia). Nicholas reacted by sending Russian troops into Poland, resulting in the November Uprising. Initially a hereditary Duke of Nieśwież and Ołyka, as a scion of the Radziwiłł family he also held the honorific title of a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1867, following the failure of the January Uprising, further reforms were instituted which were designed to bring the administrative structure of Poland (now de facto the Vistulan Country) closer to that of the Russian Empire. The sources are also unclear as to when Congress Poland (or Vistula land) officially ended; some argue it ended when the German and Austro-Hungarian occupying authorities assumed control; others, that it ended with the creation of the Kingdom of Poland in 1917; finally, some argue that it occurred only with the creation of the independent Republic of Poland in 1918. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. "The Genesis of the Aristocracy in Congress Poland,", Leslie, R. F. "Politics and economics in Congress Poland,", Zamoyski, Adam. In 1842 the powiats were renamed okręgs, and the obwóds were renamed powiats. However, even after this formalized annexation, the territory retained some degree of distinctiveness and continued to be referred to informally as Congress Poland until the Russian rule there ended as a result of the advance by the armies of the Central Powers in 1915 during World War I. They disagree however on whether the Kingdom of Poland, colloquially known as Congress Poland, as a state, was officially replaced by Vistula Land (Privislinsky Krai), a province of the Russian Empire, as many sources still use the term Congress Poland for the post-1864 period. The territory, with its native population, was split between the Habsburg Monarchy, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire. [24] Drucki-Lubecki also founded the Bank of Poland, for which he is mostly remembered. In 1819, Alexander I abolished freedom of the press and introduced preventory censorship. Poland's location on the North European Plain became especially significant in a period when its neighbours, the Kingdom of Prussia and Russia were intensely involved in European rivalries and alliances and modern nation states took form over the entire continent. The ESPEN 2020 Virtual Congress 2020 will take place from 19 to 21 September 2020, Register today and get 12 month access to the content Most of the ethnic Poles in the Russian Empire lived in the Congress Kingdom, although some areas outside it also contained a Polish majority. All opposition to the Emperor of Russia was suppressed and the law was disregarded at will by Russian officials. Conference in Poland 2021-2022 | All Conference Alert The central European country of Europe is famous for its potatoes and pierogi. Prussia insisted on the Duchy being completely eliminated, but after Russian troops reached Paris in 1812, Tsar Alexander I originally intended to annex to the Duchy the Lithuanian-Belarusian lands, now controlled by the Tsardom, which used to be a part of the First Polish Republic and to unite thus created Polish country with Russia. No namiestnik was named to replace him; [17] however, the role of namestnik—viceroy of the former kingdom passed to the Governor-General of Warsaw [18] —or, to be more specific, of the Warsaw Military District (Polish : Warszawski Okręg Wojskowy, Russian : Варшавский Военный Округ). In 1915, during World War I, it was replaced by the Central Powers with the nominal Regency Kingdom of Poland,[a] until Poland regained independence in 1918. dependent on Russia. It was mostly caused by the significant increase of demand for zinc mainly in industrialized countries of Western Europe. [24] Drucki-Lubecki also founded the Bank of Poland, for which he is mostly remembered.[23]. [5] [6] The autonomy was severely curtailed following uprisings in 1830–31 and 1863, as the country became governed by viceroys, and later divided into governorates (provinces). The noblemen and landowners were, on the other hand, provided with more privileges, rights and even financial support in the form of bribery.
Congress Poland was the largest supplier of zinc in Europe.