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| Edition: | 1 |
| Place and year of publication: | Warszawa 2025 |
| Publication language: | polski |
| Translator: | Barcewicz Aleh |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 978-83-235-7113-1 |
| Method of publication: | PDF , 306 |
| Publication type: | Open access , Praca naukowa |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323571131 |
In the Land of the Philomats. Youth Conspiracy Organisations in Belarusian Territories in the Years 1806–1826
In the Land of the Philomats is the first academic monograph devoted to secret youth organisations in the Belarusian lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the years 1806–1826. It describes associations, groups and unions of university and school students, and young people (civilian and military), most of whom were of Belarusian origin (who at that time referred to themselves as Lithuanians). They operated under the leadership of the Philomats, engaging in activities ranging from education to armed struggle for the revival of their former homeland – the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (possibly united with the Polish Crown into a single Commonwealth).
The fate of all these underground organisations turned out to be tragic – their plans were thwarted by arrests, unfair trials before biased judges, and then sentences to police supervision, imprisonment, exile to Russia or expulsion from the Russian Empire. The author recounts these events based on archival materials, library manuscripts and literature from Belarus, Lithuania and Poland.
The publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 PL (CC BY 4.0 PL) (full license available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).
Keywords: conspiracy, youth societies, Vilnius University, gymnasium in Świsłocz.
In the Land of the Philomats is the first academic monograph devoted to secret youth organisations in the Belarusian lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the years 1806–1826. It describes associations, groups and unions of university and school students, and young people (civilian and military), most of whom were of Belarusian origin (who at that time referred to themselves as Lithuanians). They operated under the leadership of the Philomats, engaging in activities ranging from education to armed struggle for the revival of their former homeland – the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (possibly united with the Polish Crown into a single Commonwealth).
The fate of all these underground organisations turned out to be tragic – their plans were thwarted by arrests, unfair trials before biased judges, and then sentences to police supervision, imprisonment, exile to Russia or expulsion from the Russian Empire. The author recounts these events based on archival materials, library manuscripts and literature from Belarus, Lithuania and Poland.
The publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 PL (CC BY 4.0 PL) (full license available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).
Keywords: conspiracy, youth societies, Vilnius University, gymnasium in Świsłocz.
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