Historical records of the Polish-Russian war 1919-1920 in the collection of the Józef Piłsudski Institute in New York Cover Image

Źródła do dziejów wojny polsko-rosyjskiej 1919-1920 w zbiorach Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Nowym Jorku
Historical records of the Polish-Russian war 1919-1920 in the collection of the Józef Piłsudski Institute in New York

Author(s): Bogusław Jagusiak
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Polish-Russian war 1919-1920 Józef Piłsudski Institute in New York; sources; collections; documents

Summary/Abstract: Archival inquiries have always been the basis of every historian's work. Researching the past is not possible without analyzing the sources, and these – although they often relate to one event – are often scattered across many archival institutions. The purpose of this article is to analyze all kinds of archival materials stored at the Józef Piłsudski Institute in New York, which relate to the history of the Polish-Russian war of 1919-1920. Although 100 years have passed since those events, there are still some ambiguities in Polish historiography about this conflict that require clarification or at least clarification. The materials stored at the Pilsudski Institute in New York were for many years the least used and least released into the scientific circulation for many years. Perhaps this text will reverse this trend, which will certainly benefit the quality of research.

  • Issue Year: XII/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-28
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish