Sketch to the biography of a landowner. Marian Kiniorski (1868-1943) Cover Image

Szkic do biografii ziemianina Marian Kiniorski (1868-1943)
Sketch to the biography of a landowner. Marian Kiniorski (1868-1943)

Author(s): Adam Wątor
Subject(s): Economic history, Political history, Social history, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe GRADO
Keywords: 19th-20th century gentry; economy; social activity; National Democracy;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the life and public activity of Marian Kiniorski. He studied at the University of Agriculture in Dublany, the University of Berlin and the School of Political Sciences in Paris (until 1899). He was a modern landowner, striving for the industrialization of property, the use of new agricultural techniques and agricultural progress. He belonged to a number of societies and landowners’ organizations (including the president of the Central Agricultural Society). At the same time, he was an active political activist associated with the National Democracy (a member of the National League, then the Board of the National People’s Union and the authorities of the National Party). A member of the Russian State Duma, then a senator of the Republic of Poland, participated in debates on the land reform. Active journalist, author of specialist articles on agricultural and social topics. In 1930 he withdrew from public life, focusing on the farm. He died in Warsaw.

  • Issue Year: 10/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-79
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish