Efforts to Reach a Settlement with Russia. Henryk Lisicki’s Journalism and Political Activity on the Eve and During the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War Cover Image

Wysiłki na rzecz ugody z Rosją. Publicystyka i aktywność polityczna Henryka Lisickiego w przededniu i w czasie wojny rosyjsko-tureckiej 1877–1878
Efforts to Reach a Settlement with Russia. Henryk Lisicki’s Journalism and Political Activity on the Eve and During the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War

Author(s): Mariusz Nowak
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, 19th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Kingdom of Poland; tsarism; Balkan crisis; loyalism; Krakow conservatives (stańczycy);

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the activities of the Krakow conservative publicist Henryk Lisicki at the end of 1876 as part of the activation of the loyalist environment of the Kingdom of Poland with Zygmunt Wielopolski at the head. Taking advantage of Russia’s involvement in the conflict in the Balkans, the milieu sought to persuade it to abandon the policy of repression and restore some of the Kingdom’s autonomous mechanisms. The means to do this was to compile, with the participation of Lisicki, a brochure and an address to the tsar, which was addressed to the leadership of the Russian state. Despite loyalist declarations, Wielopolski’s group failed to convince Sankt Petersburg, which did not respond to the offer of the conciliators.

  • Issue Year: 58/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-23
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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