Mickiewicz i inni Polacy we wspomnieniach rosyjskich memuarystek XIX wieku
Mickiewicz and other Poles through the eyes o f the nineteenth century Russian women memoirists

Summary/Abstract: The nineteenth century Russian women memoirism presents a valuable source of informationconcerning Polish-Russian literary relationships. A. Kern and A. Panaeva’s memoirs justify thatA. Mickiewicz was a well-known and appreciated poet in Russia and his works were perceived byRussian literary elites as a symbol of struggle for national liberation. Russian publishers andeditors of literary magazines played a crucial role in the popularization of Mickiewicz’s literaryoutput. His poems, translated into Russian by Z. Sierakowski or W. Szczastny, often appeared inRussian literary magazines. Russian Decembrist writers (P. Annenkova and M. Volkonska) intheir memoirs written in the Siberian exile presented in the most favourable light Poles(S. Leparski and M. Rukiewicz) who were also exiled to Siberia. But, on the other hand, inT. Bulharin’s memoirs, whose controversial activity was condemned by Russian intellectual elites,as well as in A. Smirnova’s opinion, which represented the official line of the Russian aristocracy,we find negative images of Poles and the “Polish question”.

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