The Nobility of Northwestern Krai in the Service of the Russian Emperor. An Outline of the Political Views of Count Ignacy Korwin-Milewski Cover Image

Szlachta Kraju Północno-Zachodniego w służbie imperatora rosyjskiego. Rys poświęcony poglądom politycznym hrabiego Ignacego Korwin-Milewskiego
The Nobility of Northwestern Krai in the Service of the Russian Emperor. An Outline of the Political Views of Count Ignacy Korwin-Milewski

Author(s): Mikołaj Tarkowski
Subject(s): Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Geopolitics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: conservatism; landowners; policy of loyalty;

Summary/Abstract: The article is an outline of political thought of Ignacy Korwin-Milewski, one of the representatives of the group of landlords, who operated in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Northwestern provinces of the Russian Empire. The author attempted to expose two issues, which seems important from the point of political views of the main character of the paper. The first relates to the definition and characterization of the basic features of the Lithuanian nobility, as well as determining its fundamental political objectives. The second one determines the relationship between the nobility and the Russian emperor. According to Ignacy Korwin-Milewski, the relationship was based on the principle of far-reaching loyalism.

  • Issue Year: 25/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 923-932
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish