Polish lands in the first half of the 19th century in the eyes of the Russians (Peter Dubrovsky and Mikhail Glinka) Cover Image

Ziemie polskie połowy XIX wieku oczyma Rosjan (Piotr Dubrowski i Michaił Glinka)
Polish lands in the first half of the 19th century in the eyes of the Russians (Peter Dubrovsky and Mikhail Glinka)

Author(s): Magdalena Dąbrowska
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Geography, Regional studies, 19th Century
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Katedra Studiów Interkulturowych Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Keywords: Peter Dubrovsky; Mikhail Glinka; memories; Warsaw; contacts;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the memories of P. I. Dubrovsky of M. I. Glinka (“Russkij vestnik” 1857) and the Description of Warsaw and its vicinity... (Warsaw 1850; containing a description of Częstochowa, index of the streets and map of Warsaw) by P. I. Dubrovsky. Dubrovsky and Glinka stayed in the Polish lands in 1840’s and 1850’s. Peter Dubrovsky (1812–1882) was a literary scholar and linguist, author of the first book about Adam Mickiewicz, translator, editor of the periodical “Jutrzenka. Dennica” in Russian and Polish. Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857) was a composer of the operas Ivan Soussanine and Ruslan and Ludmila; in Warsaw he composed the orchestral scherzo Kamarinskaya.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 135-149
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish