Obraz zaboru rosyjskiego w oczach żołnierzy i urzędników państw centralnych w latach 1914–1917
Image of the Russian Partition Seen through the Eyes of Soldiers and Officials of Central Powers in 1914–1917

Summary/Abstract: During World War I the German and Austrian troops annexed the whole territory of the Russian partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Thus, they took control over the lands that were totally different as regards population, culture or natural environment. Experiences of the reality of the Kingdom of Poland, Guberniya of Suwałki, Region of Białystok, Lithuania, Courland, Belarus, Polesie and Volhynia in 1914–1918 became inseparable part of memories, journals, letters, journalistic or scholarly texts, and articles in the military press, written by soldiers and officials of the administration of Central Powers. The present article attempts at a synthetic presentation of the “pro-Russian East” seen through their eyes.

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