Partitioned Poland 1795-1918

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• Old Prints Collection of Warsaw University

Facsimiles of old prints from the Library of the Historical Institute of Warsaw University

Browse the collection here.

Browse by author here.

Advanced search option available here.

(1576-1816; Polish facsimiles)

• Agreement dividing Poland between Russia, Austria, and Prussia

Agreement gave Russia "Duchy of Courland and Semigallia to Mitau and Libau (modern South Latvia), Lithuania to Vilna and Grodno, western Black Rus, Western Polesie with Brest and Western Volyn Lutsk." Austria and Prussia divided up Polish lands.

(23 December 1794 (Gregorian: 3 January 1795); French and Old Russian transcription, modern Russian translation)

• Mazurek Dąbrowskiego

Polish National Anthem. Adopted in 1926.

(Polish; 1797)

• Map of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

(1789 - 1792; text in English)

• Constitution of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1791

Original manuscript

(1791; facsimile)

• Treaty between Poland and Lithuania

Image of original document.

Reciprocal Guarantee of Two Nations.

Obligations and rights of each side.

(20 October 1791; image, Polish transcription)

• Polish War of 1794 in the Relations and Reports of AV Suvorov

Page contains information on the conflict between Polish and Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine and Belarus.

Primary and secondary sources.

(1794; Russian transcription)

• War of Russia with Poland

Site contains multiple documents: letters, reports, journals about the war.

( 1794 - 1795; commentaries, text in Russian)

• Mairie de Montmorency, Episode de la défense de Dantzic en 1813

Report from Montmorency Town Hall regarding defense during the Seize of Danzig

In cooperation with Bayerische StaatsBibliothek digital

(1813; French facsimiles)

• Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey

Book by Adam Neale on his travels

In cooperation with Bayerische StaatsBibliothek

(1818; English facsimiles)

• Zbior pamiętnikow historycznych o dawney Polszcze

“The collection of historical memoirs about Dawna Polszcze: from manuscripts, or works in various languages ​​about Polchus published and original letters from kings and distinguished people in our country.”

In cooperation with Bayerische StaatsBibliothek digital

(1822; Polish facsimiles)

• Poles and polish life in 18th century

(1843; facsimile in Polish)

• Newspaers on the Internet

Two newspapers archived online:

• Chimera
• Tygodnik Illostrowany

(Polish; 1859-1907)

• Order of Alexander II about peasants on the territory of Poland

Document contains laws about peasants and land possessions.

( February 19, 1864; transcription in Russian)

• January Uprising

Periodicals, declarations, appeals, photographs, postcards, leaflets and other materials concerning the January Uprising.

Digitized by the National Library.

(1861-1864; facsimiles)

• Secret Press of Poland related to January Uprising

Also see "Dziennik Narodowy" publication collection from this time period.

(1861-1864; Polish facsimiles)

• William Ansell Day's Account of January Uprising

From his 1867 book, "The Russian Government in Poland."

(1863; English facsimile)

• January Uprising: Leaflets, Pamphlets, and Brouchures

Also includes related photos and images.

(1863-1864; photos, Polish facsimiles)

• January Uprising Memories and Memoirs

Links to various accounts of the January Uprising in Poland.

(January 1863; Polish transcriptions)

• Documents related to the January Uprising

(22 January 1863; Polish facsimiles)

• January Uprising Collections at Jagiellonian University

(22 January 1863 - 1864; Polish facsimiles)

• British Diplomatic Correspondence regarding Polish January Uprising

Diplomatic correspondence of John Russell, 1st Earl of Russell with Francis Napier.

(17 June 1863; Polish transcription)

• 1863-4 Uprising Death Sentences

Rebels who were sentenced to death in "Vilna, Kovno, Grodno, Minsk, Vitebsk, [and] Mogilev."

Supplemental Material.

(1863-1864; Belarusian transcriptions)

• Order of Alexander 2 about Polish peasants

(February 19, 1864; transcription in Russian)

• Report of Judgments related to January Uprising

(30 July/11 August 1864; Polish transcription)

• Administration of the districts of the Polish Kingdom

(1892; transcription in Russian)

• Historical Materials from Gdansk

From collection of Jan Daniluk.

Mainly military history.

(1897 - 1 July 1940; Polish facsimiles)

• e-Kolekcja Czasopism Polskich

Access to 27 Polish journals and newspapers published in the 19th and (early) 20th century.

Polish-language interface.

(19th - 20th centuries; facsimiles)

• Chimera

Digitized newspaper

From Prasa w Internecie

(1901-1907; Polish facsimiles)

• German Security Documents

Mostly observations for security in Austria, France, Germany, and Poland.

Includes observation of Communist International (Comintern) and other communist organizations and unions.

Documents were taken by the Soviet Union from Germany after WWII.

Part of the German Docs in Russian project.

(1912-1945; German facsimiles, site available in Russian, German, and English)

• WWI Correspondence

Newspaper, map, and pamphlet facsimiles from WWI period in Poland.

(1914-1918; Polish and German facsimiles)

• Documents of revolutionary events in Poznan

(1918 - 1919; images, facsimiles in Polish and German)

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