On the night of 2 to 3 November 1771, King Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last monarch of Poland, was attempted to be kidnapped by the Bar Confederates. The aim of…

Hanna Skarżanka was a famous Polish actress performing on stage almost until the end of her life. She was active in the underground during World War II and supported the…

During the crisis of the Russian state between 1604 and 1610, often referred to as the Great Sorrow, the Polish and Lithuanian nobility decided to seize the opportunity and put…

Stefan Natanson was a person who had many passions. He was an engineer, an independence activist, and a music critic. In all these capacities, he showed a great deal of…

Paderewski used his great musical talent and fame in the world to popularise Polish causes. He was a great patriot devoted to the idea of Poland’s independence. Difficult youth Ignacy…

Józef Lustgarten is a man who not only developed the tradition of football in Kraków, but did it also nationwide. He was one of the first selectors of the national…

Today is the 144th anniversary of the birth of Walery Sławek, soldier and politician, Marshal of the Sejm, served three times as Prime Minister of Poland, one of the closest,…

The Visegrad congress of 1335 is a key event in Polish history in the 14th century. Although Casimir’s coronation did not guarantee him international recognition, the congress brought significant changes.…

Infected by her husband Julius Isaak’s passion for entomology, the author of a passionate travel reportage “A Pole in the primeval forests of Parana” contributed to the preservation of a…

The Motorised Reserves of the Citizen’s Militia was a paramilitary formation created in the People’s Republic of Poland in 1956, intended to eliminate ‘collective violations of public order’ and to…