dr; historyk, dziennikarz i pedagog; były nauczyciel i wieloletni pracownik wojskowości (najdłużej w pionie redakcyjno-wydawniczym); współpracownik „Myśli Polskiej”, „Naszej Polski” i „Gazety Szkolnej”; autor kilku książek i ponad 600 artykułów (w tym recenzji nowości wydawniczych); zainteresowania badawcze: dzieje polskiej edukacji, biografistyka
Stanisław Ludwik Krowicki
Krakowski Rocznik Archiwalny, XXIII, 2017, pp. 161 - 179
https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.17.006.14660This article concerns a letter presumed to be from a senator in the pre-Partition Commonwealth of Poland, the Bishop of Krakow, Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk (1715–1788), addressed to his fellow senators and members of the Polish government. The real author of the letter is unknown, but its contents indicate that he felt strongly about the struggles of the Bar confederates in the years 1768–1772 against Russian aggression in Poland and Lithuania. Therefore, he was most likely one of them. Their resistance was certainly fuelled by the unyielding endurance under Russian captivity of Bishop Sołtyk and his companions, as outlined in the letter presented. It also entered the depths of history to find important figures from Poland and Lithuania, such as: Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów, the Primate of Poland Jakub Uchański, Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, the Radziwiłłs, Prince Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki and John III Sobieski, and even ancient Roman heroes. Handwritten copies of the “Letter from the Bishop of Kraków” were kept at manor houses, serving to educate and inspire future generations in Poland and Lithuania to join military units to fight Russia.