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Korecki
Korecki (plural: Koreccy, feminine form: Korecka) is a Polish family name belonging to the princely Korecki family. The surname literally means "of Korets" and derives from the Korets Castle, the original seat of the family. Below are the notable bearers of the surname. People * (born 1955), Polish saxophone player * Samuel Korecki (1586–1622), Polish-Lithuanian nobleman * Natasha Korecki, American reporter * Aleksandar Korecki, CEO, Real Estate investor; and rumored to be a direct heir of the Korets Castle. * Werner Korecki (born 1928), birth name of Werner Boost, German serial killer Fictional characters *Jan Korecki, a character from a 1903 science fiction novel ''On the Silver Globe'' by Jerzy Żuławski Jerzy Żuławski (; 14 July 1874 – 9 August 1915) was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and patriot whose best-known work is the science-fiction epic, '' Trylogia Księżycowa'' (''The Lunar Trilogy''), written be ... See also * {{su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Korecki
Samuel Korecki (c. 1586 – June 27, 1622), Ruthenian duke, nobleman (szlachcic) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, adventurer and military commander carrying a titular rank of colonel. His coat of arms was Pogonia. He spent his life as a military men, fighting both private and state sponsored wars. Life His Korecki clan had their residence at Korets Castle and most likely Samuel was born there to Joachim Korecki and Anna née Chodkiewicz in 1586. He was educated in the Commonwealth and abroad. He fought under hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski at Guzow and Kłuszyn during the Dimitriads Polish-Muscovy Wars, where in 1611 during terrible winter he brought supplies to the Polish forces in the Moscow Kremlin. Many times duke Samuel lead his own cavalry companies against the Crimean Tatars and his successes brought him some respect among Zaporozhian Cossacks, but since he fought with Ottoman Empire vassals, the Tatars and Moldavians, he was soon listed as one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korecki Family
The House of Korecki (Polish: ród Koreckich (Korecki clan), Koreccy) was a princely family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania origin. The name is derived from the original seat of the family at the Korets Castle, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at these times (today Rivne Oblast)."КОРЕЦЬКІ" ("Korecki") at the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine, citing Мыцык Ю.А., "Украинские летописи ХVII века", Днепропетровск, 1978. There are two family legends about the descent. By one of them it descended from Patrikas, son of , the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Korecki
Natasha Korecki is an American journalist and National Correspondent with POLITICO. She covered the 2020 presidential campaign and Joe Biden. Korecki also covers Midwest issues for the publication. In 2019, Korecki was inducted into thHall of Fameof political reporters for the University of Illinois at Springfield. She has won numerous state and national awards, including first place in Deadline Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a Livingston Award finalist. In 2015, she was hired by POLITICO to report on Illinois policy and politics. She helped launch POLITICO's Illinois Playbook, a daily tipsheet she authors each morning, Monday through Friday. She formerly covered politics for the '' Chicago Sun-Times''.Natasha Korecki, "Only in Chicago: How the Rod Blagojevich Scandal Engulfed Illinois; Embroiled Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, and Jesse Jackson, Jr.; and Enthralled the Nation" 2012, In April 2016, Korecki was named the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Boost
Werner Boost (né Korecki; born May 6, 1928), nicknamed The Couples Killer, is a suspected German serial killer who allegedly committed double murders on couples in the 1950s. However, only one could be definitely proven - the murder of lawyer Bernd Servé in January 1953. Life Werner Boost was born in 1928 under the name Werner Korecki and spent his childhood and youth in a Protestant orphanage in Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, where he was adopted. Later he was admitted to a care home after he stole 300 Reichsmark from his mother. Boost never met his father. At the age of 16, after two broken-off lessons, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and shortly thereafter became an American prisoner of war. After the end of the war and a failed attempt to complete his baker's journeyman apprenticeship, Boost became a casual worker and escape aid in the later GDR. He was therefore sentenced by the judiciary in the Soviet occupation zone to a three-week prison term. In 1949, Boost ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korets Castle
The Korets Castle ( uk, Корецький замок) is a castle built in Korets ca. 1400 by either Prince Theodor Ostrogski or Prince Dymitr Korybut. Its main tower is featured in the town's emblem. The moated castle on the bank of the Korchyk River was the seat of the princely House of Korets between the 15th and 17th centuries. After the main princely line died out in 1651, Korets passed through inheritance to a junior line of the Czartoryski family. In 1780, Józef Klemens Czartoryski rebuilt the castle to serve as his main residence. As Józef Klemens had no male issue, the castle was neglected after his death. It burnt down in the wake of the November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in W ... in 1832. Over the years the ruins have steadily deteriorated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Korecki
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Żuławski
Jerzy Żuławski (; 14 July 1874 – 9 August 1915) was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and patriot whose best-known work is the science-fiction epic, '' Trylogia Księżycowa'' (''The Lunar Trilogy''), written between 1901 and 1911. Literary legacy In a twenty-year writing career, from his first book of poems in 1895, at the age of 21, to his final World War I dispatches in 1915, Jerzy Żuławski created an impressive body of work—seven volumes of poetry, three collections of literary criticism, numerous cultural and philosophical essays, ten plays and five novels. He was considered an important and influential intellectual figure in the early years of the 20th century, but a century later, the only creation which has remained in print and assured him literary immortality is ''The Lunar Trilogy''. Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), renowned as the "most widely read science-fiction writer in the world", contributed an introduction to the 1956 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish-language Surnames
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (''ą'', ''ć'', ''ę'', ''ł'', ''ń'', ''ó'', ''ś'', ''ź'', ''ż'') to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet, although they are not used in native words. The traditional set com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
