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Kmicic
Kmicic is a Polish noble patronymic surname literally meaning "descendant of Kmita". A variant of the surname is Kmitycz. The Kmicic family, of the II coat of arms, came from Orsza and was of no particular note. , '''', April 5, 2021 Notable people with the surname include: *, fictional character created by |
Andrzej Kmicic
Andrzej Kmicic is best known as a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz featured in the novel ''The Deluge''. He is a typical szlachcic (Polish-Lithuanian noble) from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; unruly yet patriotic. During the course of the books, he transforms from a villain to a hero. The 1991–92 Copernicus Society translation by W.S. Kuniczak calls the character Andrei Kmita, rather than Andrzej Kmicic. The moral transformation of Kmicic is similar to the transformation of Prince Roman from Joseph Conrad's book. Samuel Kmicic may have served as the prototype of Andrzej Kmicic. , '' |
Samuel Kmicic
150px, Radzic Coat of Arms Samuel Kmicic (between 1625 & 1630–1692) was a nobleman (szlachcic) from Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the ranks of colonel (pułkownik) in the Royal Army, chorąży (ensign) of Orsza and Grand Lithuanian Guardian. During The Deluge - the Swedish invasion of Poland in 1650s - he led a konfederacja - a military rebellion against hetman Janusz Radziwiłł, who had betrayed the Commonwealth and allied himself with the Swedes. Later Kmicic joined the Tyszowce Confederation. Kmicic was one of the Polish commanders in the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667), and fought in the battle of Połonka. After the war, he supported the Polish kings, opposing, among others, the Lubomirski's Rokosz. He was married twice. From his first marriage, he had a son Kazimierz. His second wife was Anna Kantakuzem, whom he married about 1676. Samuel Kmicic may have served as the inspiration for the fictional Andrzej Kmicic, hero of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kmita
Szreniawa coat of arms of the Kmita family Piotr Kmita Sobieński Gravestone of Piotr Kmita (died 1505) located in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków. The Kmita (plural: Kmitowie) was a magnate family from Little Poland. History The progenitor of the family was a noble from Lesser Poland ''Jasiek z Wiśnicza i Damianic'' (died after 1363). His son Jan (c. 1340-1376) became starost of and his grandson Piotr voivode of Krakow. Piotrs grandson Dobiesław (died 1478), became Voivode of Lublin and Sandomierz and his nephew Piotr (c. 1442-1505) Grand Marshal of the Crown and voivode of Krakow, as same as his nephew Piotr (ok. 1477–1553), who was also a collaborator of Queen Bona. With his death the Kmita family of Szreniawa has expired. Notable members * Jan Kmita z Wiśnicza (died 1376), starost of Kraków * Piotr Kmita (died 1409), Voivode of Krakow * Dobiesław Kmita (died 1478), Voivode of Lublin and Sandomierz * Piotr Kmita z Wiśnicza (1442–1505), Grand Marshal of the Crown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsza
Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers. History Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha, making it one of the oldest towns in Belarus. The town was named after the river, which was originally also named Rsha, probably from a Baltic root *''rus'' 'slowly flowing.' In 1320, Orsha became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Between 1398–1407, the Orsha castle was built. On 8 September 1514 the famous Battle of Orsha occurred, between allied Grand Duchy of Lithuania with Kingdom of Poland and Muscovite army. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.English magazines in Poland ''Destination Warsaw'' Retrieved 10 December 2013. Each month the weekly provides an English-language supplement, ''WiK English Edition'', which focuses on concerts, exhibitions, and interesting weekend getaways, and an in-depth guide to Warsaw's dining and nightlife. ''Wprost'' had a circulation of 218,000 copies in 2001–02. The circulation of the magazine was 102,987 in 2010 and 115,645 copies in 2011. It was 94,517 copies in 2012. The print and e-edition circulation of the weekly was 130,136 in August 2014. History and profile The first issue of ''Wp ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his internationally known best-seller ''Quo Vadis'' (1896). Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. In the late 1870s he traveled to the United States, sending back travel essays that won him popularity with Polish readers. In the 1880s he began serializing novels that further increased his popularity. He soon became one of the most popular Polish writers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and numerous translations gained him international renown, culminating in his receipt of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer." Many of his novels remain in print. In Poland he is ... [...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] |
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