Ryszard Władysław Tomczyk (born in Bierzwnik,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, on August 17, 1959) is a Polish

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, a historian, and a member of

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Biography

Ryszard Tomczyk graduated from the

University of Szczecin The University of Szczecin ( pl, Uniwersytet Szczeciński) is a public university in Szczecin, western Poland. It is the biggest university in West Pomerania, with 33,267 students and a staff of nearly 1,200. It consists of 9 faculties: # Facult ...

in 1983. dr hab. prof. US Ryszard Tomczyk
Having received his doctorate, he was appointed

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at that university. In 2008, he defended his

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at the

Rzeszów University Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian ...

, and now he is a

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at the universities of

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

and of

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...

. He focuses on

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history, international relations in the

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, and

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. During the period of 2002-2003 Ryszard Tomczyk was an

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West Pomeranian Voivodeship The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...

.In the years 2003–2005 he was a member of the Polish parliament

Selected publications

* ''Ukraińskie Zjednoczenie Narodowo-Demokratyczne 1925–1939'', Książnica Pomorska, Szczecin 2006 * ''Galicyjska Rusko-Ukraińska Partia Radykalna w latach 1890–1914'', Szczecin 2007 * ''Radykałowie i socjaldemokraci. Miejsce i rola lewicy w ukraińskim obozie narodowym w Galicji 1890–1914'', Szczecin 2007 * ''Socjaldemokraci ukraińscy i polscy. Z dziejów współpracy'', Warszawa 2007 * ''Ukraińska Partia Radykalna w II Rzeczypospolitej 1918–1926'', Szczecin 2007 * ''Myśl Mocarstwowa. Z dziejów młodego pokolenia II Rzeczypospolitej'', Szczecin 2008 * ''Między Wiedniem a Lwowem. Szkice z historii administracji w Austrii'', Szczecin 2010 Urzędnicy cywilni w Austrii 1740–1918. Studia z historii prawa i administracji, Szczecin 2012. Cmentarz Janowski we Lwowie. Polskie dziedzictwo narodowe (współautor Barbara Patlewicz), t. I–II, Szczecin 2017.

References

External links

Ryszard Tomczyk’s personal page
at the

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