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Wiktor Godlewski
Wictor Godlewski (30 December 1831 – 17 November 1900) was a Polish nobleman, explorer, and naturalist. After spending time in Katorga, Siberian labour camps following his participation in the January Uprising, he began to study the natural history of the Siberian region. Many species of birds and other animals are named after him including Godlewski's bunting. Life and work Godlewski was born to Aleksander and Anna Karolina daughter of Józef Ciołkowski in in the Polish noble clan Gozdawa coat of arms, Gozdawa. After the death of his father in 1848 he moved to work in the Brulino-Koski estate of his cousin Józef Wincenty. He took an interest in hunting and collecting bird specimens and collaborated with Władysław Taczanowski. In 1863, he was punished for taking part in the January Uprising and sent to labour in Siberian mines for 12 years. From 1864, he worked for a while in Pietrowska Mine in Irkutsk. Along with another inmate Alfons Parvex, he studied the Daurian fauna. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Ignacy Godlewski 1890
Wiktor is a masculine given name, the Polish version of Victor (name), Victor. It may refer to: * Wiktor Andersson (1887–1966), Swedish film actor * Wiktor Balcarek (1915–1998), Polish chess player * Wiktor Biegański (1892–1974), Polish actor, film director and screenwriter * Wiktor Brillant (1877–1942), Polish pharmacist * Wiktor Budzyński (1888–1976), ethnic Polish politician in the Republic of Lithuania * Wiktor Chabel (born 1985), Polish rower * Wiktor Długosz (born 2000), Polish footballer * Wiktor Eckhaus (1930–2000), Polish–Dutch mathematician * Wiktor Jassem (1922–2016), Polish phonetician, philologist and linguist * Wiktor Gilewicz (1907–1948), Polish officer * Wiktor Godlewski (1831–1900), Polish nobleman, explorer and naturalist * Wiktor Grodecki (born 1960), Polish film director, screenwriter and producer * Wiktor Grotowicz (1919–1985), Polish actor * Wiktor Kemula (1902–1985), Polish chemist * Wiktor Komorowski (1887–1952), Polish fighter ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katorga
Katorga (, ; from medieval and modern ; and Ottoman Turkish: , ) was a system of penal labor in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (see Katorga labor in the Soviet Union). Prisoners were sent to remote penal colonies in vast uninhabited areas of Siberia and the Russian Far East where voluntary settlers and workers were never available in sufficient numbers. The prisoners had to perform forced labor under harsh conditions. Etymology The term "katorga" (Russian: ) originated from the Ottoman Turkish word "kadırga," which means "galley" (a type of ship). This transition reflects the historical practice where, among others, Ukrainian and Russian slaves, were subjected to severe penal labor on galleys or in similar harsh conditions. In the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, the practice of forcing slaves to work on galleys was common, and the suffering endured by these individuals was often depicted in Ukrainian dumas (songs). In the Russian language, "katorga" evolve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last insurgents were captured by the Russian forces in 1864. It was the longest-lasting insurgency in partitioned Poland. The conflict engaged all levels of society and arguably had profound repercussions on contemporary international relations and ultimately transformed Polish society. A confluence of factors rendered the uprising inevitable in early 1863. The Polish nobility and urban bourgeois circles longed for the semi-autonomous status they had enjoyed in Congress Poland before the previous insurgency, a generation earlier in 1830, and youth encouraged by the success of the Italian independence movement urgently desired the same outcome. Russia had been weakened by its Crimean adventure and had introduced a more liberal attitude in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godlewski's Bunting
Godlewski's bunting (''Emberiza godlewskii'') is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is named after the Polish collector Victor Godlewski who obtained a specimen of which on the basis of which it was described by Taczanowski. Distribution and habitat It is found in China, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Russia. Description The adult's head, neck, and breast are grey over-all with a brown or black eye stripe, "mustache", and crown. Its underparts and rump are an orange/ buff wash and its back is mottled orange and black. The tail is black and orange above and white beneath, with a definite notch at the end. It has a sparrow-like beak which is black above and pale below. The legs and feet are light pink. Habitat Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominance (ecology), dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbaceous plant, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gozdawa Coat Of Arms
Gozdawa () is a Polish nobility Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History It is believed that the Gozdawa coat of arms was granted by Władysław I Herman to the knight Krystyn z Gozdawy (''Krystyn from Gozdawa'') for bravery on the battlefield in the 11th century. The lily symbolizes the immaculate knighthood and the peacock feathers in the crest represent wisdom. Notable bearers Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include: * Pac family * Jan Mikulicz-Radecki * Stefan Lech Sokołowski Gallery File:POL COA Chłusowicz.svg, Chłusowicz File:POL COA Chłusowicz III.svg, Baron Chłusowicz File:POL COA Bełdowski.svg, Bełdowski See also * Polish heraldry * Heraldic family * List of Polish nobility coats of arms Bibliography * Tadeusz Gajl Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Polish artist and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brulino-Koski
Brulino-Koski is a part of the village Brulino-Piwki in the administrative district of Gmina Czyżew-Osada, within Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. In 1975-1998, the village belonged administratively to Łomża Voivideship. Until 31 December 2003 the village belonged to the Nur municipality in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship The faithful of the Roman Catholic Church belong to the parish of St Apostles Peter and Paul in Czyzewo. History Brulino was founded at the beginning of the 15th century by the Brulińskis of Pierzchała who came from Zakroczym. In the year 1576 the agricultural area was 7 fields. At the end of the 19th century, The village within the Brulino gentry area in Ostrów County, Szulborze-Koty Municipality and Czyżew Parish Places of Interest *A neo-Baroque manor house, built in 1880 by Józef Godlewski to replace the wooden one. It was destroyed during World War II but was Rebuilt after the conflict. *Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław Taczanowski
Władysław Taczanowski (; 17 March 1819, in Jabłonna, Lublin Voivodeship – 17 January 1890, in Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and collector of natural history who explored the Russian Far East and northern Africa. He specialized mainly in ornithology but also described numerous other taxa including reptiles and arachnids. Life A member of an old noble (''szlachta'') magnate family, Taczanowski, from the Poznań region Władysław studied in Lublin and managed the family farm after the death of his father. He then joined government service and served on special missions of the governor of Radom. He joined the Warsaw University Museum in 1855 and began to travel and train at other museums. In 1865 he joined Benedict Dybowski and Victor Godlewski on expeditions to Eastern Russia. In 1862 he succeeded Feliks Paweł Jarocki as curator. Taczanowski took part in an expedition to Algeria with Antoni Waga, Antoni S. Waga (1866–67) and wrote several significant studies including ''Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, 25th-largest city in Russia by population, the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, cities in Siberia. Located in the south of the eponymous oblast, the city proper lies on the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei River, Yenisei, about 850 kilometres (530 mi) to the south-east of Krasnoyarsk and about 520 kilometres (320 mi) north of Ulaanbaatar. The Trans-Siberian Highway (Federal M53 and M55 Highways) and Trans-Siberian Railway connect Irkutsk to other regions in Russia and Mongolia. Many distinguished Russians were sent into exile in Irkutsk for their part in the Decembrist revolt of 1825, and the city became an exile-post for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedykt Dybowski
Benedykt Tadeusz Dybowski (12 May 183331 January 1930) was a Polish naturalist and physician. Life Benedykt Dybowski was born in Adamaryni, within the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire to Polish nobility. He was the brother of naturalist Władysław Dybowski and the cousin of the French explorer Jean Dybowski. He studied at Minsk High School, and later medicine at Tartu (earlier Dorpat) University in present-day Estonia. He later studied at Wroclaw University and went on expeditions to seek and study oceanic fishes and crustaceans. He became a professor of zoology at the Warsaw Main School. In 1864 he was arrested and condemned to death for taking part in the Polish January Uprising. His sentence was later reduced to 12 years in Siberia. He started studying the natural history of Siberia and in 1866 a governor Muraviov dismissed Dybowski from hard labour ('' katorga''), renewed his civil rights and proposed him to work as a doctor in hospital. He later settled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baikal Lake
Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. At —slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world's seventh-largest lake by surface area, as well as the second largest lake in Eurasia after the Caspian Sea. However, because it is also the deepest lake, with a maximum depth of , Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing of water or 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. It is also the world's oldest lake at 25–30 million years, and among the clearest. It is estimated that the lake contains around 19% of the unfrozen fresh water on the planet. Lake Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic to the region. It is also home to Buryat tribes, who raise goats, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Jankowski
Michał Jankowski or Mikhail Ivanovich Yankovsky (September 24, 1842 – October 10, 1912) was a Polish szlachta nobleman who settled in the Russian Far East after serving a sentence in Siberia for participating in the January Uprising of 1863. After being released in 1868 he settled in the Russian Far-East in Sidemi, Primorsky Krai, in a region now known as the Yankovsky Peninsula where he established a horse-breeding farm, reared deer for their antlers, established ginseng plantations, and became a well-known hunter and naturalist. He collected specimens of fauna and flora for museums and collectors and many species were named after him including Jankowski's bunting. Life and work Jankowski was the son of Jan and Elżbieta of Więckowski, born in Złotoria, Gmina Choroszcz, Złotoria, and came from the nobility of the Novina clan who claimed descent from the knight Tadeusz Novina who fought in Crusades, the Crusades. He grew up in Złotoria, Gmina Choroszcz, Złotoria and Tyko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emberiza Godlewskii
Godlewski's bunting (''Emberiza godlewskii'') is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is named after the Polish collector Victor Godlewski who obtained a specimen of which on the basis of which it was described by Taczanowski. Distribution and habitat It is found in China, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Russia. Description The adult's head, neck, and breast are grey over-all with a brown or black eye stripe, "mustache", and crown. Its underparts and rump are an orange/ buff wash and its back is mottled orange and black. The tail is black and orange above and white beneath, with a definite notch at the end. It has a sparrow-like beak which is black above and pale below. The legs and feet are light pink. Habitat Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. References Godlewski's bunting Birds of Asia Godlewski's bunting Godlewski's bunting Godlewski's bunting (''Emberiza godlewskii'') is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
