Open AccessLVIV DURING THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF 1914-1915 IN THE PUBLICATIONS OF POLISH CONTEMPORARIES
Author(s) -
Сергій Васильович Олійник
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
intermarum: ìstorìâ, polìtika, kulʹtura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-7708
pISSN - 2518-7694
DOI - 10.35433/history.111813
Subject(s) - persecution , politics , ethnic group , period (music) , memoir , relevance (law) , political science , administration (probate law) , subject (documents) , state (computer science) , history , law , aesthetics , art , library science , algorithm , computer science
The article is devoted to the events of World War One. The study of the situation in Lviv in the conditions of Russian occupation covers the period from September 3, 1914 to June 22, 1915, it is based on the materials published by Polish Keywords. The relevance and importance of the information in question is essential for an in-depth research of the issue. The content of publications on the subject of socio-political, socio-economic, and national-cultural aspects of the history of the city and its inhabitants during this period is analyzed.The memoirs and works of the Polish contemporaries are found to contain not only information on the situation of the Polish community in the city, which accounts for the bulk of the researched material, but they also include important data on other ethnic communities. The investigated facts clearly testify to the complexity and sometimes contradictory nature of the policy pursued by the Russian occupation authorities towards the citizens of Lviv. Accordingly, an insight is given into the attitude of the inhabitants of the city to the new administration. Among the former both supporters and opponents of the new "rulers" are documented. The paper reflects the personal thoughts of the authors of the publications. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of the Russification policy in academic circles and document flow by the new authorities, their interference into the spiritual life of the public. The appearance of such phenomena as hostage-taking, flight from persecution, and forced evictions is also investigated. The emphasis is also put on the deterioration of the financial situation of the local civilians and the resulting attempts to remedy it.