The fate of ex-insurgent Marian Dubiecki and his scientific activity during his stay deep in the Russian Empire (1864–1883)

Abstract

During the January Uprising Marian Dubiecki was the secretary of Ruthenia in the National Government, for which he was sentenced to exile, from which he returned in 1883. The article presents the history of Dubiecki during his exile in the Russian Empire in the following towns: Siewakowa, Darusun, Irkutsk, Ekaterinoslav and Odessa. The text also presents Dubiecki's research on history and ethnography, which began at that time. The results of this research were published in the press and included ethnographic studies of the Tofalars and Buryats. In turn, the result of Dubiecki's historical interests was the monograph Kudak. Twierdza kresowa i jej okolice awarded in 1879 by the Academy of Learning in Cracow and the work Osadczy w ziemi Mandżu published in "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" (a biography of the Polish prisoner of war Nicefor Czernichowski). During his exile, Marian Dubiecki kept in touch with famous Polish explorers of Siberia: Benedykt Dybowski, Jan Czerski and Aleksander Czekanowski.