Islam, Turcy i Tatarzy w pismach Tadeusza Micińskiego .

Abstract

The author of the article tries to elucidate the previously unknown biographical episodes of a Young Poland’s writer, Tadeusz Miciński (1973–1918). During World War I Miciński was in Moscow, where he met, among others, Tatars living in the Russian Empire. He took part in the First All-Russian Muslim Congress (May 1-11, 1917), expressing his eager enthusiasm about the prospects of Muslims’ cultural and religious liberation, which became possible as a result of the February Revolution. Miciński, in his work, especially in his journalism, elaborated also on the Turks and the decaying Ottoman Empire. His opinions were rather ambivalent, torn between admiration and appreciation, on the one hand, and resentment and condemnation, on the other.