Paweł Rothert – zapoznana polskość wielkiego inżyniera i budowniczego ziem ukrainnych i Moskwy

Abstract

Paweł Arnold Edward Rothert – the constructor of numerous buildings and railway systems in Ukraine (for example, the premises of the Administration of Southern Railways in Kharkov) or such key projects like Dnieporoy in Zaporizhzhia, Gosprom in Kharkov, and the two railway tracks in Moscow’s Metrostroy – is not depicted in literature as belonging to the circle of “Polish civilization.” That is why the present article examines his family background and the upbringing that he received from his mother, who identified herself as a Pole. He maintained his links with Polish family, even despite his long stay in the eastern regions of Ukraine, which initially were part of the Russian Empire and later were annexed by the Soviet Union.