Litwini Placyda Jankowskiego. Historia niezrealizowanego projektu wydawniczego

Abstract

The article recalls the forgotten publishing initiative of Placyd Jankowski and other writers associated with the conservative “The St. Petersburg Weekly Magazine” (“Tygodnik Petersburski”) in the middle of the 19th century. The text covers not only editorial issues and archival research results but also offers a reflection upon the ideological dilemmas of artists associated with this publishing enterprise. An attempt has been made at presenting ideological and identity dilemmas of people who were brought up in the tradition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Following the collapse of the Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth, they were forced to redefine their place in history. In fact, a modest task of examining the history of the forgotten initiative has led the author to the most important issues of this period, i.e. difficult choices faced by the generations of Poles in the 19th century.