Historia historii syberyjskiego związku Anny Slepcowej i Wacława Sieroszewskiego

Abstract

The paper discusses the means of presentation within the field of Polish studies of the relationship between Wacław Sieroszewski, a writer and ethnographer, one of the better known Polish exiles in Siberia, and a Yakut woman, Anna Sleptsova. The author contemplates why in the Polish studies their relationship has been omitted, marginalized or hyperbolized. This resulted from Sieroszewski’s own reticence and the cultural taboo, which prohibited exiles from entering into relationships with Russian women. Additionally, the paper presents some Russian-language studies concerning Sieroszewski, in which Sleptsova, who was a significant writer and researcher for Yakutia, is openly referred to as Sieroszewski’s wife.