Rok 1848. Język rosyjski „wchodzi” do ksiąg metrykalnych Kościoła rzymskokatolickiego w dekanacie grodzieńskim

Abstract

The Russian language, after its forced entry into the record books of the Roman Catholic Church in the former territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth incorporated into the Russian Empire during the post-partition period, was used for nearly 70 years (in Grodno parishes from 1848). The introduction of this language caused changes in the content and structure of record acts as well as in personal nomenclature. The Polish language gradually began to “return” to the administration of the Roman Catholic Church, including the record books of Grodno parishes, after Poland regained independence.