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SR April 2012 THE SARMATIAN REVIEW Vol. XXXII, No. 2 April 2012 The Heritage of Polish Republicanism The Cloth Hall, an architectural monument of Sarmatian (eo ipso Republican) Poland, erected in 1555. It is located in Kraków’s Central Market, the site where in 1525 Albert I, Duke of Prussia, paid homage to King Sigismund I, accepting the Polish king’s suzerainty. Here in 1531 nobleman Jan Tarnowski celebrated Polish victory in the Muscovite wars, while in 1683 Jan III Sobieski proclaimed his victory over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna. The Central Market was also the site where in 1794 Thaddeus Kosciuszko proclaimed a general rising against the powers that partitioned Poland. Photo by Edwin Dyga (January 2012). 1656 THE SARMATIAN REVIEW April 2012 Nazi Concentration Camps,” The Sarmatian Review (ISSN 1059- In this issue: Performative Body Spaces 5872) is a triannual publication of the Polish Sarmatian Review Data . 1657 Institute of Houston. The journal deals with (Amsterdam-New York: Rodopi, 2010). Polish, Central, and Eastern European affairs, Krzysztof Koehler, The Heritage of and it explores their implications for the United Polish Republicanism . 1658 Krzysztof Koehler is Professor of States. We specialize in the translation of Božena Karwowska, Inne wyzwania. Old Polish Literature at the Cardinal documents. Sarmatian Review is indexed in the Poezja Bogdana Czaykowskiego i Stefan Wyszyƒski University in American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, EBSCO, and P.A.I.S. Andrzeja Buszy w perspektywie Warsaw and former Director of the International Database. Since September 1997, dwukulturowoÊci, by Janusz Pasterski Polish TV Channel Kultura. A noted files in PDF format are available at the Central (review) . 1665 poet and essayist, he is also Editor and Eastern European Online Library Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Scotland (www.ceeol.com). of the Old Polish Literature Series Subscription price is $21.00 per year for and Poland: Historical Encounters published by Ignatianum College in 1500–2010, individuals, $28.00 for institutions and edited by Tom M. Devine Kraków. libraries ($28.00 for individuals, $35.00 for and David Hesse (review). 1666 libraries overseas, air mail). The views expressed Anna Gàsienica-Byrcyn, Ruch Teofil Lenartowicz was a Polish by authors of articles do not necessarily represent poet and sculptor whose art those of the Editors or of the Polish Institute of ludowy przed, w czasie i po wojnie Houston. Articles are subject to editing. (Biuletyn IPN) (review) . 1669 reflected his Catholic beliefs. Unsolicited manuscripts and other materials are James E. 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His noted translator from the Polish. He 1932–2007 (University of British Columbia). numerous books include Spanish teaches at the Our Lady Seat of Editorial Advisory Committee: George Gasyna (University of Illinois-Urbana), Janusz A. Carlism and Polish Nationalism: The Wisdom Academy in Ontario, Ihnatowicz (University of Saint Thomas- Borderlands of Europe in the 19th and Canada. He has translated Pan Houston), Božena Karwowska (University of 20th Centuries (2003). Tadeusz twice, in prose and in verse. British Columbia), Joseph A.Kotarba (University of Houston), Alex Kurczaba Edwin Dyga is the Australian Editor (University of Illinois-Chicago), Marcus D. of Quarterly Review. Thank You Note Leuchter, 1909–2008 (Holocaust Museum Anna Gàsienica Byrcyn is Lecturer We would like to thank the following Houston),Witold J. 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Mikos; Mr. European Online Library (www.ceeol.com), under Periodicals—United States— sexuality, and Nazi concentration & Mrs. Richard C. and Alina Sarmatian Review. camps, e.g., “The Metaphor of Prusinski; Ms. Teresa Tyszewicz; Mr. Archival Web Address: Dancing and the Human Body in the Kenneth W. Walpuck. http://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/21840 April 2012 SARMATIAN REVIEW 1657 Sarmatian Review Data Polish demography in 2011 Population of Poland: 38,3 million (includes noncitizens and permanent residents). Percentage of people with postsecondary education: 17.5 percent (increase of 7.6 percent since 2002 census). Urban vs. rural population: 59.4 percent and 40.6 percent (increase of 2.4 percent in the rural population, mainly because of moves from cities to suburbs). Source: 2011 Central Statistics Office census, as reported by <wpolityce.pl>, accessed 26 December 2011. Ethnic unity in Poland the highest in the European Union Percentage of Polish citizens born abroad: 0.1 percent, or the lowest in the European Union. Increase in applications for work permits in Poland in the last two years: 100 percent, with Ukrainians the most frequent applicants. Source: Joanna Bronowicka, “Poland announces amnesty for illegal immigrants,” <Townhall.com>, 29 December 2011 (accessed 30 December 2011). Size of bureaucracy in Poland under Prime Minister Donald Tusk Number of people who worked in the government bureaucracy in 2011: over 450,000 persons, or one person per 80 citizens, working or nonworking, of any age. Source: Krzysztof Rybiƒski, “Dziennik,” <wpolityce.pl>, accessed 24 December 2011. Crude oil pollution in Russia: Comparisons and figures Estimated number of tons of crude oil leaked into soil or rivers of the Russian Federation every year: from 5 million tons (Greenpeace estimate) to 20 million tons (Russian Economic Development Ministry estimate). Confirmed number of tons of oil spilled into northern Russian rivers every year, heading for the Arctic: 500,000 tons (National Resources Ministry report). Russia’s ranking among world polluters: Russia is the world’s worst oil polluter. Comparison: a leak of 5 million tons per year is equivalent to one Deepwater Horizon-scale leak every two months. Source: Nataliya Vasilyeva, “Oil fields in Russia slowly ooze disaster” (Associated Press), reprinted in Houston Chronicle, 18 December 2012. Penetration of Bulgarian Churches by Soviet intelligence—new discoveries Number of members of the Bulgarian Orthodox Synod of Bishops who were agents of the secret services: 11 out of 15. Number of communist agents in the Higher Muslim Council: five out of 29 members. Number of Catholic bishops who were agents: one, out of an undisclosed total number. How this was discovered: one bishop and several younger Orthodox priests called for vetting of the clergy, and the governing Synod (and presumably other denominations as well) finally agreed to conduct it. Source: Polish Press Agency (PAP), as reported by <niezalezna.pl>, 18 January 2012, accessed on the same day. Military draft and ethnic conflict in the Russian Federation in 2011 Number of Russian Federation men drafted in 2011: 135,800. Of these, the number of draftees from Chechnya: none. Last time the Russians attempted
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