Poland in the Interbellum (1918-39)

[Urbanista1]

good job Katsuma, had no idea there was such a treasure trove in the archives.

[Gatsby]

true

[leszekbombka]

I love this thread!

@katsuma

Do you have some more pics from województwo wileńskie a.k.a. Litwa Środkowa?

[katsuma]

After the photo coverage of Stanisławów & Tarnopol Voivodeships, let us move on and explore other regions of Interwar Poland...

Wilno Voivodeship

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Pics of the city of Wilno have been already presented before: see the posts #22, #23 & #24.

Now, let me take you on a small historic journey to Troki (now Trakai in Lithuania).





Ruins of the medieval castle (reconstruction project began in 1929; a scaffolding on the tower can be seen on the 2nd pic below)





President Ignacy Mościcki visiting the ruins, June 1930



Zatrocze, Tyszkiewicz Palace





International rowing regatta, July 1935



Boyscouts' kayak & sailing school, May 1936





Local anti-tuberculosis surgery, 1937



Road Wilno-Troki (bearing the name of Józef Piłsudski: "Trakt im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego"), 1931



[to be continued tomorrow]

[erbse]

People, you need to STOP the political bitchfights!

I just brigged two trolls derailing this thread. Don't even think about starting it all over, the mod team will delete the posts and punish the users for doing it.

Thanks.

Now keep going with the good documentation work, please!

[katsuma]

Many thanks, Erbse. Would it be possible to do a little sweep across those ridiculous tags as well?

[Varsben]

Originally Posted by leszekbombka

I love this thread!

@katsuma

Do you have some more pics from województwo wileńskie a.k.a. Litwa Środkowa?

I also like this thread and I don't want to see it closed. Therefore, please refrain from denominations that some non-Poles might consider provocative (such as "Litwa Środkowa").

Originally Posted by katsuma

Road Wilno-Troki carrying the name of great Lithuanian patriot, Józef Piłsudski ("Trakt im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego"), 1931

Interesting pics, katsuma. But your above remark about the "great Lithuanian patriot" is misleading to people from other countries, who are not necessarily experts in the complicated Polish-Lithuanian issues.

[kapturek]

[katsuma]

Originally Posted by Varsben

Interesting pics, katsuma. But your above remark about the "great Lithuanian patriot" was unnecessary. And misleading to people from other countries, who are not necessarily experts in the complicated Polish-Lithuanian issues.

I hope to see more pics of pre-war Poland in this thread, without political provocations from ANY side.

You're right. Now (after the trolling clean-up) I've amended that post.

[katsuma]

Wilno Voivodeship [cont.]
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A few more pics from the Wilno-Troki District of the then Wilno Voivodeship.

Landwarów, Tyszkiewicz Palace





Opsa lake



Opsa, school of agriculture (formerly the palace of Plater family)



Abele, manor house



Jaszuny, village bar/inn ("karczma")



Smorgonie, railway station



Smorgonie, street market



Żemłosław, Uniastowski Palace (not sure about that village, could've been in Nowogródek Voivodeship)



Żemłosław, house/lodge for artists & writers funded by the local landlord, "margrabina" (countess?) Janina Uniastowska

[jackryan100]

Originally Posted by erbse

People, you need to STOP the political bitchfights!

I just brigged two trolls derailing this thread. Don't even think about starting it all over, the mod team will delete the posts and punish the users for doing it.

Thanks.

Now keep going with the good documentation work, please!

Thanks for your reaction! You are great! Let us see pictures and not to waste time for historical discussions!

[katsuma]

Wilno Voivodeship [cont.]
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Brasław (now Braslaw in Belarus)






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Oszmiana (now Ashmyany in Belarus)





Village inn ("karczma")



Oszmiana public school on fire (date unknown)


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Głębokie (now Hlybokaye in Belarus)

Market square



Affluent residential area by the lake



Mołodeczno, district office ("starostwo")

[katsuma]

[cont.]

The towns of Druja and Dzisna (now Belarus)

Druja, view on the town (the building in the middle is a 15th cent. synagogue, which no longer exists)







Wooden bridge on the river Drujka close to the then Polish-Latvian border


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Dzisna, view on the town



Dzisna, flooding in April 1931







Dzisna, at the river Dźwina by the then Polish-Soviet border (border pole in the foreground; an Orthodox church in USSR can be seen on the opposite river bank)



Tomb of the fallen soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars

[katsuma]

[cont.]

The last batch of my pics from Wilno Voivodship.

Brzeźnica, manor house



Borejkowszczyzna, wooden manor house of Władysław Syrokomla



Hołubicze in winter, hunters in front of the manor house





Zułów, the remains of the land estate of Piłsudski family





Ruins of the manor house, where Józef Piłsudski was born (the house burned down in 1874; it was reconstructed in 1937 and then completely destroyed in 1939 by the Soviets)



Dowbuciszki, wooden mosque



The executive board of Muslim community of the Wilno region (NB: the Lipka Tatars were brave and loyal soldiers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth)

[Urbanista1]

excellent job Katsuma. thank you

[meeting]

A brief History of the origin and of the best so far, the Polish state, the Polish II Republic, pays tribute to this conservative state, with tears in his eyes!

[katsuma]

Royal Castle in Warsaw








Throne hall



Ceremonial sword of King Stanisław August Poniatowski (NB: most of the Polish Crown Jewels were robbed by the Prussian army from the vault at Wawel Castle in 1794; only a part of them has been subsequently recovered)



Audience hall



Ballroom



Presidential study



Some other rooms

[katsuma]

[cont.]

Below are a few pics from some events held at the Royal Castle during the interwar period.
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Ceremony of the swearing-in of President Ignacy Mościcki, 04.05.1926 (President Mościcki and Marshall Józef Piłsudski arrive at the castle)



Passing on New Year's wishes to President Mościcki by foreign diplomats (in the presence of Marshall Piłsudski), 01.01.1927



New Year's ball, Jan 1937



New Year's ball, Jan 1939 (the last one before the outbreak of WW2 and also last one for President Mościcki; he died in 1946 in Switzerland)



Submission of diplomatic credentials by the charge d'affair of Iran, 02.10.1935 (pic taken while leaving the castle after ceremony)



Group of young highlanders ("górale") from Tatra region meeting with President Mościcki, Oct 1930



Group of Hutsuls (Rusyn highlanders) visiting the castle, Mar 1934



Farmers from Wilno & Polesie regions during their visit at the castle, Nov 1934



Group of Silesian women meeting with Mrs Mościcka (president's wife), June 1934



Boyscouts' relay ("sztafeta") with a tribute to President Mościcki, May 1937

[katsuma]

Wawel Castle in Kraków

















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Wawel Castle in winter

[rychlik]

Great stuff.