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Why did those Poles end up in France? Maria Skłodowska, as you know, had to study in a clandestine university in Warsaw due to the Russian occupation. What wa
by shadowtree 8y ago
Why did those Poles end up in France?
Maria Skłodowska, as you know, had to study in a clandestine university in Warsaw due to the Russian occupation.
What was Russification? Germanification?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification#Poland_and_Lithuania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification#Poland_and_Lithu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanisation_of_Poles_during_the_Partitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanisation_of_Poles_during_...
- ajuc 8y ago> Why did those Poles end up in France? Same reason talented Poles now go to London or New York. > What was Russification? Germanification? Mostly futile attempts to make people speak different language than they speak. Language was banned in some places, for some time. And they achieved nothing - if anything, Polish Romantism movement was flourishing because of the "forbidden fruit" effect.