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Claim author · 📅 06.06.2026 · Prof. Hieronim Grala: Petersburg był ważni...
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Problems with plundered Załuski collections

"The collection, comprising 400,000 volumes, 20,000 manuscripts, and 40,000 prints, was depleted during transport to St. Petersburg. Only 260,000 volumes, 11,000 manuscripts, and 24,500 prints arrived at the destination. The rapid removal contributed to the incompleteness of the collection, parts of which were already hidden in Warsaw itself. In addition to 'technical' losses caused by entrusting packing and transport to the military, tens of thousands of copies were – according to the testimony of, among others, the historian and bibliographer Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861) – illegally bought during transport, especially in Grodno, by prominent creators of private Polish book collections. These collections were placed in disarray for several years ( until 1801) in the building..." "tak czy inaczej 400 tysięcy tomów nad Newę dotarło połowę, 200 tysięcy woluminów, 24 tysiące rycin i 12 tysięcy rękopisów. Co gorsza, problemem był brak odpowiednich kadr do zadbania o owe trofea, o wkomponowania ich w strukturę biblioteki, o wyczerpujący ich opis uzałuski, książki były porządnie skatalogowane, żeby było jasno. W sposób nowoczesny, wzorcowy dla Europy."

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ℹ️ In shortOf the 400,000 volumes from the Załuski Library, only half reached St. Petersburg, and the lack of adequate staff to organize and describe them caused problems, even though the books had been previously cataloged in a modern way.

Fulfilled. Out of 400,000 volumes of the Załuski Library, approximately 260,000 volumes, 11,000 manuscripts, and 24,500 prints reached St. Petersburg. Significant losses occurred during transport and due to theft. The collections were initia...
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Methodology Out of 400,000 volumes of the Załuski Library, approximately 260,000 volumes, 11,000 manuscripts, and 24,500 prints reached St. Petersburg. Significant losses occurred during transport and due to theft. The collections were initially stored in disarray, and the lack of adequate staff hindered their integration into the library's structure and comprehensive description, despite being excellently cataloged in Poland.
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reptiowicz wykupili sporo rzadkich rzeczy, które z kolei staną się zaczynem, fundamentem kolejnej znanej i poważanej polskiej książnicy, czyli Biblioteki Liceum Krzemienieckiego, która po kolejnym powstaniu też zostanie skonfiskowana i zostanie przewieziona, co prawda większą część do Kijowa, ale odpryski też trafią także nad Newę. Proszę Państwa, tak czy inaczej 400 tysięcy tomów nad Newę dotarło połowę, 200 tysięcy woluminów, 24 tysiące rycin i 12 tysięcy rękopisów. Co gorsza, problemem był brak odpowiednich kadr do zadbania o owe trofea, o wkomponowania ich w strukturę biblioteki, o wyczerpujący ich opis uzałuski, książki były porządnie skatalogowane, żeby było jasno. W sposób nowoczesny, wzorcowy dla Europy. Uzupełnianie zbiorów Biblioteki Imperatorskiej innymi kolekcjami oczywiście będzie z czasem rozmywać to spoistość Polskiego Księgozbioru. Z drugiej strony zbiory załuskich i nie tylko załuskich, także innych konfiskowanych bibliotek będą się przemieszczać, będą zasilać zbiory nowych powstających w Rosji bibliotek instytucjonalnych i uniwersyteckic

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