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truhlei   
27 Sep 2007
News / Question about Polish woman who was saving her husband for 19 years [4]

All the planet was informed about Polish railway worker who was seriously wounded 19 years ago and spent all this period without any contact with the world as vegetable.

He was very surprised to return to the reality. He had 6 sons and daughters before and now many grandsons. He abandoned familiars at socialist period and returned in new epoch.

But as to me, I was first wondered by his wife who spent all these years near him taking care every hour.
Unfortunately very few facts about this woman appeared in mass media.
Maybe Poles read and heared more about her.
Do you know any details about that woman?
truhlei   
27 Sep 2007
News / There is no Muslim in Poland [116]

As to Tatars, Yes they were always ok, never betrayed they had separate units and were extremly good, they were checked in wars against other muslims... There are about 3 vilages near Belarusian border. They live their life and pray in their vilages in mosiques since 500 years they respect our law ... What can be interesting, "new" musilims in our country conisder them as traitors and even dont let them to pray together ...

Describe these "new muslims".
The fact you know they hate Tatars shows that you know smth. about them.
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
News / Puzzler, what are your TRUE thoughts on Poland and it's place in the EU? [29]

As to British papers, after living there for 35 years I take them with a pinch of salt now :O)

Some of them seem to be good. Financial times for example.
As to Russia, I didn't mean you have a negative idea about it. I only meant its problems are quite different (ind in many cases worse) the Western people imagine.

There is little doubt that the apparatchiks in Brussels are only too willing to spread the multicultural and anti-national disease to Poland and beyond--as if the record of such policies in Britain and America has not been a complete and utter failure!

Gary Busey,

What is your opinion on low cost challenge we are discussing in topic "Poland-Russia: never ending story".
I wrote that low cost in Western states such as Levittown or Ford T influenced much social development but when ex socialist states abandoned communism low cost on cars and cottages was out of agenda.

Even US Nicolas Nogroponte's laptop for 200 USD now and 75 USD in some two years wasn't adecuately supported by apparatchiks in the USA as well as in EU. The same thing about Renault-Nissan future car for 3000 USD. Car manufacturer less interested in low cost researches and bureuaucrats don't even study the challenge and tell people the truth about low cost future possibilities.

Bush never made publicity of USD 75 laptop and promises of Bill Gates about future laptop with sensible screen for 200 USD. These words as well as the words abour 2000 USD car for all are more precious for poor Nations including some EU states than all speeches about USA military control over the world.

As to new possible generation of Levittown low cost cottages, they can prevent many bloody conflicts all over the world because people under threat will have opportunity to migrate to the territories their ethnic group is in majority. Why should USA spend so much money on military when 100(!) times less money on low cost research may permit more results all over the world? Why EU apparatchiks are so inactive?
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

Im not going to discuss the case of low cost, and to be honest when somebody will invent somthing like that we will get it

I see... What about Negroponte laptop for 200 USD now and some 75 USD in two years? Tell me about Polish participation in this project. Every Pole is going to buy a laptop to his child and if it is so does everybody want to pay an average salary for that if he has such 200 USD choice?

Do you know paper manuals and textbooks for schoolchildren are already out of date?
Polygraphy is expensive and manuals are heavy for children. Nogroponte invented a laptop that lookes like a tablet. It is not heavy and all manuals can be in electronic variant.

I repeate my question:
Was EU participation in this and similar projects adecuate?

This republic existed only during one year 1917-1918...exactly its name sounds as Idel-Ural State

When legal head of state is out of throne separatism is inevitable
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

No I meant exactly Tatars, it's a famous Itil republic with Kazan as a potential center

When did it take place? In the perioud between 1552-1917? I have doubts.
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

Following revolution only when central force became ilegal.
That's the case of Tatars. As to some Coucasus ethnic groups as Chechens, they aren't so numerous and their behaviour isn't common with all muslims in general.
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

Im not going to discuss the case of low cost, and to be honest when somebody will invent somthing like that we will get it

It is already invented by Ford 100 years ago.
Today not construction only but new materials are required as qell as new methods of production, digital codes for each detail, Internet registration of all details and their way to consumer etc. etc.

That all require billions of USD. The world has money for donations but a coordinator is required also.
Besides that a great force able to resist car manufacturers' interests in high cost is also necessary.
No problem to create optimum low cost. Problem to attract money, coordinate and superate resistance.
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

All in all muslim will do the same with them now ... what is really good

Tatars are in Poland-Lithuania for 7 centuries without any trouble. Many of them became Christian and formed szlachta.
Muslims form some 10% of Russian population and most of them are quite soft. They didn' betray Russia during 500 years and had nearly a zero participation in revolution.

The problems West has with muslims are the result of its wrong policy today
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
News / Puzzler, what are your TRUE thoughts on Poland and it's place in the EU? [29]

I don't think today world has a conception of imigration and already elaborated apporoaches to imigrational policy. All seems to be eclectical.
Nobody shall deny that among imigrants some people should be useful but the mechanisms to distinguish them aren't perfect.
I'm astonished all states has some approach that may be convenient to goods impotr only. Professions, job assets are only taken into account without any interest to imigrant as to human being. Nobody interests about the ability of imigrant to integrate the society and become patriot of his new motherland. Even in cases such precious imigrants appear they are all equalized with those indifferent and don't have any opportunity to prove their loyalty.
truhlei   
26 Sep 2007
News / Puzzler, what are your TRUE thoughts on Poland and it's place in the EU? [29]

Care to explain the contradiction, Puzzler, or is this the reason you chose the name "Puzzler"; to confuse people with your contradicting statements?

Although I'm not Puzzler, I think I guess this contradiction.
The growing interest toward Polish culture is noticed among intelectuals such as Norman Davies. They start writing books and articles about Polish History, the number of translated Polish books is more and more every year.

And as to the man in the street in UK, well he doesn't share that interest of British intelectuals.
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
Life / I want polish passport [86]

Not so to tell you the truth. Althoug I was born in Moscow and my both parents (very unfrequent for today moscowites) with great unpleasure I notice that Moscow is less and less for life from year to year. There are more comfort, more civilization, more beautiful buildings but car traffic makes Moscow a dead city because it can move only after midnight and before 9.00 A.M. If I return Moscow by car I do it afret midnight. Within Moscow I use car only to reach underground station.

For a good movement within Moscow the last mile challenge (from metro to a place) should be solved. I look through all information about folding bicycles one can carry in metro, but they all are still not comfortable and not for winter ice).

For today life in Russian province is more comfortable.
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
Life / I want polish passport [86]

I have already answered the question totally. Wy meenja ponimajesh, khorosho?

Понимаю. Спасибо.
Well, if I marry a Polish woman, we'll live in Moscow.
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
Life / I want polish passport [86]

What about topic.
I saw all posts but nobody even attempted to answer the question: If anybody has a Polish wife but lives with her away from Poland, can he receive Polish citizenship.

Note: Not your opinion if it is a good think to give anybody Polish citizenship but law provisions only.
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
Life / I want polish passport [86]

The only reason I chose spanish was the fact that all oter participants have already studied this topic and Spanish-speaking Espana is a new participant.
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
Life / I want polish passport [86]

Espana nosotros analizamos una cosa bastante curiosa. Imaginate: Si uno sa casa con una mijer ciudadana de la Union Europea y se pone a vivir en el pais se la ciudadania de su esposa, tarde o temprano el recebe la ciudadania de este pais. Pero si su esposa vive fuera del pais de su ciudadania el no puede compartir esta ciudadania de ningun modo.

Este es el asunto que discutimos.
Tu vives en Inglatierra com tu esposa. Tu puedes recebir la ciudadania inglesa por circunstancia de vivir legalmente en Londres o no se donde mas.

Y tu mijer puede recebir ciudadania espanola si vive todo este periodo contigo aqiu en Inglatierra?
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

They had to be polite. They were protestant (Germans from Prussia) (they were beging our King on the knees for permition to become protestant), pope asked us to smash them. But we were tolerant ... and we gave them live in way they wanted ... The bigest mistake in our history ...

Lukasz you have started admiring by freedom. Now you are for opression of protestants. Even in the perioud when religious minorities weren't persecuted in different states (even in Russia if we discuss German protestants).

Clear your ideas please.

Besides that we are talking about Polish-Lithuanian reputation in Europe. Reputation can't be imposed by force. That is the question of respect.
I wrote Poles and Lithuanians had a higher reputation in Moscow state in 15-18 centuries. Despite the loss of force.
I wrote you that reputation existed still before 1830 in ruling circles and Polish-Lithuanian little szlachta had a high reputation among Russian middle-classers unrill 20 century.
Shall you oppose to these facts? You have a different information about Russia?
I only supposed that it is a common rule. I only supposed that Germans< Austrians and Brits were of the same respect even if they weren't opressed (or not opressed) protestants. Even if they were away from RP and independent.

I only supposed that because I don't have enough information.
I noticed that Poland today doesn't have equal reputation as it had before. That was my idea

Brutto. Netto less than $800 and prices in Russia are lower, so It's the same crap. Both countries are poor.

Grzegorz,

There is a dispute between me and Lukasz. I think the improvement of economic situation is possible not only by the increase of buying capacity. I wrote the way to reduce the cost of production of some goods is of the same importance. I wrote that it is technologically possible to build cottages for 17000 USD, to produce cars of 2500 USD and laptops less than for 100 USD.

I wrote that such low-cost helped the social development of Western states some 60 years ago (Levittown, Citroen 2 CV etc.) but nothing of the sort is possible for the rest of the world today.

I also stated that today a great research in this spheres is required and that it can take billions of USD. I told that answering the question of Lukasz what can EU do in order to improve the situation in the world and relations with Russia (as only part of this global process). I also stated that Poles are clever enough to add such idea of EU low-cost monitoring Buerau (for start) to its common proposals.

That was my opinion. It is clear that is not a present to the rest of the world. Donations from all developping states are required but only EU seems to be the international body able to coordinate the process.

In my opinion it is also in the interests of such states as Poland because there are many old people here who need a cheap car, and many Poles will never go to work abroad if cottage for 17000 is possible.

I think Lukasz is laughing at my idea.

Lukasz, a great snobery exists in former communist states: in Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Polans etc. No low-cost, no goods available to all, no goods we can gain working days and nights abroad. You reject unexpensive cottages we can get without paying for them the resy of our life. You reject cars we can buy for our salary of 4 mounths.

While the Americans and Western Europeans actively discuss information about future Renault-Nissan car for 3000 USD. They are enthusiastic. We not.

Lukasz is snobery your game? Does it defend your interests or the interests of all your relatives?
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

LOL Germans were always Polonophobic with anty-Polish propaganda. Read some books ...

I'm sure Poles and Lithuanians had a different reputation among Germans in 16-17 centuries. As to Russia I'm absolutely sure bacause I read lots of opinions of that perioud. RP was a respectable enemy and szlachta was the main example of behaviour.

All that ended by the second half of 19 century when Russians started to imagine Poles as an ordinary Slav ethnie.
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

we play the same games all the time ...

Why in this case the reputation of Poles is so different in 16-17 centuries and in 19-21?
Formerly Poles were enemies for many its neighbours but highly respected enemies. Nobody told about Polish-Lithuanian szlachta anything common with today opinion in Germany for example.

Look on the map, terietories which belonged to Poland votes for democracy, especially those which were in Poland in 1918-39 . they tasted life in Poland and in Russia.

Ex Polish territories were Juszenko voters. That is the West Ukraine. It is Greek Catholic in its majority. They are a separated ethnic group. I don't think that occures only because they were Polish. Austrian influence is more sensible there. By Austrian inspiration they became murderers of Polish-speaking people. Poland will have problems with them again.

Ukranian Central territory didn't belong to RP or Poland since 18 (sometines 17) century. They were Timoszenko voters. The East Ukraine was never Ukranian before 1917. They are Janukowicz voters. Among them only Janukowicz family was Polish before 1939 by the reason they were West Balarus residents.

But the people on the streets knows what they want ...

The first serious conviction of the sort I hear. Are you sincere?
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

Agree we were so stron because of our model, everybody wanted to join us to get the same rights as our citizens.

Yes I agree.
But when even a telegraph was still out of existence, such democratic rules could be only in a limited territory. Even in RP real democratic state existed in a limited territory of historical Poland and Central part of Great Lithuania. In territories organized in 14 century to oppose German agression.

Kresy were out of democracy. They were always wild.
Human history doesn't know examples of democracy in great territories before some 1850 when telegraph and railway appeared. USA were quite a separated states before.

If it takes elected parlamentarians more than 3 weeks to reach catital no popular representation is possible. Only metropolian oligarchy.
Russia received the opportunity to become democratic only in the second part of 19 century, but that was the perioud of revolutions in all Europe.
There were many attempts to establish democratic rule before. During Wassily Szujski (1605-1610), Michail Romanow (since 1613), Anna (in 1731) but they all were blocked by little nobility. Middle classers reasoned their opposition by the reason they can't participate in ruling the state from province and democracy will mean the dictatorship of some magnates only.

Oh yes minorietes had easy life in our neighbours countries ... espesialy in Hitles Germany, or ortodox in soviet union ... That is why they were coming to Poland

Do you really think it is good for reputation of any state to compare inself with bolchewicks?

That is why our neighbours were so furious about our contitution in XVIII century ...

When RP democracy was in action that was a nice example. In the late 18 century that tradition was abandoned in RP
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

False Dimitry case shows us an opposite example. He wasn't supported by szlachta and qualified by the majority of Poles as usurpator. Unfurtunately Zygmund Wasa helped him despite RP interests buy nothing condemning szlachta in general.

The same situation with Wladyslaw Wasa invitation by Moscow in 1610. That was Zygmund's game when he didn't wasnt to follow Pacta Conventa with Moscow and decided to rule in Moscow himself.

In both cases only some RP aventurists participated (invited by False Dimitry in the rirst case and employeed by Zygmund in the second one). Including such personalities as Lisowski sentenced to death in RP.

On the oter hand Russian defenders used RP models for liberating the state. Minin and Pozarski militia was a real RP military confederacy (the use of this model is quite evident). The election of Michail Romanow used in much RP electoral model. There was also a Pacta Conventa approach in 1613.

So RP was a winner. Not by its force but in more glorious case: by its model.

we were there before Napoleon and we were much longer there (Polish flag was on the top of kreml) ...

That was the idea of Zygmund, not of the majority of RP szlachta.
Zygmund complicated much for RP. He was under jesuit influence.
There are some historians thinking that Royal powerty in RP was quite weak. This example shows us it was abundant.

During Zygmund jesuits not only imposed Catholic faith. They attracted Russin szlachta not to Greek Catholic Church but to Roman one telling illiterate people that Easern rite is only for chlopy.

They destroyed checks and balances in in Ukraine and that was the main reason of rebels there.
Wladyslaw Wasa was much better. He did his best to correct his father's mistakes but it was too late.
truhlei   
25 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

Lukasz,

The appetite was quite common with all Nations before (and still today if we take USA military activities into account).
Sweeden, quite a modest state now, formerly was trying to convert Baltic sea into its own local lake. Germany, Austria and Russia were all enthusiasric in indea of receiving new territories as well as France or UK.

As to RP it didn't have enough force to follow these examples. That was the reason of being the victim, not any profound convincing that agression and opression is negative.

In cases RP was able to opress, that was done without any hesitation.
Very few stone (not wooden) Orthodox churches were built in Poland and Great Lithuania. Each of these churches was a great event.
RP imposed Greek Catholisism and closed many Orthodox churches. Greek Catholic Church was also disciminated in RP and no one of its bishops was senator.

That was the attitude towards minorities in RP. Fore more opression and expansion RP didn't have enough force.
Poland between WWI and WWII is also famous by opressing minorities. There are many facts that show Orthodox Polish citizens were discriminated and after high school found it very uneasy to receive an adecuate job being Orthodox.

Many discriminations of Orthodox minorities were noticed not only by Eastern residents but also by Western Europeans. There were also problems not only with Orthodox people but also with Slovak minority.

For more Poland didn't have force. Only to participate in such actions as Czesz partition in 1938.

Is it a good way to condemn those who had force to opress is the only reason why RP and later Poland didn't follow that examples was the lack of force only?
truhlei   
24 Sep 2007
Life / I want polish passport [86]

If you are a Russian national and you are marrying a Polish citizen then I would imagine it would be a simple formality to be able to obtain the rights to a Polish passport after a certain qualifying period. You can of course buy a Polish passport just like you can buy everything in Poland like a driving license. simply pay your money and wait a week or so and it should be ready.

Michal,
I think you have a wrong idea. There may be criminals and some corrupted servants that sell Polish pasports buy each serious control will discover everything.

We have the same problem in Russia now. Many Russian passports were received despite legislature and now their owners have problems including those ethnic Russian repatriants who legally had right to citizenship.

Besides that there are some details in the question we didn't notice.
It is known that those who have Polish wives or husbands can receive Polish citizenship in some years. If they live all this time in Poland.

And the question is that in this situation the future Polish wife lives in UK and that married couple is going to continue living there.

So the question is: Will unPolish husband receive Polish citizenship if he as well as his wife aren't Polish citizens?
Alle the future children of this couple will become Poles without any doubt although they were born outside. And what about their father?

To Polish participants:
I don't know the motiyes of this question. But I think they may be quite honest and reasonable. Many problems can appear in the family if wife and husband have different status, have different right to work in EU states, to spend holidays if one depends upon visas and the other no.

For some years this can be taken easy. And for the rest of the life?
I think a serious man takes all this into account if he really wants to spend with his wife the rest of life.
truhlei   
24 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

In Poland comunists were in prison (before WWII)

I'm writing about Polish-speaking people within the cSoviet Union. Before 1936 they were highly represented in NKVD and their persentage in Soviet structures corresponded to the percentage of Polish-speaking population or was higher.

We don't discuss Nations now by the reason that Russia as state didn't exist in Communist period. There was a republic within Soviet Union called as RSFSR but it didn't have any army and secret police and even its Communist party (there were no such structures existing in other Soviet republics such as Ukraine or Belarus).

So we should give the analysis of ethnic groups only. Russians and Polish-speaking ethnies were as taken by their percentagies were at least equally represented in Communism within the Soviet Union. Dzerzynski or Kosior (Ukranian communist leader during great Ukranian hunger of 1933) were only the top of these activists.

One of the wrong thing Polish historians commit is the lack of interest toward Polish-speaking people life within the Soviet Union despite the fact there were mollions of such people. Not all people had enough possibility to use Optation and return Poland in 1921-1922. Only some people from west regions.

The majority of them were out of Communist activities or NKVD service (as the majority of Russians). Their difference with Russians consisted in the fact that they were by some 90% middle classers. There were also lumpens that integrated Communism and some bolchevists romantics (if romanticism can be even mentioned while we are discussing communism).

The rest was opressed by Soviet power. There were many times more victims among them than at Katyn.
I was unable to find Polish-speaking relatives of my mother despite the fact they are mentioned in Internet. The point is that all relatives mentioned are in list of those murdered in 1937-1938.

But the same situation was with Russian middle classers. I didn't feel any difference between my father's Russian ancestors and my mother's Polish speaking relatives.

The same life in fear, the same attempt to keep past in secret from children by the reason that children can tell smth. at school. The same losses of houses and lands.

The only difference was that Polish-speaking ancestors had relatives abroad and that could become known to NKVD.
truhlei   
24 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

It wasn't the Poles who played the main role in preparing and carrying out the revolution in Russia, but entirely different than us

The percentage of Polish-speaking people that participated in Communism was the same than Russian one and in communist secret police even higher (before 1936)

On the other hand, it was the Russians who invaded and destroyed our national order, including our monarchy

That is the truth but one cannot also deny that the main ideals of RP were previously abandoned by the most influential Polish-Lithuanian groups. Bar confederacy on one hand and Enlightment on the other were ruling before 1795. These parties lost RP, not Sarmats.
truhlei   
23 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

We will see who have chosen better

Everybody chooses the possible way. Polish farmers don't cultivate banans. Holland doesn't produce wood.
truhlei   
23 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

According Russia, you have much worst situation 0,1% of your society lives like medieval dukes, and rest just can look on it.

That is the challenge. Some 20% should gain Golden Liberty. But street protests and parties aren't for them.
Confederacies maybe

so wait for Porshe for 2000$ and we will go our way ...

Lukasz why are you falsificating my words? You know well we are discussing low-cost not Porsh price reduction. Why are you rejecting the sane idea while many Poles are interested in it? Do you really think all Polish old ladies will agree that low-cost is for Moskals only?
truhlei   
23 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

There will be monent when your society will see the real face of regime

Why are you wasting force convincing a marasmatic man who spent some 43 years in the state without any notice of real face of rulling circles here?

The main challenge here is to protect against bydlo downstairs. Very littele Polish experience of contacts with this Russian class in 1944-45 impressioned them for three generations. Now imagine: they are always with us.

As to high class, active Russians want to be in union with them protecting collectively against lumpens and inactive people so dangerous in times of tensions.

Such union isn't easy but this is the goal for today.
Russia has a nice prospect to make the life of some 20% middle classers better than in each European state. The rest will also become happy using low-cost. And it will become undangerous in time of crisis.

That is the best way for today. But it requires other measures you mentoned

paper was example, what I wanted to say is that you should fight :)))

In 16-17 century it was at least clear what a fighter receives in comparison with inactive people. Inactive were slaves and iregulars - free citizens.

What about special prix for active position today?
truhlei   
23 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]

You should made presure for more freedom, you make demostration in the defend of independent local newspaper, when you recive it you ask for more.

Lukasz, that is the worst way.
No interest toward local papers should exist. Paper is quite an obsolete thins and quite expensive. Local protest is concentrated in Internet that doesn't require paper, poligraphic equipment ane even oficial registration. There are many dusputes ans protests in local internet. The most active people are all there.

There are some court disputes connected with local internet. In some places authorities accused internet activists in awaking hostility against police as profession and law-enforcement body in general. These allegations are rejected by activists and they receive supporters in the whole state.

This is only one of such examples.
Don't advice obsilete steps. Internet is ruling now, not papers.