Language / Ideas of messianism of Adam Mickiewicz - more info needed [21]

By calling Lithuania his "Fatherland" Mickiewicz was referring to a region of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth he loved. Let us not forget that Mickiewicz wrote his masterpieces in Polish and that he was a Polish patriot as he died in Turkey raising Polish forces to fight against the Russians in the Crimean War in 1855.

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

then you are not a true Pole

Genealogy / I am 1/8 Polish on my mother's side - not Polish enough / Lithuania and Zmudz in Poland's ancestry [110]

my mother's side

1. mom's father. my grandfather's family were Silesian and moved from Silesia into Central Poland after the 3rd Silesian Uprising of 1921 . my great-grandfather and other family members took part in the 3rd Silesian uprising. Then they built an Iron Works Mill in Opoczno before WWII. However only my grandfather survived WWII , the rest of the family was shot by the Gestapo.

2. on her mother's side the family is Polish and comes from landowners and villagers around the Opoczno area.

my dad's side
1. his father's (my grandfather) family was Polish or Polonized landowners settling in Poland (Opoczno area) and the Kiev area of Ukraine after they were expelled from Lithuania in the 18th-19th Century.

2. His mother's side comes from Tczew area and are mostly Kashubian.

3. I also believe someone in my Dad's family was Jewish. (Great Grandmother?)

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]

Dagmara,

maybe the picture is not real and he is just showing off

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]


i like very much this look

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


maybe you mean szmata?

means rag or worthless person

Genealogy / I am 1/8 Polish on my mother's side - not Polish enough / Lithuania and Zmudz in Poland's ancestry [110]

i would say i am 75% Polish

10% Silesian

10% Kashubian

5% Jewish


my family were wealthy landowners who were forced from Lithuania to settle in central Poland and the Ukraine in the 18th century.

the legend is that they lost everything in a card game.

there are only 6 degrees of separation, we all come from the same genetic code!

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


fotki please

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]


my grandma looked Jewish and had dark hair and eyes

at age 16 she was sent to Germany to work in a factory.

somehow she survived

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]

Anielka ,

a Pole is mad when hungry :)

i must eat before i go "podbijac swiat":)

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Polish people have traits that were brought on by years of foreign rule :

cwaniak (sly, hustler) and kombinator (schemer) :)

these traits can be bad or good

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]

Polish people :)

stubborn like Ox and drink like fish :)

Law / Hiring a Polish Worker - Pros and Cons [107]

Siema Sabina :)

we Polish workers are hard working however some of us have "sticky fingers" :)

even boxer Andrew Golota had "sticky fingers" during his cleaning days in Chicago:)

Travel / Photos from Poland [258]

here is my uncle Bogus near Bialystok:)

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History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Uprising

History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

Grzegorz,

why don't you agree? :) think :(

what did the Warsaw Uprising accomplish?
1. 250,000 Polish people died
2. 90% of Warsaw is destroyed on orders from Hitler
3. many from AK perished

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History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

it was not worth it

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History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

Patrycja ,

for example what did the Warsaw uprising accomplish? nothing

The Polish troops resisted the German-led forces until October 2 (63 days in total). Losses on the Polish side amounted to 18,000 soldiers killed, 25,000 wounded and over 250,000 civilians killed, mostly in mass executions conducted by advancing German troops. Casualties on the German side amounted to over 17,000 soldiers killed and 9,000 wounded. During the urban combat—and after the end of hostilities, when German forces acting on Hitler's orders burned the city systematically, block after block—an estimated 85% of the city was destroyed.

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History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

i think everyone lost family members in the numerous Polish uprisings :(

the question remains is were they really worth the blood shed?

Anti Russian uprisings
Confederation of Bar 1768
Kościuszko Uprising 1794
November Uprising 1830-1831
January Uprising 1863-1864
1905 Uprising 1905

Anti Austrian uprisings
Kraków Uprising 1846
Galician Uprising 1846-1848

Greater Poland Uprisings (against Prussians/Germans)
Greater Poland Uprising 1794 - to help the Kościuszko Uprising
Greater Poland Uprising 1806 - to help Napoleon I to liberate Poland and create the Duchy of Warsaw
Greater Poland Uprising 1846 - part of the all-Polish 3-partion uprising
Greater Poland Uprising 1848 - part of the Spring of Nations
Greater Poland Uprising (1918-1919) - Poland regains independence after the World War I

The Silesian Uprisings 1919-1921 against Germany
First Silesian Uprising: 16 August-26 August 1919
Second Silesian Uprising: 19 August-25 August 1920
Third Silesian Uprising: 2 May-5 July 1921

Against Lithuania
Sejny Uprising - August 22-29, 1919, against Lithuania

Polish uprisings during the WW2 era: (against Germans)
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (the largest of Ghetto Uprisings in Poland) 1943
Operation Tempest, all-national uprising against Germany on the approach of the Soviet army
Warsaw Uprising 1944
Wilno Uprising (Operation Ostra Brama) 1944
Lwów Uprising 1944

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]

As you make your bed, so you must lie on it :)

Law / Shipping a car from USA to Poland [86]

just curious what kind of car are you shipping?:)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

Arien,

i have been investing in some juniour/ small cap mining and gold stocks here in Canada. some have been very good investments:)

real-estate prices in Poland will keep growing. however you have to know what your are doing and have contacts there as not to get "burned"

carpe diem:)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

i one day hope to live in the beautiful city of Gdansk when i do retire:)

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Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

That's good Arien if you are happy:)

I want to retire when i'm 50-55 years of age that is why i am now investing in stocks and real-estate when possible.

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

Arien,

how about ?

1. investing/speculating in the stock market.
2. buying "dilapidated" real-estate to fix and "flip" for a profit

:)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

Arien wrote, "My salary: (If I manage to work a whole year! ) 20.000 € a year.:)
.. it's impossible to have a mortgage! So what do I do? I rent a cheaper appartment and throw a party untill I do get a chance to improve my situation." :)

Arien if you can't afford the house because you don't make enough $$$ then work 60-70 hours a week. save $$$ for the downpayment. :)

Arien,

You see Poles work alot harder and longer then Americans or Brits do. :)

Poles are hungry for both money $$$ and power.

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

polish mentality only will change with time... after a few generations.

polak to cwaniak :) (sly)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

pesimists Poles are

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Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

we Polish people like misery:) we celebrate every failed National Uprising and battle.

we don't like to smile , if you smile too much in Poland then something is wrong with you.

we Polish people are very jealous if our neighbour is doing better financially than us.
There is a Polish joke about a three farmers. the Jewish farmer is rich and has 3 cows while his neighbours the German and Polish farmers are poor and don't have any cows.

Each night before going to bed the German prays "God may I one day have the money to buy a cow"

while the Pole prays " God may the Jew's 3 cows die ":)

The most horrible thing is that Poles mistreat their countrymen abroad. :)
Polak Polakowi Wrogiem

Genealogy / Kolasa surname [6]

Kolasa means a transport wagon used between 16 th- 19 th century in Eastern Poland which included Ukraine and Belarusia

Kolasa = 7097 people use this Surname as recorded 1998

Wa:324, BP:15, Bs:14, BB:684, By:244, Ch:33, Ci:7, Cz:110, El:76, Gd:125, Go:100, JG:109, Kl:62, Ka:398, Ki:417, Kn:81, Ko:24, Kr:377, Ks:34, Lg:87, Ls:18, Lu:178, £d:679, NS:170, Ol:35, Op:139, Os:10, Pl:148, Pt:27, Pł:66, Po:118, Pr:140, Ra:305, Rz:38, Sr:277, Sk:97, Sł:24, Su:20, Sz:151, Tb:573, Ta:51, To:71, Wb:100, Wł:8, Wr:184, Za:60, ZG:89

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Zadora is Polish :)

Zadora - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The coat of arms was created in 1292.

Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:

Przedbor z Brzezia
Zbigniew z Brzezia
Mykolas Kęsgaila
Stanislovas Kęsgaila
Przecław Lanckoroński
Stanisław Lanckoroński
Mikołaj Lanckoroński z Brzezia
Rumbold Wolimuntowicz
Michał Szweycer

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