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Prince   
28 Jan 2009
Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

14th-15th century Ogrodzieniec Castle.

Now there are techno parties.

2008 Ogrodzieniec PL Sunrise Festival Westbam DJs 2007



Ossoliński palaces

Staszic palace

Some Polish palaces from Wielkopolska:

Józefa Mycielski's palace in Pępów

Palace in Ciążeń



Palace in Rogalin (Raczyński)



Palace in Zakrzewo (Czarnkowski/Miaskowski)

Now we are going on South East of Poland I will show you some palaces from this part of Poland.

Build for Kurozwęcki family
Palace in Kurozwęki

Palace in Smilowice

Build for Michał Ligęza, many times destroyed many times renovated.
Palace in Czyżów



Build for Lubomirski family (Lublin)

Build for Anna Jabłonowska

Palace in Kock.

As to Jabłonowski name...it is not south east Poland ... for one second we are going to visit Warszawa.

At the end of part about South East Poland

Zamoyski palace in Kozłowka



and Czartoryski palace in Puławy
Prince   
28 Jan 2009
Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

Thanks. Now many people in Poland try to imitate old style but I prefer style moving forward. Lets leave the old style for already build palaces :)

Going back to £ańcut Castle.

It is worth visit.

zamek-lancut.pl/en/
Prince   
28 Jan 2009
Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

The £ańcut Castle is a 17th century palace in £ańcut, Poland. It was the home of the noble Polish Pilecki, Stadnicki, Lubomirski, and Potocki families. Currently the castle is the home of a large museum.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/£ańcut_Castle
Prince   
3 Jan 2009
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]

We have new ranking.

polonia.wp.pl/country,0,wid,10710607,wiadomosc.html?title=Jakie-narody -najbardziej-lubi%B1-Polacy%3F

The most liked

Italians (54%),

Czechs (53%),

Spanish (52%),

Slovaks and British (po 51%)

French (49%),

Hungarians (48%) ,

Irish and Americans (po 47%),

Norway Greeks and Dutch (po 46%),

Swedes and Danish (po 45%),

Austrians (43%),

Belgians and Japanise (42%)

Lithuanians (41%)
Prince   
21 Dec 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Sorry me Prince, but I cannot agree with you. May be you are denying the fact that Poland had been near death long before Russian interference, and the prime causes of the decline were within Polish borders.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Liberty

Golden Liberty (Latin: Aurea Libertas; Polish: Złota Wolność), sometimes referred to as Golden Freedoms, Nobles' Democracy or Nobles' Commonwealth (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Szlachecka or Złota Wolność, Latin: áurea libertas) refers to a unique aristocratic political system in the Kingdom of Poland and later, after the Union of Lublin (1569), in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Under that system, all nobles (szlachta) who held immediate estates were equal and enjoyed extensive rights and privileges. The nobility controlled the legislature (Sejm - the Polish Parliament) and the Commonwealth's elected king.

democracy, since all the szlachta were equal in rights and privileges, and the Sejm could veto the king on important matters, including legislation (the adoption of new laws), foreign affairs, declaration of war, and taxation (changes of existing taxes or the levying of new ones).Also, the 10% of Commonwealth population who enjoyed those political rights (the szlachta) was a substantially larger percentage than in any other European country; note that in 1831 in France only about 1% of the population had the right to vote, and in 1867 in the United Kingdom, only about 3%;

It was the problem ....

With majority of szlachta, believing that they live in the perfect state, too few questioned the Golden Liberty and the Sarmatism philosophy, until it was too late.

Well Poland was much different than Russia (as always) but I was refering to the economical situation.

It is fact that where Russians introduce their absoltists rule ... there is regres ...

Only gas helps you in your insufficient system. Unfortunately some parts of Poland looks different and in the past were much richer it is result of introducing your visions...

Prince if I were you, I'd better start with the mention of so-called smuta and guys like Minin&Pozharski.

Our politicians don't have official doctrine saying that in 20 years times "Gas and pipelines are going to be like panzer divisions"

Russia is a big and multiethnical. One may be against despot rulers two others may be for.

That is why in my opinion you don't need more ethnic groups in your country :)

However I believe things are to change in the next 20-30 years.

I hope so. As you know Poles are very likely to help you in such changes :)

Starina Zbiggi is a blatant Russphobe

He is realist when it comes to Russia.
Prince   
21 Dec 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Probably whole eastern Poland would look like Wielkopolska (Poznań with 150% of olds EU average when we look on GDP), with some regions richer than those in western Poland... much richer than many regions in countries which are much richer now ... like it was before your healing incursions ....
Prince   
20 Dec 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Russians themselves have never collaborated with anybody against Poles.

Oh come one.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Uprising
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Uprising

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakt_Ribbentrop-Mołotow

I can continue.

Common Russian ... unfortunately you always had despotic rulers. It seems that you like what you have ... It seems that Poles don't have anything against common Russians but more problems wit RUSSIA and your rulers.

WWII ... it is good you beaten Germans ... normal Russian soldiers (not NKVD) have done good job.

EDIT: I want to show that Poles contributed a lot to get Russia where it is right now, to show that Russia is essentially a big international game where Poles played a huge part.

Obama's forein policy advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski on US - Russia relationship nwo

BTW I like this authors books.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bulgakov
Prince   
20 Dec 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

I don't understand you Sashka. From the one hand Russian colaborate (all the time in history) against their "Slavic" brothers Poles with the Germans.

From the other hand you claim Poles being your brtohers because of some personalities you show us here.

I don't see your point.

BTW. The fact that so many people with roots in Poland have so big impact on Russian literature or other achievments isn't well known in Poland.
Prince   
14 Dec 2008
News / Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment? [516]

Now we need to play our cards in one direction and I know direction we should play ... :)

Is that EU ?

alternative goes throught Baltic states ... "aliance" with Russia is closer and closer

petroleum-economist.com/default.asp?page=14&PubID=46&ISS=23383&SID=673855

Nord Stream's offshore route is unnecessarily expensive, environmentally dangerous and represents an opportunity for the EU to defend its ground against Russia, writes Robert Amsterdam

The subsea route proposed by Nord Stream's developers is unnecessary: there is a cheaper and far more environmentally satisfactory route - overland through Poland. Yet the Nord Stream consortium appears to leave regulators without a choice of where the pipeline will be laid because it does not highlight this obvious alternative

It is simple fact.

And it's not just industrial waste. Following World War II, virtually the entire chemical arsenal of Nazi Germany was dumped (more...), with much of it -- at least 35,000 tons -- ending up on the floor of the Baltic Sea. Hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical weapons from the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States were also chucked overboard in the northern Atlantic, North Sea, and elsewhere, including the Baltic. The poisonous weapons -- including mustard gas, phosphorus, nerve gas, and other highly toxic chemicals -- were joined by hundreds of thousands of unused bombs, mines and grenades.

Sweden Says No to Nord Stream Pipeline

warsawvoice/view/19505

Sweden has refused building permission for the planned Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea. This is the second rebuttal for the German-Russian consortium planning to build the underwater pipeline linking Russia and Germany by 2011. To go ahead with the project, the consortium needs permission from Sweden to work within its territorial waters.

(antoher countries against Nord Stream)

German-US Tensions Grow Over Baltic Pipeline

spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,579677,00.html

A US diplomat has denounced the controversial Baltic natural gas pipeline as "a special arrangement between Germany and Russia." His remarks have ruffled feathers in Berlin and highlighted growing US-German tensions over relations with Russia.

Sweden to join forces against Nord Stream
baltictimes.com/news/articles/19946

VILNIUS - Lithuania and Sweden have agreed to bolster cooperation to protect the Baltic Sea from possible environmental effects of the projected Nord Stream gas pipeline. The countries' environment ministers, Arturas Paulauskas and Andreas Carlgren, agreed in Brussels on March 3. Paulauskas, who recently took the position, expressed fears that the planned construction of the pipeline on the sea bottom could move the World War II-era weapons buried in the seabed, thus jeopardizing the mariti ...

Prince   
2 Dec 2008
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

/mapa/kompletny/murzyn.html

There is 2600 people with Murzyn surname in Poland. I doubt that they are black or they fell offended when somebody uses their surname...

I don't find Murzyn racist.
Prince   
30 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Soviet Union is going to have special place in worlds history. Poland has much more diverse history than Russia. In 16th century we were the bigest military power in Europe. Later we had Golden Freedom, Later we had several wars ... later we had partitions, uprises, consipration, positivism etc...

Much more diveresed. I am great admirer of Polish positivism

It argued that independence, if it is to be regained, must be regained gradually, by "building from the foundations" (creating a material infrastructure and educating the public) and through "organic work" that would enable Polish society to function as a fully integrated social organism (a concept borrowed from Herbert Spencer).

The leading Polish journalist, short-story writer and novelist Bolesław Prus advised his compatriots that Poland's place in the world would be determined by the contributions that she made to its scientific, technological, economic and cultural achievements.

/wiki/Positivism_in_Poland

There are parts of our history that I am not so proud of but I am sure some Poles love them more than positivism...
Prince   
30 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

The rest to PM.

OK I will practice my Russian with you.

You forget one very imortant question, the TERRITORY. Russia lays in eleven time zones while Poland is hardly visible on the globe. We cannot change all in one hour.

The problem is that we don't want to see Russia having 12 time zones and the same problems :)

his is an ultimate and ugly pattern of arrogancy and baseless proud. The situation is saved by the only fact of absolute pointless of your attempts

But some Ukrianians seem to prefere different solutions ... Why Russians have so many problems with that ?
Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Sasha I have private Russian teacher from Russia... nice girl... student. We talk a lot about Russia ... Poland ... and I like this converstions (in Russian). That is why if you write to me in Russian, do it using your alphabet.

Next point is that she enjoys Poznań she is on univeristy exchange and she wants to stay here. If she is honest ... Russia sucks ... for normal people Russia is much worst than Poland.

If we talk about different opinions on internet forums ... read this forum and think twice before you post some views. I've seen many postive opinions about Poland there.

Honestly if you prefere your system it is your problem but I prefere Polish democracy and I honestly fell that Poland is much, much better place to live ... and I share opinion with many eastern immigrants I've met.

I'd never like to have Russian political system, not to mention Belarusian.

pda.tvr.by/eng/president.asp?id=4656

. Today the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited "Bolshevik-Agro" company in Soligorsk District.

After familiarization with the harvesting campaign from board of the helicopter the President expressed discontent with tempos of the campaign. The conversation with representatives of local administration and specialists in the field was principled and harsh.

...

You shouldn't forget that we have border with you so not only televsion (in your opinion biased) but normal people opinions ... from Russia (Kaliningrad) or Belarus ... and ... huge ... huge ... huge ... ques on our border.
Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Freedom is inside us!

yeeah of course. Come one Kostik. You live in prison. Everybody knows that.

use your own head ...
Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Kostia

read forum of Russian immigrants in Poland

forum.opolshe.ru
(it next link)

What they write about understanding of freedom and learning it. Poland isn't the most liberal country in the world but for Russians it is something new. Read this forum ... Kostik you are not worst than other europeans just try and read opinions of your people who immigrated here, they are proud of their own achievements, children etc, not Putins achievements, or how other nations on the world fear strong Russia (build on their cost, pain and rights).

Nobody hates them.
Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Luki has german roots (parts at least)! :)

No I am not but I love one preson with such roots :)

THERE IS NO ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RUSSIANS AND POLES, because we have the same number of limbs and the same mincemeat inside us....

Here we can agree, we are human beings.

Not at all, don't think that I have intention to accuse Prince, but these words are really the proof, because they are unconscious.

Something about unconcious words:

20 thousands of Polish officers is nothing being compared with it...sorry, but if I were on the Stalin's place, be patient, the decision would be the same... the same thing with you, I don't have any doubts...

What do you mean, saying about Putin's heritage? Russia is Russia, Soviet or Tsarist, it dosen't matter! And Rusians are proud by every bit of their history, anyway I would never change one most miserable piece of Russian history on all arrogant Polish heritage!

Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

I would never change one most miserable piece of Russian history on all arrogant Polish heritage!

Vice versa

Russia is Russia, Soviet or Tsarist, it dosen't matter! And Rusians are proud by every bit of their history

Yes I've heard that in some Russian vilages (You can find this cult in Bielarus too) people still pray to Dzerzhinskiys monuments.

That is the difference between Russians and Poles. It is good that we agree on something.
Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

You would like it to be so ... but if we talk bout heritage Putin it might be so.
Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

I don't agree. He was Soviet it was his choice he was supporting this regime and he didn't defend himself as Soviet of "xxx" origin on anny trial and he never claimed to be victim of anti-polish plot, he was commie Soviet to the end.

If you want you can take Dzerzhinskiy because Russia seems to be successor of Soviet traditions.
Prince   
29 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

As I've said Jastrzembski is Russian.

I'd count them as Polish.

According to the web page of "Russian Poles" (URL) there're now about 95000 of Poles in Russia

Prince   
28 Nov 2008
History / Famous Russian Poles [243]

Sasha you know when Poles deny that Russians have something in common with us it is not problem with people. It is problem that we think "Slavs" = "Russian emipre, occupation, dicature, regime".

We love our own political system and we have nothing against Europe or USA but I agree that there are some issues which connect our nations.

Like some personalities you mentioned, some language similarities, some traditions.

I like Russian ballet:

youtu.be/2mGMM9xOszo