SENATOR STANISŁAW SIEDLECKI. YOUTH AND THE BEGINNINGS OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY (1877–1918). CONTRIBUTION TO A BIOGRAPHY

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the biography and the political activity of Stanisław Siedlecki (1877–1939). A chemical engineer, independence and socialist activist, conspirator, specialist in printing technology and emissary, publicist, politician and social activist, Stanisław Siedlecki had outstanding abilities in every field of his activity. This article focuses on the initial period of Siedlecki’s political activity, setting the final turning point for the year of regaining independence. It was in this period that the future senator of the Republic of Poland shaped his worldview, acquired the necessary political experience and entered the pages of history as one of the leading activists of the Polish independence left. The article utilizes a wide ranging analysis of the literature to verify arguments made in journals and studies, as well as presenting the results from an analysis of source documentation and research conducted on previously unknown hypotheses. The publication fills another gap in Polish historiography and is an introduction to a broader research undertaking, i.e., the full biography of Senator Stanisław Siedlecki.

Keywords

• stanisław siedleck
• polish socialist party
• polish-ukrainian relations
• polish legions
• world war i