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is one of the major achievements of the humanities in 20th-century Poland. The entries reflect the multicultural and multiethnic composition of the pre-partition Polish state . Therefore the dictionary is not 'a biographical dictionary of Poles,' but rather 'a Polish biographical dictionary,'
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During Rostworowski's tenure as editor, the quality of the biographies increased, while government interference and censorship decreased. Twenty-two further volumes had been published (covering bios to "Różycki, Ignacy") when Rostworowski in 1989 passed the baton to
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This article is about a multi-volume Polish-language biographical dictionary. For a one-volume English-language Polish-biography dictionary, see
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is, by its own assessment, "at present... one of the world's leading biographical publications." Outside Poland, it is available at the
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has launched its official Internet homepage. In 2010, the project has been unanimously endorsed by the Polish parliament (
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including entries on prominent foreigners who lived in the country as well as representatives of national minorities."
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had grown by an additional three volumes (covering bios to "Jarosiński, Paweł"), Lepszy died and was replaced by
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and of foreigners who have been active in Poland – famous as well as less-well-known persons – from
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Władysława Konopczyńskiego „boje” o kształt Polskiego słownika biograficznego w latach 1928–1939
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interfered substantially regarding who should be included. Since Poland's 1989 break with the
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Nation and History: Polish Historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War
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As of February 2021, 52 complete volumes have been produced, with entries to "
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85 years of the Polish Biographical Dictionary at 17 Sławkowska St., Cracow
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is substantial and well-respected. Brock et al. write that the "
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since 1935, although publication was suspended during Poland's
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Brock, Peter; Stanley, John; Wrobel, Piotr J., eds. (2006).
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Polish Biographical Dictionary at the Silesian library
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Polski Słownik Biograficzny
The Polish Biographical Dictionary

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