Monografia Prof. Roberta Kuśnierza wydana w Kanadzie
Miło nam zakomunikować, że nakładem CIUS Press / University of Alberta Press (Edmonton-Toronto 2020) ukazała się monografia autorstwa prof. Roberta Kuśnierza pt. In the World of Stalinists Crimes: Ukraine in the Years of the Purges and Terror (1934-1938) from the Polish Perspective. Monografia powstała w ramach programu Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego pt. “Narodowy Program Rozwoju Humanistyki” (Moduł 3a: Umiędzynarodowienie). W ramach grantu przeznaczono na dofinansowanie prac tłumaczeniowych i redakcyjnych 64 800 zł.
Jest to pierwsza anglojęzyczna monografia opublikowana przez pracownika Instytutu Historii Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku. Panu Profesorowi serdecznie gratulujemy życząc kolejnych sukcesów!
Link do stron wydawnictwa:
https://www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/981-9781894865579-in-the-world-of-stalinist-crimes
https://ciuspress.com/product/in-the-world-of-stalinist-crimes/?v=9b7d173b068d
Opis monografii ze strony wydawnictwa:
The monograph deals with Soviet Ukraine during the Stalinist purges and Great Terror of 1934–38 as seen from the perspective of Polish diplomats then working there. What sets it apart from other studies of the Great Terror is its extensive use of hitherto unknown archival materials, including documents prepared by the interwar Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Polish Army.
Robert Kuśnierz describes the conditions under which the Polish consulates in Soviet Ukraine functioned during the Great Terror; the kinds of problems their officials encountered and what sources of information they used for their reports; whether they tried to intervene to prevent Soviet persecution, particularly of Polish citizens and members of the Polish minority in Soviet Ukraine; and whether the reports they transmitted to Warsaw influenced Polish policies vis-à-vis Moscow. The book also provides information about the plight of Ukrainian countryside after the Great Famine of 1932–33 (Holodomor), including Polish intelligence photos of devastated villages. Everyday life in the republic’s cities is also discussed. The documents presented also reflect the Polish authorities’ perceptions of Soviet society and their views about the Soviet repressions, antireligious campaign, and propaganda.