01:510:381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Crimean War, Mattress
28 Mar 2017
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Basic plot: main character is jozef odrowaz: battle between russians and polish rebels. Battle portrayed with all poles are dead/dying (lost) and. He comes to a manor/village cook (szczepan) is wary of him/sees potential trouble from jozef but gives him some food. He then kicks jozef out of the manor and meets salomea eventually. Note: most people in the manor have gone to fight and. Jozef odrowaz are dead: he"s a polish duke (high aristocrat, committed to patriotic cause, even when it appears hopeless. Note: in the village he feels that he was fighting for them, but. The polish nobility had launched the revolt in 1830 that had inspired adam m. but was crushed in 1831. Revolts happening since polish state does not exist anymore and a large part of it is under russian control. Russian empire considering integrating these territories more into russia: note: at this time russia had lost a number of wars and military wasn"t that grand.
