Functioning of the Customs Administration of the Kingdom of Poland in Russia in 1914–1917 (until the Fall of the Romanov Monarchy)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1644-857X.22.01.05

Keywords:

customs office, Kingdom of Poland, evacuation, decomposition, official, Russia, World War I

Abstract

In late July and early August 1914, with the rising threat of war, customs administration structures of the Kingdom of Poland were evacuated to Russia. The administrative personnel and their families, as well as the assets of the customs offices were removed to the interior governorates of the Russian Empire. Russian authorities assumed that the forced stay outside the Kingdom of Poland would be short-lived, counting on the military successes of the tsarist army. However, due to the Russian army’s loss of strategic initiative, these offices never returned to the Kingdom of Poland. Based on surviving source materials, the article presents the process of the evacuation in 1914, and the operation of the evacuated Russian customs administration structures until the fall of the Romanov monarchy in March 1917.

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Author Biographies

  • Krzysztof Latawiec, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

    Prof. Krzysztof Latawiec – PhD, currently holds the position of professor at the Department of Archives and Auxiliary Sciences of History at the Institute of History at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. Editor-in-chief of the journal “Res Historica” and thematic editor of the journal “Wschodni Rocznik Humanistyczny”.

    Research interests: the presence of Russian citizens in the Kingdom of Poland, the presence of Poles within the Romanov Empire, and the functioning of education, the judiciary, and state administration in the territory of Poland in the late 19th and early 20th century.

  • Yulia Kiselyova, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

    Dr. Yulia Kiselyova – candidate of historical studies (equivalent of PhD). Assistant professor of the Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archeology of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

    Research interests: Historian of Ukrainian historiography, oral history and self-representation of multinational cities in the industrial and post-industrial era.

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2023-08-04

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Latawiec, Krzysztof, and Yulia Kiselyova. 2023. “Functioning of the Customs Administration of the Kingdom of Poland in Russia in 1914–1917 (until the Fall of the Romanov Monarchy)”. Przegląd Nauk Historycznych Review of Historical Sciences 22 (1): 107-33. https://doi.org/10.18778/1644-857X.22.01.05.