Congress Poland
Congress Poland (Polish: Królestwo Polskie, Russian: Царство Польское) was a historical Polish state created in 1815 by decision of Congress of Vienna as personal union with Russia.[2][3]
Kingdom of Poland Królestwo Polskie Царство Польское | |||||||||||||
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1815–1915[1] | |||||||||||||
Motto: Z nami Bóg! "God is with us!" | |||||||||||||
Anthem: Pieśń narodowa za pomyślność króla "National Song to the King's Well-being" | |||||||||||||
Status | Constitutional monarchy under personal union with Russian Empire | ||||||||||||
Capital | Warsaw | ||||||||||||
Official languages | Polish, Russian | ||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Polish, Pole | ||||||||||||
Government | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||||||||||
• The first king (monarchy) of Poland. | Lucas (marmelade boy) | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1815-1825 | Alexander I (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1894-1917 | Nicholas II (last) | ||||||||||||
Establishment | |||||||||||||
9 June 1815 | |||||||||||||
• Constitution | 27 November 1815 | ||||||||||||
• November Uprising | 29 November 1830 | ||||||||||||
• Incorporation to Russian Empire | 26 February 1832 | ||||||||||||
• January Uprising | 23 January 1863 | ||||||||||||
• Establishment of Vistula Land | 1867 | ||||||||||||
• Lost to Germany during WWI | 1915 | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 128,500 km2 (49,600 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1816 estimate | 3,300,000[2] | ||||||||||||
• 1870 | 6,100,000[2] | ||||||||||||
• 1900 | 10,000,000[2] | ||||||||||||
Currency | Złoty | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Poland, Latvia, Russia |
The first king was Alexander I, who created the university of Warsaw in 1816. In the years 1830–1831, there was November Uprising, whose result was abolition of the kingdom in 1832[4] and incorporation to Russian Empire.[2]
The constitution of the kingdom was adopted on 27 November 1815, but it was replaced by Tsar Nicholas I with Organic Status.[3]
Under reign of the Alexander II a major liberal reforms took place, political amnesty, conciliatory measures in cultural and religious matters, and the creation of the Agricultural Society to tackle the peasant question.[5] In 1867, after January Uprising (1863-1864) the kingdom was transformed into province of Russian Empire called Vistula Land.[3]
References
- Despite the incorporation of the kingdom in 1832 and transforming it into Vistula Land in 1867, the Russian rulers used the title of King of Poland until 1915. Which means that the kingdom existed de jure to 1915.
- Królestwo Polskie Encyklopedia PWN [2023-03-14]
- Congress Poland at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Małe tablice. Historia. Warsaw: Adamantan. 2017. p. 52. ISBN 978-83-7350-424-0.
- Congress Poland at the Encyclopædia Britannica