Author
Leon Wasilewski 1870-1936

Publishing also under the pennames Os…arz and L. Płochowski. B. Aug. 24, 1870, St. Petersburg, father of Wanda Wasilewska, who in 1941 joined the Soviet Communist Party, and in 1944 became vice-president of the Polish Committee for National Liberation (Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego, PKWN). 1893-94 Wasilewski was a member of National League (Liga Narodowa), but in 1896 joined PPS. During World War I he was active in the Polish National Organization (Polska Organizacja Narodowa, 1914), Supreme National Committee (Naczelny Komitet Narodowy (NKN, 1915-1917), and Central National Committee (Centralny Komitet Narodowy, CKN, 1917), as well with the Piłsudski’ite Convent of Organization A (Konwent Organizacji A) and Polish Military Organization (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa, POW). In 1918-19 foreign minister, member of various delegations for international conferences. From 1928, member of the Head Council of PPS, from 1931 its vice-president. From 1924, president of the Institute for Study of Recent Polish History (Instytut Badania Najnowszej Historii Polskiej), from 1929 editor of “Niepodległość” from 1931 president of the Institute for Study of Nationality Issues (Instytut Badania Spraw Narodowoœciowych). Author of many works, among them Litwa i Białoruś [“Lithuania and Belorussia”], (1912), Ukraińska sprawa narodowa w jej rozwoju historycznym [“The Ukrainian National Cause in its Historical Development”], (1925), Zarys dziejów PPS  [“A Short History of the PPS”], (1925).

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