Search for: [Abstract = "The book is a tribute to all those researchers who, despite limitations, try to present the topic objectively. As a result of influx of Western civilization currents onto local ground a new multinational and multi\-religious community was formed. Its features and its durability presented themselves during the clash of cultures after the Russian invasion in the mid\-17th century, especially in forms of Polishness evidenced during the partitions. Not always was the intention of leading the lectures up till August the 17th 1939 achieved and the storing of common tradition by the pro\-independence exile after WWII is only being noted."]