Lucjan Rudnicki (politician)

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Lucjan Rudnicki
Member of the
Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
In office
November 20, 1952 – November 20, 1956
Personal details
BornJanuary 2, 1882
Sulejów, Congress Poland
DiedJune 8, 1968
Warsaw, Polish People's Republic
Political partyPZPR
Awards

Lucjan Rudnicki (January 2, 1882 in

Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
. Usually wrote under the pen names of "Ludwik", "Mały", "Krawiec", and "Kazimierz Lubiński".

Biography

He was the eldest of 9 children of Wojciech (1853–1899) and Klementyna née Okrasińska (1858–1939). After completing elementary school in

assumed name
.

In March 1905, he participated in the 7th Congress of the

People's Guard (GL) and Union of Youth Struggle (ZWM). From January to May 1945, he was the mayor of Sulejów
and the secretary of the PPR City Committee in that city.

After World War II, he mainly focused on literary work. In December 1948, he was a delegate to the 1st Congress of the

Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. In 1957, he was a co-founder and member of the Board of the Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
.

In 1951, he received the Silver Badge for Recipients of the 2nd Degree State Award.[3]

He was buried in the Avenue of the Distinguished at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw (Section A28-Tuje-20).[4][5]

Private life

He was married to Maria Szukiewicz-Rudnicka, an activist in the socialist and communist movement, and a participant in the

1905 Revolution, and the assassination attempt on the Warsaw Governor-General Georgi Skalon,[6] recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.[7] They had three children: Kazimierz (1908–1924), Elżbieta (1910–1931),[1] and Konrad (1926–2013), a professor at the Jagiellonian University, an astronomer, and a cleric of the Mariavite Church
.

Literary work

The literary output of Lucjan Rudnicki is not fully known because some unpublished works were destroyed in 1939.

  • Published Odrodzenie (1920) at his own expense.
  • A series of short stories titled Republika demokratyczna (1921).
  • Memoirs titled Stare i nowe (Volume 1 – 1948, Volume 2 – 1950, Volume 3 – 1960).

Orders and decorations

Modern-day legacy after the fall of the Polish People's Republic

The street in the Warsaw district of Bielany that bore the name of Lucjan Rudnicki was renamed in 2017 (to General Klemens Stanisław Rudnicki Street).[13] Similarly, the name of the street in Sulejów was changed in 2018 from Lucjan Rudnicki to General Stefan Grot-Rowecki.[14]

A primary school in Warsaw's Ursynów district was also named after Lucjan Rudnicki; since 2019, the school has been named after Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz.[15] Until 1992, Lucjan Rudnicki was also the patron of Primary School No. 40 in Poznań[16]

Bibliography

  • Krzysztof Woźniakowski, entry: "Rudnicki Lucjan (1882–1968)," [in:] Polish Biographical Dictionary vol. 32, Wrocław–Warsaw–Kraków 1989–1991, pp. 637–641.

References

  1. ^ a b Lucjan Rudnicki (in Polish), www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl, retrieved 2023-12-04
  2. ^ Życie Warszawy, No. 306 (1808), November 6, 1949, p. 1.
  3. ^ Bohdan Urbankowski, Czerwona msza, czyli uśmiech Stalina, vol. 2, Warsaw 1998, p. 315.
  4. ^ Cemetery search engine --- Warsaw cemeteries, www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl, retrieved 2023-12-04
  5. ISBN 978-83-7031-808-6
    .
  6. ^ Życie Warszawy, No. 112, May 12, 1980, p. 10 (obituary).
  7. ISBN 978-83-87832-59-9
    .
  8. ^ Stefan Oberleitner, Polskie ordery, odznaczenia i niektóre wyróżnienia zaszczytne 1705–1990: vademecum dla kolekcjonerów. Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, 1944–1990, Wydawnictwo Kanion, 1992, p. 24.
  9. ^ M.P. z 1952 r. Nr 28, poz. 395 "on the occasion of the 70th birthday, for the overall literary and social activity."
  10. ^ "High decoration for Lucjan Rudnicki". Dziennik Polski: 1. February 29, 1952.
  11. ^ M.P. z 1950 r. Nr 6, poz. 58 "for merits in the field of (...), culture, and art."
  12. ^ M.P. z 1955 r. Nr 101, poz. 1400 - Resolution of the State Council of January 19, 1955, No. 0/196 - at the request of the Minister of Culture and Art.
  13. ^ "Resolution No. LIV/1361/2017 of the City Council of the Capital City of Warsaw dated August 31, 2017, regarding the change of the street name in the Bielany District of the Capital City of Warsaw". Official Journal of the Masovian Voivodeship No. 7810. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  14. ^ Substitute Order No. PNIK-I.4102.6.2018 of the Łódź Voivode dated January 24, 2018, regarding the naming of the street [accessed on December 4, 2023].
  15. ^ Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz returned to school. Became the patron of SP 81 (in Polish), www.haloursynow.pl, retrieved March 2, 2020
  16. ^ Primary School No. 40 in Poznań, sp40.zsp4.pl, retrieved December 22, 2021
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