{"id":211,"date":"2008-08-25T11:29:48","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=209"},"modified":"2014-06-10T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T14:36:34","slug":"where-is-stanislawow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/where-is-stanislawow\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Stanis\u0142aw\u00f3w?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of our readers, Debbie, had a question about a town, which she thought might have been in Galicja<\/a><\/strong> (\u201cGalicia\u201d in English). And because this is a blog about all things Polish, we\u2019re talking here about the Polish Galicia, not the one in Spain.
\nDebbie wasn\u2019t sure of the spelling, but luckily, I knew exactly what town she had in mind. Now, what are the odds of that? Huh?<\/p>\n

You see, I am a huge fan of Feliks Falk<\/strong> (a well-known Polish movie director) and it just so happens that I read somewhere he was born in a place called Stanis\u0142aw\u00f3w<\/strong> (Stanislau). Which just so happens is exactly the place Debbie was looking for.<\/p>\n

\"Stanislau<\/a>

Stanislau via Google Maps<\/p><\/div>\n

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That\u2019s the good news. The bad news is that now the town is known as Ivano-Frankivsk (or Iwano-Frankowsk<\/strong> in Polish). But until 1962, it had a different name \u2013 Stanislau in German, or Stanis\u0142aw\u00f3w<\/strong> in Polish. And it\u2019s no longer in Austria. Between 1919 and 1939 it was in Poland, then in the USSR, and these days it\u2019s in western Ukraine. So if someone had been born, let\u2019s say in 1915, and lived all his life in Stanislau\/ Stanis\u0142aw\u00f3w\/ Ivano-Frankivsk, he would have lived in four different countries without ever leaving the town. That\u2019s central Europe for you.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s up with the name? The original one was given the place by a Polish nobleman \u2013 Andrzej Potocki<\/strong> to honor his father \u2013 Stanis\u0142aw \u201cRewera\u201d Potocki<\/strong>, who had something to do with fighting the Swedes during the \u201cdeluge\u201d back in the 17th century. The guy liked to fight, apparently. He also defeated the Cossacks once upon a time and battled Russian armies. Now wonder his son named a town after him.<\/p>\n

Then in 1962, the Soviets decided to change the name to honor a famous Ukrainian poet \u2013 Ivan Franko, who also happened to be born somewhere in the vicinity. At least they had the good sense to rename it after a poet, and not a revolutionary, because then in the 1990s it would have to be changed again. And as such, the name stuck. Ivano-Frankivsk, formerly known as Stanislau.<\/p>\n

It actually looks like a very agreeable town, and I wouldn\u2019t mind visiting it when I\u2019m in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

As an aside, I\u2019ve already mentioned that Feliks Falk<\/strong> was born there, now I see that the little town was quite productive when it comes to performing arts. Zbigniew Cybulski<\/strong> (Polish James Dean) and Anna Seniuk<\/strong> (better known as Magda Karwowska<\/strong> from \u201cCzterdziestolatek\u201d<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 a famous Polish TV series) were also born in Stanis\u0142aw\u00f3w<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of Jewishgen Shtetlinks<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

One of our readers, Debbie, had a question about a town, which she thought might have been in Galicja (\u201cGalicia\u201d in English). And because this is a blog about all things Polish, we\u2019re talking here about the Polish Galicia, not the one in Spain. Debbie wasn\u2019t sure of the spelling, but luckily, I knew exactly…<\/p>\n

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