Jan Kucharzewski (ˈjan kuxaˈʐɛfskʲi; 27 May 1876, Wysokie Mazowieckie

Wysokie Mazowieckie

Wysokie Mazowieckie is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 .-Twin towns — Sister cities:Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with: Alpiarça, Portugal...

 – 4 July 1952) was a Polish historian, lawyer, and politician, prime minister of Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 (1917–1918).

In 1898 he graduated from Warsaw University, he was a member of Zet

ZET

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 political organizaction, National Democrats (Narodowa Demokracja) movement, and National League (Liga Narodowa) until 1911. In the first years of the World War I

World War I

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 he was in Switzerland

Switzerland

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, where he wrote some articles for the Polish cause. In June 1917 he came back to Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

 receiving a job in the administration under the Regency Council

Regency Council

right|thumb|Regency Council: Ostrowski, Kakowski, LubomirskiThe Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland was a semi-independent and temporary highest authority during World War I, formed by Germany and Austria-Hungary in the occupied Polish territories in September 1917. It was supposed to stay...

. Since 26 November 1917 till 27 February 1918 he was the prime minister of the Polish government. After 1920 he dedicated his life to scientific work. Since 1940 (World War

World war

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 II) he was in exile in the USA, where he published many works for the Polish cause, mainly from an anti-communist and anti-Soviet point of view.

Publications

• Od białego do czerwonego caratu, (vol. 1–7, 1923–35)