Konstanty Tyszkiewicz
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Konstanty Tyszkiewicz was a Polish-Lithuanian
noble
, archaeologist and ethnographer. He studied the history of Lithuania
and Belarus
. Brother of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz
.
Polish-Lithuanian
Polish–Lithuanian can refer to:* Polish–Lithuanian union * Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth * Polish-Lithuanian as used to describe groups, families, or individuals with histories in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
noble
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
, archaeologist and ethnographer. He studied the history of Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
and Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. Brother of Eustachy Tyszkiewicz
Eustachy Tyszkiewicz
Count Eustachy Tyszkiewicz was a Polish–Lithuanian noble, archaeologist and historian from the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire...
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