Abstract
The article presents a little-known episode in the biography of P. Stolypin, associated with his stay in Kovno Governorate in 1889–1902 and concerning the construction of the People’s House in Kovno in 1898–99. The article is based on the materials from Russian and Polish periodicals of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. The author analyses the motives that prompted Stolypin to start building and equipping with the necessary facilities the People’s House in Kovno, which became the center of Russian culture and at the same time a place for putting into practice the slogans of the Guardianship of Public Sobriety. P. Stolypin is shown as an effective organizer of construction and a government official who defended the interests of Russia in the western governorates of the Empire.
Highlights
The activities and personality of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin were repeatedly mentioned and evaluated in Polish historiography after the Second World War, especially when the state policy in relation to the Polish lands and Poles in the late imperial period was described and analyzed
The article is based on the materials from Russian and Polish periodicals of the late 19th – early 20th centuries
The author analyses the motives that prompted Stolypin to start building and equipping with the necessary facilities the People’s House in Kovno, which became the center of Russian culture and at the same time a place for putting into practice the slogans of the Guardianship of Public Sobriety
Summary
The activities and personality of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin were repeatedly mentioned and evaluated in Polish historiography after the Second World War, especially when the state policy in relation to the Polish lands and Poles in the late imperial period was described and analyzed. “8289 people stayed overnight, of whom 3972 were from cities and towns (3457 men and 515 women); 4317 came from villages (4098 men, 216 women and 3 children); 2665 of them occupied rooms, 2636 carts and 2999 horses were received.” As a result, an income of 1,148 roubles 39 kopecks was gained This made it possible to assume that “during the year, the income from the hostel will be equal to half of the expenses for the maintenance of the entire People’s House.”. While opening the second teahouse in the city, the Telschi Uyezd committee of the Guardianship headed by Telschi Marshal of Nobility Aleksandr Shul'ts, replaced “the old teahouse which consisted of several small rooms with beds and a large stable, with a canteen for visitors who could find lodging and place for horses here,” as early as in December 1898 Bock writes further: “She spent much time with the children, sewed and knitted all sorts of things for the house and for us, and in the evening she sat with papa and mama in the study listening to the reading.” Ibid
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