{"id":25427,"date":"2023-11-10T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/?p=25427"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:02:55","slug":"leon-barszczewski-traveler-researcher-photographer-a-great-grandsons-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/en\/leon-barszczewski-traveler-researcher-photographer-a-great-grandsons-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Barszczewski \u2014 traveler, researcher, photographer. A great-grandson&#8217;s story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2014 Yesterday, I was in Samarqand \u2014 Igor Strojecki surprised the audience with this statement and his appearance. He was dressed in a shiny blue robe with silver thread, richly decorated with flowers. He bought it, of course, in Uzbekistan, where he regularly pays a visit as a member of a symposium. In recent days in Samarqand, he was honored for promoting the achievements of his great-grandfather Leon Barszczewski, and therefore also for popularizing the heritage of Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00598-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"22575\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00598-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00598-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00598-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00598-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00598-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00598-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In Samarqand, Uzbekistan, they still remember Barszczewski&#8217;s achievements in contributions to protecting the local heritage. Meanwhile, few people in Poland know that it was Leon&#8217;s private collection, donated by him to the city of Samarqand while leaving it, that became the incipience of today&#8217;s State Museum of History and Culture of Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How did our compatriot end up in Central Asia many years ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This future traveler and photographer was born in 1849 to a patriotic family involved in the November and January Uprisings. As a result of the repression, the Barszczewski family lost their family fortune, and young Leon, who lost his parents at the age of 8, was taken into \u2018the care of the government\u2019 and sent to military schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21652\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-703x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie portretowe przedstawiaj\u0105ce Leona Barszczewskiego w mundurze oficera armii carskiej.\" class=\"wp-image-21652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-768x1119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-1054x1536.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-1406x2048.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-09fb75f6-acab-4f0d-a38f-a4f8d87513f9-scaled.jpg 1757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not easy for him to pursue a military career in the invader&#8217;s army. As Igor Strojecki writes in his book \u2018The Lost World. Leon Barszczewski&#8217;s Travels in 19th-Century Central Asia\u2019, young Leon during one of the exams was asked about \u2018Polish revolts\u2019. The provocation was successful \u2014 for answering in accordance with his conscience, he was expelled from school. Ultimately, however, he received officer&#8217;s ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1876, Barszczewski, who had dreamed of traveling since childhood, volunteered for an expedition to Central Asia \u2014 to the Emirate of Bukhara, which is under the Russian protectorate. As the speaker showed us, if we look at a modern map, this emirate extended to the territories of today&#8217;s Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, partly also to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, and even approached Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-c4ce19d9-85f2-4eff-ba37-fd073a3e9b80-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" data-id=\"21680\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-c4ce19d9-85f2-4eff-ba37-fd073a3e9b80-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w kolorze sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawia cz\u0119\u015bciowo zrujnowany meczet z wej\u015bciem w g\u0142\u0119bokiej niszy. Na pierwszym planie grupa modl\u0105cych si\u0119 m\u0119\u017cczyzn w bia\u0142ych zawojach na g\u0142owach. Fotografia wykonana przez Leona Barszczewskiego w latach 70.-90. XIX wieku\" class=\"wp-image-21680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-c4ce19d9-85f2-4eff-ba37-fd073a3e9b80-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-c4ce19d9-85f2-4eff-ba37-fd073a3e9b80-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-c4ce19d9-85f2-4eff-ba37-fd073a3e9b80-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-c4ce19d9-85f2-4eff-ba37-fd073a3e9b80-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-c4ce19d9-85f2-4eff-ba37-fd073a3e9b80-2048x1529.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-5458326d-f129-43b9-a027-76afa2387f90-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" data-id=\"21676\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-5458326d-f129-43b9-a027-76afa2387f90-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w odcieniach sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawia przedstawiaj\u0105ce tancerza w pasiastej szacie, ta\u0144cz\u0105cego przy wt\u00f3rze b\u0119bn\u00f3w, na kt\u00f3rych graj\u0105 kl\u0119cz\u0105cy wok\u00f3\u0142 m\u0119\u017cczy\u017ani.\" class=\"wp-image-21676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-5458326d-f129-43b9-a027-76afa2387f90-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-5458326d-f129-43b9-a027-76afa2387f90-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-5458326d-f129-43b9-a027-76afa2387f90-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-5458326d-f129-43b9-a027-76afa2387f90-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-5458326d-f129-43b9-a027-76afa2387f90-2048x1529.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-47cdc1b4-6993-4394-aad9-bc5c0bd17d22-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"21673\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-47cdc1b4-6993-4394-aad9-bc5c0bd17d22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w odcieniach sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawia grup\u0119 czterech brodatych m\u0119\u017cczyzn, kl\u0119cz\u0105cych na wzorzystym dywanie. Po\u015brodku na niewysokim sto\u0142ku siedzi m\u0119\u017cczyzna w najbogatszym stroju.\" class=\"wp-image-21673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-47cdc1b4-6993-4394-aad9-bc5c0bd17d22-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-47cdc1b4-6993-4394-aad9-bc5c0bd17d22-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-47cdc1b4-6993-4394-aad9-bc5c0bd17d22-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-47cdc1b4-6993-4394-aad9-bc5c0bd17d22-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-47cdc1b4-6993-4394-aad9-bc5c0bd17d22-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-64b1d453-4254-4d5b-b908-a0b9c8125d7c-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" data-id=\"21664\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-64b1d453-4254-4d5b-b908-a0b9c8125d7c-1024x747.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w odcieniu sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawia murowany budynek na wysokim nasypie, przed nim pojedyncze niewysokie zabudowania z drewna i ziemi, pokryte traw\u0105.\" class=\"wp-image-21664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-64b1d453-4254-4d5b-b908-a0b9c8125d7c-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-64b1d453-4254-4d5b-b908-a0b9c8125d7c-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-64b1d453-4254-4d5b-b908-a0b9c8125d7c-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-64b1d453-4254-4d5b-b908-a0b9c8125d7c-1536x1121.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-64b1d453-4254-4d5b-b908-a0b9c8125d7c-2048x1495.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 At that time, the Great Game was taking place there, the Russians and the British were fighting for influence in Central Asia \u2014 Strojecki said at the Sybir Memorial Museum. Barszczewski&#8217;s task was to explore the area and fill in the blank spots on the maps of the time. \u2014 Russians wanted to know whether it was possible and where their army could pass through the mountains \u2014 added the great-grandson of the hero of the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petersburg was also interested in deposits and nature. Many scientists sent letters to Barszczewski asking him to collect plants or geological specimens for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barszczewski combined his military service in the topographical unit with the development of his own interests. From Samarqand, which became his new home, he traveled on business to various parts of the country, where he explored not only the terrain and geological conditions, but also the local flora and fauna. He was committed to getting to know the local culture and learning the local languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-78449103-2851-4bb3-b554-a67c0f8db6e0-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" data-id=\"21655\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-78449103-2851-4bb3-b554-a67c0f8db6e0-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w odcieniu sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego. Przedstawia wysoki budynek pokryty glin\u0105 i dachem ze strzech\u0105. Przed nim na placu dwie grupy brodatych m\u0119\u017cczyzn z zawojami na g\u0142owach. Na prawo grupa w bia\u0142ych zawojach i d\u0142ugich szatach, spo\u015br\u00f3d kt\u00f3rych cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 kl\u0119czy, cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 stoi. Z lewej uzbrojeni m\u0119\u017cczy\u017ani w czarnych zawojach i ciemnych mundurach oraz wysokich sk\u00f3rzanych butach. Wszyscy patrz\u0105 w stron\u0119 obiektywu.\" class=\"wp-image-21655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-78449103-2851-4bb3-b554-a67c0f8db6e0-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-78449103-2851-4bb3-b554-a67c0f8db6e0-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-78449103-2851-4bb3-b554-a67c0f8db6e0-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-78449103-2851-4bb3-b554-a67c0f8db6e0-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-78449103-2851-4bb3-b554-a67c0f8db6e0-2048x1529.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9d84101f-b24a-48b6-b293-4325b62ec69a-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" data-id=\"21658\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9d84101f-b24a-48b6-b293-4325b62ec69a-1024x747.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w odcieniu sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawia grup\u0119 konnych m\u0119\u017cczyzn w zawojach na g\u0142owach.\" class=\"wp-image-21658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9d84101f-b24a-48b6-b293-4325b62ec69a-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9d84101f-b24a-48b6-b293-4325b62ec69a-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9d84101f-b24a-48b6-b293-4325b62ec69a-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9d84101f-b24a-48b6-b293-4325b62ec69a-1536x1121.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9d84101f-b24a-48b6-b293-4325b62ec69a-2048x1495.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1224962e-1643-40d7-8ddb-267055bd4913-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" data-id=\"21657\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1224962e-1643-40d7-8ddb-267055bd4913-1-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w odcieniu sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawia ceglany budynek z grup\u0105 m\u0119\u017cczyzn w bia\u0142ych zawojach na g\u0142owach siedz\u0105cych lub stoj\u0105cych we wn\u0119ce wej\u015bciowej.\" class=\"wp-image-21657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1224962e-1643-40d7-8ddb-267055bd4913-1-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1224962e-1643-40d7-8ddb-267055bd4913-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1224962e-1643-40d7-8ddb-267055bd4913-1-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1224962e-1643-40d7-8ddb-267055bd4913-1-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1224962e-1643-40d7-8ddb-267055bd4913-1-2048x1529.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Samarqand also became a place where he experienced family happiness. In 1880 he married Irena n\u00e9e Nied\u017awiecki. Irena came to Asia in order to visit her brother Julian, who as a teenager took part in the January Uprising, and after serving his sentence of being exile to Siberia, he was banned from returning to the country, while agreeing to live in Samarkand (the second brother was sent to the country in a similar way to Tashkent). In Samarkand, in a house combining local solutions with European decor, Barszczewski had five children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leon regularly went on expeditions \u2014 sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of scientists who came from Russia. Although he represented the authorities interested in colonizing these areas, he showed respect, understanding and genuine interest in the local people. He never wanted to set out with military guards, preferring local guides, one of whom \u2014 Yakub Izmailzhanov \u2014 became a true friend of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21670\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w kolorze sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawia g\u0142\u0119boki skalisty kamie\u0144, z wy\u0142aniaj\u0105cymi si\u0119 dwiema m\u0119skimi postaciami.\" class=\"wp-image-21670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-1142x1536.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-1523x2048.jpg 1523w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-1c702412-cff9-46c6-b8b0-57c46eeaa8f2-scaled.jpg 1903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The notes left by Leon Barszczewski show the image of a researcher devoid of any a sense of superiority and respecting other people and their culture emerges. As he wrote, misunderstandings result from the newcomers&#8217; alleging failure to local customs, and not from the natives&#8217; bad will. \u2014 This was my great-grandfather&#8217;s life motto \u2014 emphasized Igor Strojecki \u2014 \u2018Everything in the world can be conquered with good words, not with pride.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leon Barszczewski was respected and trusted among the people he reached. Also because he always took medicine with him on his trips to the mountains and provided medical help to those he encountered. It opened people&#8217;s hearts. The researcher himself admitted in his notes that he was not convinced that by discovering previously unknown villages and communities, he was working for their benefit. He was aware that familiarizing them with \u2018civilization\u2019 would not necessarily end well for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his expeditions, Barszczewski discovered deposits of coal, oil, and gold and semi-precious stones. A fruit of his amateur research in many fields (including geography, glaciology, archaeology, biology, ethnography and anthropology) were hundreds of photos and a large collection, which he donated to the city of Samarqand before going to the Kingdom of Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00613-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"22581\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00613-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00613-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00613-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00613-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00613-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00613-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00602-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"22582\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00602-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00602-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00602-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00602-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00602-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00602-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00607-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"22587\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00607-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00607-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00607-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00607-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00607-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC00607-Poprawione-Szum_INTERNET.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He returned to Poland (although still partitioned) after the death of his wife, Irena. He asked the authorities to move him to the Polish territories where it would be easier for him to raise his five children, closer to his family. He was transferred to Siedlce. There, over time, he founded a girls&#8217; School of Commerce, which was managed by his eldest daughter, Jadwiga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 This school still exists to date, it is \u00a0the High School No. 2 \u2014 explained the speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barszczewski was appreciated as a photographer, among the awards he received was a gold medal at the exhibition in Paris (in 1895). Several hundred photos have survived from his rich photographic archive. Igor Strojecki presented some of them during the meeting at the Sybir Memorial Museum. They can also be admired in a book dedicated to Barszczewski, written by his great-grandson, based on the researcher&#8217;s notes and the memories of his daughter, Jadwiga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3285-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"22596\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3285-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3285-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3285-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3285-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3285-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3285-3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Strojecki speaks honestly about the last source: \u2014 She gave me a lot of work. She wrote down what she remembered from her childhood. And then dad, coming back from trips, would tell the children&#8230; well \u2014 fairy tales&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are still enough sources left of Leon Barszczewski to prepare more than one scientific work about him. \u2014 They are from the Polish Academy of Sciences. They constantly wait for a scientist to be interested in them&#8230; \u2014 said Strojecki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9cdcfb79-096e-4cab-aef6-e7c1a8a85a22-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" data-id=\"21665\" src=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9cdcfb79-096e-4cab-aef6-e7c1a8a85a22-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Zdj\u0119cie w odcieniu sepii, wykonane przez Leona Barszczewskiego, przedstawiaj\u0105ce kamieniste pole, ze skalistymi szczytami w tle.\" class=\"wp-image-21665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9cdcfb79-096e-4cab-aef6-e7c1a8a85a22-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9cdcfb79-096e-4cab-aef6-e7c1a8a85a22-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9cdcfb79-096e-4cab-aef6-e7c1a8a85a22-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9cdcfb79-096e-4cab-aef6-e7c1a8a85a22-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sybir.bialystok.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Barszczewski-Leon-1849-1910-Emirat-Buchary-na-fotografiach-Leona-Barszczewskiego-9cdcfb79-096e-4cab-aef6-e7c1a8a85a22-2048x1529.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to see the prints of Leon Barszczewski&#8217;s photos and the manuscript of his notes with your own eyes, go to the upper hall of the Sybir Memorial Museum. 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