Agaton Giller was a Polish

Poland

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 historian

Historian

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, journalist

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 and politician

Politician

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. He and his brother Stefan Giller

Stefan Giller

Stefan Giller was born in Opatówek, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. With his elder brother, Agaton Giller, Stefan played an active role in the Polish independence movement and in the January 1863 Uprising.-Life:...

 played notable roles in the Polish independence movement and in the January 1863 Uprising

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

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Life

During the January 1863 Uprising

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

, Agaton Giller was a member of the National Government. After being exiled to Siberia

Siberia

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 by the Imperial Russian authorities, he became the first Siberian historian and biographer of other deported Poles.

Later, in exile in Paris, he was a journalist with such periodicals as Ojczyzna (The Fatherland) and Kurier Paryski (The Paris Courier), a founder of Polish self-assistance organizations, and a founder of the Polish National Museum

Polish Museum, Rapperswil

The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on October 23, 1870, by Polish Count Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for [Poland's] historic memorabilia dishonored and plundered in the [occupied Polish] homeland" and for the promotion of...

 in Rapperswil

Rapperswil

Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, and Wurmsbach.-Today:On...

, in Switzerland

Switzerland

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's Canton of St. Gallen

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He wrote many historical and biographical works, articles and studies.

He died in 1887 in Stanisławów

Ivano-Frankivsk

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. In 1980 his grave was repatriated from the closed Ivano-Frankivsk cemetery 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...

's Powązki Cemetery

Powazki Cemetery

Powązki Cemetery , also known as the Stare Powązki is a historic cemetery located in the Wola district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city, and one of the oldest...

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Legacy

The Polish National Alliance

Polish National Alliance

The Polish National Alliance is the largest and one of the oldest Polish fraternal organizations in the United States, founded on 15 February 1880 in Philadelphia under the influence of Polish patriot Agaton Giller. Its first president was Juliusz Andrzejkowicz.The PNA founded a number of...

, in the United States

United States

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, considers Agaton Giller its "spiritual father."

External links

• Polish Museum (Polish Museum Rapperswil)
• Opatówek history - on The Giller Brothers' Communal Public Library in Opatówek page