ABSTRACT
In this work, I would like to show how the ideas of the National Education Commission regarding the organization of higher education were implemented in Russia (the lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the Russian partition and outside the lands of this partition, which are the territories of Ukraine) despite the partitions liquidating the Polish state and its institutions. This took place at the beginning of the 19th century in two important educational and scientific centers: the Vilnius University and the Krzemieniec Lyceum. Of particular importance is the organizational program of the University of Vilnius developed by Seweryn Potocki (1762–1829), together with Adam Czartoryski and Hieronim Stroynowski. However, as part of the repression after the fall of the November Uprising (1830–1831), the Vilnius University and the Krzemieniec High School were closed by the Russian authorities. Despite this, the educational ideas mentioned were implemented at Russian universities in Kiev and Kharkov. A large part of Polish lecturers from the closed down Polish centers moved there. A large part of the Polish intelligentsia was also educated there. The article focuses on representatives of mathematical sciences (Eustachy Żyliński, Kazimierz Abramowicz, Cezary Russyan, Antoni Przeborski, Jerzy Neyman) who worked or received education there. Using their example, I will show the durability of educational ideas rooted in the KEN reforms (1773–1794) throughout the times of partitions until Poland regained independence. A separate issue is how these centers built the cultural and intellectual identity of Ukraine (however, I will only mention this in my article).
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