Talk:Załuski Library

POV?

The language of the article - "the biggest in the world", "Russians have stolen" - is encyclopaedic and POVish. Let's wait for academic references - not in Polish, please. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 07:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Would you prefer Russian? But here you have 2 in English (one translated from French).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 12:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, Ghirlandajo's suggestion that the Soviets returned the books as a sign of good will is also an absurd. Treaty of Riga forced them to do so, I doubt they would be equally willing to return stolen property if it wasn't for the war they lost... //Halibutt 13:28, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

English references have been added, so unless you have something else to point out please stop tagging this article as POVed.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 16:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Riga

moved from Talk:Józef Andrzej Załuski by --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 21:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I wonder whether the books of Załuski library were returned to Poland after the treaty of Riga. Any ideas? //Halibutt 04:00, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

They (well, some of them) were retunred after the PSW. I'd guess they were part of ToR reparations, but don't have a specific citation for that. Anyway that should probably go to Biblioteka Załuskich article.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 04:05, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

In the 1930s, the Soviet goverment returned most of the library to Poland as a gesture of good will. It its present form, the article is full of POV language and megalomania. The references already provided cannot be called academic. Let's wait for valid, non-Polish references. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 07:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

And how so? //Halibutt 11:07, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Bingo :) [1]. Citation for treaty of Riga. I'll be also moving this discussion to Talk:Załuski Library, as it is rather OT here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 21:36, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Stole? Confiscated? Looted?

I agree that stealing may be too 'primitive' of a word. Confiscate is however not right, as it implies a degree of legality - and the only legality Russians had was the 'law of the jungle' - i.e. they were backed up by their army. Perhaps a better term would be looting?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:17, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Stealing is distinguished from looting by its clandestine character, no? --Ghirla ^-трёп- 15:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd think so. Stealing is more of a generic term, but if we want to be precise, then looting seems better: it was not clandestine, and it covers for example 'looting of art treasures by the Nazis during WWII' - which I'd guess means any 'stealing' done by organized military.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:48, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

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