38 Facts About Adolf Dobriansky

Adolf Dobriansky was a recognized leader of the Carpatho-Rusyn movement, and an activist for the cultural, linguistic and ethnic unification of Rusyns of Austria-Hungary with ethnic Russians of Russia.

Adolf Dobriansky learned to read and write Russian at home; at the age of five he was sent to his grandmother in Levoca to learn German.

Adolf Dobriansky then completed his third year in Roznava, where he learned Hungarian.

Adolf Dobriansky completed his fourth and fifth year in Miskolc, where he learned the basics of the Byzantine rite.

Adolf Dobriansky received his higher education in Kosice at the faculty of philosophy and in Eger, Hungary at the faculty of law.

Adolf Dobriansky ran in the elections to the Hungarian Parliament, but the election results were annulled and Erich Semberi became minister.

Adolf Dobriansky fled to Spis and hid with his father, then with his son-in-law, Janicky M Gerovsky, in Malcov until the Austrian army under Count Slik arrived.

Later, Adolf Dobriansky travelled to Lviv, where he stayed in the archbishopric near St George's Cathedral.

Adolf Dobriansky took part in the work of the "Main Russian Council" and attended its meetings as a deputy.

Adolf Dobriansky then traveled to Vienna for an answer, met with the Deputy Minister of the Interior, and was told that the union was against public interest.

On May 19,1849, Adolf Dobriansky was appointed civilian commissar to the Russian army of Franz Zichy, which was then assigned to allied Austria to suppress the Hungarian uprising.

Adolf Dobriansky later took part in the battles of Vaci and Debrecen, took prisoners at Vilagos, and was present for the reception of a Hungarian military delegation in the village of Artande by Rudiger, which presented a petition on behalf of the whole Hungarian army for the annexation of Hungary to Russia.

Adolf Dobriansky later received several decorations from Russian Count Ivan Paskevich: the Order of St Vladimir of the 4th degree, the Order of St Anna of the 3rd degree and a medal "for the reconciliation of Hungary with Transylvania".

Adolf Dobriansky then accepted the post of second district reporter and the office of governor in Uzhhorod.

Adolf Dobriansky was later appointed as an informer in various regions: in 1851 secretary 1st class at the Hungarian deputy, then in 1853 a member of the deputy council in Veliki Varadin and subsequently transferred to the same position in Budapest.

Adolf Dobriansky was honoured by the government for his performance of these tasks, and in 1857 he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown of the 3rd degree, as well as a knighthood with the right to add the nobiliary particle Sacurov to his surname,.

In 1859, Adolf Dobriansky was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Institute for his services in the chemical and geological exploration of mineral springs.

Adolf Dobriansky was elected in the re-election, but these results too were annulled.

In 1864 Adolf Dobriansky was appointed by imperial decree as an advisor to the Hungarian Court Chancellery in Vienna.

Adolf Dobriansky eventually became a member of the Hungarian Diet in 1865 and served until 1868 as a politician, economist and speaker, making proposals for the development of local government, tax reforms and national self-determination.

Back home, Adolf Dobriansky devoted much time to educational, literary, and organizational work.

Adolf Dobriansky was head of the Order of St Basil the Great, which supported the Transcarpathian, Galician and Slovak presses, and paid great attention to church issues.

Adolf Dobriansky had made new enemies who were now joined by the Hungarian priesthood.

Adolf Dobriansky criticized the emerging Ukrainophile faction in the 1870s for the damage it was doing to the "Russian" cause; he criticized Russophiles for inaction.

Adolf Dobriansky willingly joined the struggle and was elected chairman of the "Russian Casino" society, which organized meetings of the Galicians.

Adolf Dobriansky tried to create ties among the Galician patriots, to minimize the contradictions between Russophiles and Ukrainophiles, to unite all Rusyns for common goals.

In Vienna, Adolf Dobriansky was almost continuously engaged in literary activity.

Adolf Dobriansky participated in the organization and operation of Slavic newspapers such as Parlamentar, Velehrad, and Slavic World, as well as societies such as the Society of Orthodox Bohemians.

Adolf Dobriansky worked a lot on the extension of railways.

Adolf Dobriansky worked among the Hungarians and showed the highest achievements in his work to show the virtues of the non-Hungarian peoples as a Ruthenian.

Adolf Dobriansky worked among the Slovaks, and they had only words of the greatest appreciation and gratitude for Dobriansky.

Adolf Dobriansky is fearless in spirit, bright and cheerful, he likes and works tirelessly, he is not afraid of difficulties and dangers.

Adolf Dobriansky was a great orator and believed deeply in God.

Adolf Dobriansky taught people to till the soil, plant and graft trees, and bee-keep.

Adolf Dobriansky took care of the school education of the peasants' children.

Adolf Dobriansky was the head of a large family; practically all his children and grandchildren were well-known personalities of the Rusyn movement.

Adolf Dobriansky was a staunch defender of Slavophiles in Galicia and Uhro-Rus' and of political leaders such as Konstantin Pobedonostsev.

Adolf Dobriansky debated them in Galicia in the following works:.