Romuald Łazarowicz (1811–1878) – carski urzędnik, zakonnik, kapłan
ENRomuald Lazarowicz's biography is not only a fascinating account of the life of impoverished nobility in the 19th century and their involvement in the civil service in partitioned Poland. It also discusses the daily dilemmas faced by Catholic Poles, civil servants in the western governorates of the Russian Empire, who found it very difficult to adapt to the new political reality. The decisions that Polish civil servants had to make on a daily basis were morally challenging. The occupant's institutions were the only source of legal employment. The biography documents civil servants' search for solutions that would benefit Polish citizens, their opposition to corruption and injustice, internal conflict and the absence of alternative forms of employment. It also sharply juxtaposes outer acceptance with inner opposition to reality in partitioned Poland.
