HISTORY OF THE BUCZACCY FAMILY
of the Abdank coat of arms
Buczacz, view of the city from
the castle ruins.
The
city was the cradle of the Buczacki dynasty, the sons of Michael Awdaniec: descendants of Michael
Muzhylo,
descendants of Michael,
and descendants of Theodoryk
Buczacki Jazlowiecki.
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The progenitor of the Buczacki family of the Abdank coat of arms, Michael Awdaniec (d. after November 7, 1394), a dignitary of the court of King Wladyslaw Jagiello, received Buczacz from Prince Wladyslaw Opolczyk of the Piast dynasty.
For his faithful service on the battlefields, as well as fortifying and strengthening defensive castles in Podolia, and for his significant role in concluding a perpetual peace with the Tatars, Michael Awdaniec received from the king vast estates on the Black Sea near Czarnogorze (Akkerman) and Ochakov.
From his marriage to Margaret née Koly, of the Junosza coat of arms, he had three sons:
Michael Buczacki of Podhajce,
Michael Muzylo Buczacki,
Theodoryk Buczacki Jazlowiecki
Jazlowiec, view of the town
from the castle, 1900.
After
the death of Theodoryk Buczacki Jazlowiecki, the town became the
property of his son, Michael Jazlowiecki.
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Theodoryk Buczacki Jazłowiecki (born ca. 1380, died 1456)
In 1380, King Wladyslaw II Jagiello, at the insistence of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Witold Kiejstutowicz, received Jazlowiec.
He was married to Catherine of Martynow, of Monasterzyska, and Jazlowiec.
He had three sons:
Bartosz Buczacki - starost of Kamieniec,
Michael Jazlowiecki - starost of Kamieniec,
Jan Monasterski - heir to, among others, Monasterzyska,
and daughters:
Anna,
Elizabeth, wife of Stanislaw Khodorowski
and Margaret
Jazlowiec, monastery and
castle ruins.
The family nest of Michael Jazlowiecki, Jan
Monasterski, and Bartosz Buczacki
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Bartosz
Buczacki Jazlowiecki, Abdank coat of arms (born ca.
1410, died August 2, 1457).
After
his father's death in 1456, Bartosz of Buczacz sold his village of
Chmielowa and resettled further south in Podolia along the Dniester
River.
Bartosz was the elder son of Theodoryk Buczacki, who held extensive territories in the south on the Black Sea,
from Karawul Castle on the Dniester, through Czarnogrod (Black City -A city on the Black Sea) with its castle (Akkerman) on the Dniester Liman, to Khadzibey (present-day Odessa).
From the time of Michael
Awdaniec until the death of Bartosz Buczacki, Czarnogrod was
effectively the port of the Kingdom of Poland on the Black Sea.
Founded
by the ancient Greeks on the Dniester (Tiras) Liman, the city was
variously called Akkerman, Cetatea Alba, and Bialogrod (White
City)
on the Dniester.
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Unfortunately, on August 2, 1457, Bartosz Buczacki-Jazlowiecki was killed along with Jan Laszcz, the Podolia chamberlain, in a battle against the Tatars.
Bartosz's descendants inherited the Buczacki surname,
Michal's descendants adopted the Jazlowiecki surname – after his birthplace,
while Jan's descendants adopted the Monasterski surname – the town of Monasterzyska belonged to Catherine, Theodoric's wife.
Monasterzyska, the building of the former Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Bartosz's younger brothers, Michael Jazlowiecki (d. 1511) and Jan Monasterski, supported the family of Bartosz's widow and their sister Elizabeth, widow of Stanisław Chodorowski, until the 1500s.
Old Castle in Kamieniec
Podolski.
For
three hundred years, Kamieniec Podolski effectively protected the
southeastern borders of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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After the deaths of Theodoryk and Bartosz Buczacki, Kamieniec in Podolia was ruled by their relatives – the Jazlowieckis and descendants of Catherine Buczacka, the Tworowskis, who adopted the surnames of the Tworowskis of Buczacz or the Tworowskis of the Pilawa coat of arms.
Until the end of the 18th century, Kamieniec was the capital of Podolia, ruled by descendants of Michael Awdaniec.
From the 15th century until the partitions, Kamienec Podolski was the seat of the noble courts: the land and the city courts.
Statue of Our Lady Immaculate on the minaret of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul with Kamienec Podolski in the background.
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Before 2002, the Kamieniec Podolski Diocese encompassed 10 oblasts, including Khmelnicki region, Vinnica region, Odessa region, Mikolajow region, Kherson region, and the Republic of Crimea.
After 1994, the number of believers began to grow rapidly, and the need for a new diocese arose.
On May 4, 2002, Pope John Paul II established the new Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol, with its bishop in Odessa.
Kamienec Podolski. "Polish Town Hall" on Polish Square.
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Kazimierz Buczacki, great-great-grandson of Bartosz Buczacki from Jazlowiec, settled in the 1690s in the district town of Uszyca (today's village of Stara Uszyca) at the mouth of the Uszyca River into the Dniester, 40 km southeast of Kamieniec Podolski.
He was the father of Jan Buczacki.
In 1750, Jan Buczacki married Zuzanna Jeleniewska.
From this marriage, Jan had four sons:
Eliasz, Grzegorz, Jan, and Aleksander.
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Aleksander
Buczacki, son of Jan
He had three sons:
Stefan, Jan, and Bazyli Buczacki
Bazyli Buczacki, son of Aleksander, father of a large family, raised six sons – Jerzy, Gabriel, Antoni, Jan, Tryfon, and Theodor Buczacki.
In 1802, the Genealogy and Evidence of the Buczacki Family Nobility was compiled.
On February 21, 1817, the Buczacki Family Born was added to the
first Part of the Book of Nobility.
Theodor Buczacki, son of Bazyli, lived with his wife Magda in the village of Woronowice in the 1830s, where they were tenants (perpetual leaseholders of land).
In 1845, in accordance with the Decree of the Heraldry Department of the Governing Senate, Theodor Buczacki, along with his sons Jan, Grzegorz, and Pawel, was recognized as a nobleman and entered into Part VI of the Noble Genealogical Book.
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Jan Buczacki, son of Theodor Buczacki, settled in Bessarabia on the former lands of Bartosz Buczacki.
He was the father of Jan Buczacki.
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Jan, son of Jan Buczacki, was born in 1871 in the Bessarabian Governorate.
In 1918, he moved to the Balta district of the Podolia Governorate to live with his relatives.
In addition to land, they also owned a watermill and an oil mill in the village of Czarna.
In 1928, Jan Buczacki was exiled to Siberia with his wife, son Anatoli, and daughters Lidia and Nadzieja.
While in exile, Jan Buczacki managed to bribe the camp guards and kidnap his children from the boarding school.
After escaping, the entire family came to Odessa and hid with relatives.
In 1948, Jan welcomed his grandson, Sergiusz (Serge).
Jan Buczacki died in Odessa in 1950.
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Anatoli, son of Jan Buczacki, was born on January 11, 1920, in Czarna/Czorna, Baltsky County, Podolia Governorate.
After Jan Buczacki's family fled Siberia, Anatoli moved to Odessa with his parents.
From 1941 to 1945, he fought against Romanian and German fascists on the Black Sea.
He was wounded twice and received three awards. He was rehabilitated for his services in the war.
Anatoli married Nadezhda from Wielkdolinskie (Großliebental), whose family was resettled to Odessa after the repressions of 1938.
Anatoli Buczacki died in Odessa in 1988.
Odessa,
monument to the city's founders.
Odessa
on the site of the former port of Khadzhibey on the southern border
of Poland.
In
the 19th century, Odessa newspapers and magazines were printed in
Russian, French, and Polish.
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Sergey (Serge, Sergiusz) Buczacki from Odessa, son of Anatili Buczacki, was born in Odessa on January 11, 1948.
Like all Buczackis, he had artistic talent and was accepted to study at the Odessa Art School in 1957.
In 1972, he graduated from the Odessa State Academy of Construction and Architecture.
He held the position of Chief Design Architect at the State Institute of Urban Design.
Together with his wife, Nina Buczacki, he designed residential and public buildings in Odessa and the entire region.
In Bialogrod (White City) on the Dniester (Akkerman), in the south of the city, he designed large housing estates with a development perspective until 2050.
Thus, the city's expansion, designed by Serge Buczacki, continues.
Since 1988, Serge and Nina Buczacki have worked exclusively as artists.
Painting, sculpture, and small-scale architecture – this is the scope of the Buczacki family's work today.
In 1995, the Buczackis lived in Wrocław and since 1998, they have lived in their own home in Jeszkowice, near Wrocław.
In 1972, he married Nina, daughter of Jerzy Piotrowski, director of the State Bank in Lvov.
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Natalia Buczacka, daughter of Nina and Serge Buczacki, was born on December 1, 1972, in Odessa.
In 1992, she graduated from the M.B. Grekov Art School in Odessa.
In 1998, she graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Lvov, where she received her diploma with distinction.
She has lived in Wrocław since 1998.
As an artist, she created numerous sculptures of her own creation.
On July 4, 2005, she gave birth to her son, Julian Teodor.
Wrocław, Cathedral Island,
where the Buczacki family lived from 1995 to 1996.
There,
in the Gothic Hall, above the entrance, there is a plaque carved with
Lekawica – the emblem of the Abdank coat of arms.
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In Wrocław, the Buczacki family works in the fields of painting and sculpture for public and church institutions, as well as private individuals.
The creative output of Buczacki artists over the last 30 years is presented on the website buczaccy.pl/en
and in the CATALOGUE
of WORKS by Buczacki artists.
The catalog in PDF format (47 MB, 305 pages) can also be downloaded to a computer or smartphone and viewed without an internet connection.
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