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Documents which belonged to the first Head of the Observatory found at the antiquarian

Ms. Natalia Tarkovska from Krakow reported on a unique discovery on her Facebook page!

This is a certificate of a government official for the privileged use of communication tools, the employee of the State Intitute of Meteorology of Poland - Vladislav Midovich.

The same Vladislav Midovich, who was the Head of the Observatory in 1938-1939!!!

In the near future Natalya promised in the exclusive interview for the site White Elephant to tell about this document and some other things that belonged to Midovich .

Let us remind you , Vladislav Midovich was born in Mykulychyn in 1907. He was an absolute fan of his work. However, like all those who "flashed" and lived by the Observatory.

Midovich settled in the building on the top of Chornogora with his wife Antonina and five-year-old son Jacek.

The observatory, unfortunately, functioned only for the one year. In September 1, 1939 began the Second World War. On September 18, the employees were forced to leave the Observatory. According to the instructions, some of the equipment and documentation have been destroyed.

Vladislav Midovich had a special envelope with the instructions what should to do in the event of a war. First of all, it was necessary to burn the secret chancery, to destroy all equipment that had not been taken out so that the enemy could not use it in his favor, to pay three months' salary to the workers.

He had destroyed the office and the part of the astronomical equipment too. But he was not executed the instruction completely and did not break the astrograph. He made a wooden chest, lined it with hay and hid the device there. Then, before going down on the Hungarian side, he gave money to the headquarters of the Observatory, Yuri Chorny. He also gave him a pistol and stockpile, with the command to shoot anyone who would try to rob the Observatory.

The main keys of the building Midovich took with himself. Then he emigrated to Hungary. She lived in Indonesia, Australia. Always with him he had two keys. When Midovich died, he gave the keys to his student, Professor Krainer, with the prescription that he should hand over these keys to the University of Warsaw. The keys remain there in the anticipation of the opening the new door of the rebuilt observatory.

http://observatorium.pnu.edu.ua/en/post/history

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