Aleksandra Żeromska, siostra Stefana. Czarna legenda, rehabilitacja i nowe tropy

The article is a polemic with the thesis presented by Zdzisław Jerzy Adamczyk in the draft titled Tajemnice rodzinne Stefana Żeromskiego. Rewelacje z Moskwy [Family secrets of Stefan Żeromski. Revelations from Moscow] („Literary Memoir” 2022, v. 4) and in the second volume of Dzienniki [Journals] of Żeromski published in 2023 as part of a critical edition of the Pisma zebrane [Collected works] by the writer. According to Adamczyk, the husband of Aleksandra Karpow née Żeromski, the sister of the writer, was an employee of the Russian public administration, and her son, Włodzimierz (Vladimir) Karpow, was of Polish descent. In light of new documents which the author of the article managed to locate, Michaił Karpow served in the Tsar’s army as petty officer before assuming public office; the article also presents arguments in support of a theory that the father of Żeromski’s nephew, Vladimir/Włodzimierz Karpow, was actually a Russian – Michaił Karpow.