Fryderyk Jurjewicz

Organizer of horse races in pre-war Poland. He saved 250 thoroughbred horses by moving them in a herd from Odessa to Warsaw.

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Born December 31, 1869 in Bershad.

Thanks to his initiative, a significant part of the herd material of horses (stallions and dams with offspring) was saved, transported to Russia during the war, and brought to the Polish border in the amount of 252 pieces, sneaking in unfavorable terrain, at night and attacked along the way by the Bolsheviks, and then he was taken to the stud in Wygoda. After the war, herd animals and racing animals saved by him were the basis for breeding English horses in independent Poland.

He was president of the Horse Racing Committee. He was the founder, protector and honorary member of the Arabian Horse Breeding Society.

On May 2, 1923, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

This is what was written about his activities and life in the Rider and Breeder magazine No. 9 from 1929:

"ACTIVITIES OF S. FRYDERYK JURJEWICZ IN THE FIELD OF STATE AND NATIONAL HORSE BREEDING”

The activities of St. Mr. F. Jurjewicz as the Guide and Restorer of Polish horse breeding lasted for almost ten years; it was characterized, like all his actions: a sense of purpose, untiring perseverance, and deep professional knowledge, combined with an excellent knowledge of economics and law.

As the Director of ZSP, and later the Department of Chowu Horses, he was the one who revived the Stud and Herd of Stallions in Janów, and brought to life: States. SO in Bogusławice (1921), PSO in Łąck (1922), State St. Thoroughbred horses in Kozienice (1924), PSO in Drogomyśl, Państ. st. in Racot (1928) and started establishing PSO in Białka. Immediately after returning from the historic crossing from Odessa and after establishing the appropriate body managing horse breeding at the Ministry of Agriculture (June - August 1919) - he organizes the Janów Stud. Convenience, dead for 5 years, came to life and began to serve old and new purposes.

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Author: Stanislaw Schuch

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Entry updated: 05.07.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX

Fryderyk Jurjewicz died on February 21, 1929 in Warsaw. He was buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw on February 25, 1929 (section 34, row 6, grave 24/25; the author of the words of the commemorative inscription on the tombstone was Gustaw Mucharski).

Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:

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"Great Warsaw" (2021)

"Two centuries of Polish Arabian horse breeding (1778-1978)" (1983) - Witold Pruski

"Thoughts and hippological concepts of Fryderyk Jurjewicz" (1933) - Fryderyk Jurjewicz

"late Fryderyk Jurjewicz" (1929) - Jan Grabowski

"The activity of St. Mr. Fryderyk Jurjewicz in the field of state and national horse breeding" (1929) - Stanisław Schuch

"A few words about the late Fr. Jurjewicz as an activist in the field of racing and breeding" (1929) - Ignacy Oszmanowicz

"Participation of the late Fr. Jurjewicz in the organization of the equestrian dispute” (1929) – Tadeusz Machalski

"The Great Warsaw Prize named after F. Jurjewicz (International)” (1926)

Rider and Breeder NR - 9 - 1929

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