Ethnography of Belarus in the studies of the researchers from Cracow

The article describes the achievements of Polish scientists in the ethnological field of Belarusians and their settlement area. Primary interest in the topic is found on the pages of Cracow scientific journals from the 70s of XIX century. The ethnographical studies of Belarus, especially Polesie region, made Kazimierz Moszyński and Józef Obrębski. They took part in the expeditions, the results of which were published in monographs and articles. Moszyński used the questionnaire method. Unique materials were collected by members of the Circles of Sightseeing of Schoolchildren of the Polish Sighseeing Association, which are available the Archive of Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of Jagiellonian University.