# Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny
**Wikidata**: [Q9377500](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9377500)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wojskowy-instytut-historyczny

## Summary
Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny (WIH) was a Polish research institute focused on historical studies and affiliated with the National Defence University of Warsaw. It was founded on 24 February 1959 and was formally dissolved on 31 December 2001.

## Key Facts
- Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny (short name: WIH) is classified as a research institute.
- Country: Poland.
- Inception (founding) date: 1959-02-24.
- Dissolved / abolished date: 2001-12-31.
- Organizational relationship: part of the National Defence University of Warsaw.
- Alternate name recorded in authority data: "Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny Imienia Wandy Wasilewskiej" (name in use until 1989-12-00 per GND data).
- ISNI identifier: 0000000122975990.
- VIAF identifier: 131903800.
- GND identifiers: 1005193-4 (preferred) and 1079656-3 (historic / alternate name entry).
- Other library and authority identifiers include nukat_id n96015878, bibsys_id 90936518, cinii_research_id 1140845216713672320, and library of congress authority id n50052928.
- Short name authority reference: WIH (P7305: 3997597).

## FAQs
### Q: What was the Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny?
A: Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny (WIH) was a Polish research institute dedicated to historical research and institutionalized as part of the National Defence University of Warsaw.

### Q: When was the institute founded and when did it cease to exist?
A: The institute was founded on 24 February 1959 and was dissolved on 31 December 2001.

### Q: Was the institute part of a larger organization?
A: Yes. The institute was part of the National Defence University of Warsaw.

### Q: Did the institute have other official names?
A: Yes. Authority records list a historic name as "Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny Imienia Wandy Wasilewskiej," with that name entry ending in December 1989.

## Why It Matters
Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny represented a formal, institutionally anchored center for historical research within Poland's military-academic infrastructure. As a research institute affiliated with the National Defence University of Warsaw, it provided an organizational locus for scholarly activity in military and historical studies under an established university framework. Its creation in 1959 and subsequent existence through the end of 2001 places it within a specific institutional history of postwar Poland and Polish military education. The presence of extensive bibliographic and authority records (ISNI, VIAF, GND, Library of Congress and multiple national catalog identifiers) indicates that the institute was cataloged and recognized across national and international library and information systems, facilitating discoverability of its outputs and institutional legacy for researchers, librarians, and historians investigating Polish military history or institutional histories of military scholarship.

## Notable For
- Founding date and institutional lifespan: formally established 1959-02-24 and dissolved 2001-12-31.
- Institutional affiliation: formally part of the National Defence University of Warsaw.
- Recognized alternate historic name: "Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny Imienia Wandy Wasilewskiej" (listed in authority data with usage until 1989).
- Broad bibliographic recognition: recorded in major authority and library systems (ISNI, VIAF, GND, LOC, Cinii, Nukat, Bibsys, and others).
- Short name and authority presence: known by the abbreviation WIH and represented in national encyclopedic/authority datasets.

## Body

### Overview
- Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny (WIH) is classified as a research institute.
- The institute was located in Poland.
- It functioned within the institutional framework of the National Defence University of Warsaw.

### Dates and Organizational Status
- Inception (founding) date: 24 February 1959.
- Dissolved / abolished date: 31 December 2001.
- Organizational relationship: listed as part of the National Defence University of Warsaw (reference in institutional metadata).

### Names and Aliases
- Primary name: Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny.
- Short name: WIH.
- Historic / alternate name recorded in GND: "Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny Imienia Wandy Wasilewskiej" (GND entry shows this name with an end_time of 1989-12-00).

### Classifications and Instance
- Instance of: research institute (organization whose primary purpose is research).
- Sitelink / Wikipedia coverage: Polish-language entry exists (sitelink_count: 1).

### Identifiers and Catalog Entries
- ISNI: 0000000122975990.
- VIAF: 131903800.
- GND: entries 1005193-4 (preferred) and 1079656-3 (historic entry).
- NUKAT ID: n96015878.
- Bibsys ID: 90936518.
- CiNii Research ID: 1140845216713672320.
- NACSIS catalog author ID: DA05884999 (linked to CiNii record).
- Library of Congress authority ID: n50052928.
- Yale LUX group ID: group/5e70a2fc-3498-4b83-91f8-c24f656420c1.
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/122rvycp.
- Other national library identifiers: national_library_of_ireland_id vtls000091067; national_library_of_israel_j9u_id 987007270019605171 (old id 000142760); vatican_library_vcba_id 494/77540.

### References in Source Metadata
- Several identifier and date fields cite the Polish Wikipedia page revision (pl.wikipedia.org) as their source in the provided metadata.

## References

1. CiNii Research