The Life and Death of the Last King of Poland Stanislaw August Poniatowski Heorhi Matusevich It is impossible to find the book in libraries and book stores because there are only three printed copies. The Polish version appeared in the magazine Pa Susiedsku and the Belarusian version was published in the district newspaper Naviny Kamyanechchyny. Kamyanets-based historian Heorhi Matusevich spent years doing research, analyzing and writing The Life and Death of the Last King of Poland Stanislaw August Poniatowski. The life of the last king of Poland was a subject of research for many prominent historians both in Poland and Belarus. But their works were incomplete and conclusions often conflicted with each other. Heorhi Matusevich created a profile of Stanislaw August, detailing his role in the development and stagnation of the Polish state. Matusevich describes Poniatowski as a person born in the Kamyanets area, detailing his weaknesses and strengths.