Minkowce State (1793-1827) was a unique socio-cultural formation in Ukraine of that time - Minkowce Kliutch, Ushitsky district, Podolsk province. Its creator was a local landowner Ignacy Scibor-Marchocki (1749-1827).

In 1788 Ignacy Marchocki's father dies. His uncle Wojciech sends a young man in the army, in hope that he will not return. But the uncle's hopes fail and Ignacy returns to the estate as a seasoned revolutionary-minded Jacobin.

The uncle and the nephew are having constant quarrels - their life together in the estate becomes impossible. Ignacy goes to Warsaw to one of the court regiments. In the capital Ignacy builds a career. Thanks to his efforts uncle Wojciech is awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus. Being touched an old man asks his nephew to return to the estate.

Major Ignacy Marchocki returns with his young wife Eva Ruffo, a "Roman patrician" daughter of the royal confectioner. The couple is eager followers of the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, which terribly annoys the patriarchal uncle Wojciech. He writes in his will: "Although my nephew always treated me disrespectfully, had a foul temper, for which he would

need to be disinherited, yet I leave my wealth to him ...". The conflict over the wording of the will turns into a trial, but the old man has no time to destroy the document: he dies.

Ignacy comes into possession of Minkowce Kliutch. Contrary to the expectations of the deceased uncle, he becomes a very skillful business executive and brings farm out of debt. Minkowce Kliutch revives economically and socially.

In 1793, after the Pidolia enters into skirts the Russian Empire Ignacy Marchocki puts border markers of Minkowce State that stood for 30 years.

In 1795 Marchocki abolishes serfdom in the territory of his State. He establishes court which is governed by the articles and provisions of the Roman law. Each village has its collegiate court of first instance and a higher court in Minkowce. Marchocki adopts Mincowve's own money, builds schools, develops medicine and invites well-known doctors, opens pharmacy, builds a printing house, develops Polish and Hebrew typography. It is in Minkowce that the first translation and publication of "Hamlet" in Polish is published. Ignacy builds a theater on the estate, creates a troupe, stages plays and acts himself. He creates the Academy of Music - Choir and Orchestra.

Excited by the ideas of Rousseau,  Ignacy begins to preach in churches, which annoys priests. The conflict with the church intensified, though Marchocki is generous for donations: to the Orthodox churches, Catholic churches, synagogues.

The Marchockis set of the rituals in the spirit of Rousseau in their State. In particular, they establish the holiday of Ceres, the Goddess of agriculture.

Marchocki builds factories for the production of cloth and textiles, paper, nitrate, coaches, varnishes, masonry; creates a stud farm, breeds pedigree cattle; builds distilleries, mills, silkworms feeders; but apart form that he builds the temples of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Tiel, Telemachus, the Goddess of Peace, Hermitage, Belmont; he settles a magnificent cemetery and creates a special burial ceremony.

In 1797, in the times of the plague, Marchocki organizes medical defense, creates clinics and prints brochures with the rules of hygiene. Later he creates a shelter for families who lost their breadwinners.

In 1811 bishop Mackiewicz comes to the estate for revision. Marchocki's eccentricities are clearly not to his liking, but in spite of that he serves the wedding ceremony of Marchocki's daughter. At the same time the bishop initiates persecution of the restive landowner.

The situation escalates in 1813, when Marchocki's son Karol secretly marries Bona Tzinska, an orphan who brought up in the house Marchocki, and to whom the father was attracted after the mother's death. In order to revenge the Roman Catholic priest who married the young couple Ignacy takes kleinods from the church, and the priest complains to the bishop.

In 1821, as a result of dissatisfaction of the secular and ecclesiastical authorities, Ignacy Marchocki is imprisoned in Kamenetz-Podolsk fortress for a year and a half. The peasants and the Jews write the petition. In the end, they manage to persuade Alexander I to release the "father of his people.".

Inspite of all the prohibitions, Marchocki keeps doing whatever he wants until the end of his life.