Piotr Wysocki
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Piotr Wysocki (10 September 1797 in Warka – 6 January 1875 there), was a Polish captain and leader of the Polish conspiracy against Russian Tsar Nicolas I. He was a nobleman (szlachcic) who bore the Odrowąż coat of arms. On 29 November 1830, he raised military insurgents, starting the November Uprising against Russia.[1] In 1831, he was sentenced to death by Russians, but his sentence was commuted to a 20 years exile in Siberia.[2]
On 3 March 1831, he was awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Wysocki, Piotr (2006). Pamiętnik Piotra Wysockiego. Warszawa: Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna. ISBN 83-89399-34-2.
- ^ Kronika powstań polskich 1794-1944 (Wyd. 1 ed.). Warszawa: "Kronika"-Marian B. Michalik. 1994. ISBN 83-86079-02-9.
- ^ Tarnowski, Stanisław (1881). Xsięga pamiątkowa w 50-letnią rocznicę powstania roku 1830 zawierająca spis imienny dowódzców i sztabs-oficerów, tudzież oficerów, podoficerów i żołnierzy Armii Polskiej w tymż roku Krzyżem Wojskowym "Virtuti Militari" ozdobionych. Lviv. p. 91. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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