Piotr_Wysocki

Piotr Wysocki

Piotr Wysocki

Leader of the Polish November Uprising


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]

Piotr Wysocki; portrait by
Jan Nepomucen Żyliński (1790-1838)

On 3 March 1831, he was awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari.[3]


References

  1. Wysocki, Piotr (2006). Pamiętnik Piotra Wysockiego. Warszawa: Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna. ISBN 83-89399-34-2.
  2. Kronika powstań polskich 1794-1944 (Wyd. 1 ed.). Warszawa: "Kronika"-Marian B. Michalik. 1994. ISBN 83-86079-02-9.



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