Kościuszko Uprising - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Kościuszko Uprising: Encyclopedia Ii - Kościuszko Uprising - Uprising
On March 24, 1794 in Kraków General Tadeusz Kościuszko, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War pronounced the general uprising and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania
Lithuanian nation rose in 7th – 9th centuries AC from Baltic nations group. Balts, the ancestors of Lithuanians and Latvians, had arriv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment refers to the 18th century in European philosophy, and is often thought of as part of a larger period which incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791: Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791
The Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 (Polish: Konstytucja Trzeciego Maja) is claimed to be Europe's first modern codified national cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wojciech Kossak: Encyclopedia - Wojciech Kossak
Wojciech Kossak (Paris, France, December 31, 1857 – July 29, 1942, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Racławice: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Racławice
The Battle of Racławice was one of the first battles of the Polish Kościuszko Uprising against Russia. It was fought on April 4, 1794 n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Enlightenment - History Of Enlightenment Philosophy
The boundaries of the Enlightenment cover much of the 17th century as well, though others term the previous era "The Age of Reason." For ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Praga: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Praga - Opposing Forces
The Russian forces consisted of two battle-hardened corps under Generals Aleksandr Suvorov and Ivan Fersen. The former took part in the r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. The first Jews arrived in the territory of modern Poland in the 10th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. Main article: History of Poland (966-1385) The first Jews arrived in the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - Napoleonic Wars And The Decembrists' Revolt
As a major European power, Russia could not escape the wars involving revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Paul became an adamant opponen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Province Of Posen: Encyclopedia Ii - Province Of Posen - Description
The land is mostly flat, drained by two major watershed systems; the Noteć (German: Netze) in the north and the Warta (German: Warthe) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pułtusk: Encyclopedia Ii - Pułtusk - History
The town has existed since at least the 10th century. In the Middle Ages it was one of the most important castles defending Masovia again...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tadeusz Kościuszko: Encyclopedia Ii - Tadeusz Kościuszko - Biography
Tadeusz Kościuszko - Early life. Tadeusz Kościuszko was born February 4, 1746, in the village of Mereszowszczyzna in Polesie, Polish-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Jews - Historical Figures
List of Polish Jews - Politicians. Menachem Begin (1913-1992), Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Israeli prime mini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtuti Militari: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtuti Militari - History
Virtuti Militari - Beginnings. Throughout its history, the Virtuti Militari has shared its country's fate, and has been abolished and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Krukowiecki: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Krukowiecki - Early Life And Education
Jan Krukowiecki was born December 15, 1772 in Lwów. He studied at the Theresianum in Vienna and joined the Austrian army. ... See als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Jews - Historical Figures
List of Polish Jews - Politicians. Menachem Begin (1913-1992), Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Israeli prime mini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Uprisings: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Uprisings - Greater Poland Uprisings Against Prussians/germans
(Polish: powstania wielkopolskie) were a series of 5 military insurrections of the Polish people in the Greater Poland region (also calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Scourge Of The Poles And The Turks
From 1777 to 1783 Suvorov served in the Crimea and in the Caucasus, becoming a lieutenant-general in 1780, and general of infantry in 178...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791 - History
Polish Constitution of May 3 1791 - Background. The May 3rd Constitution was a response to the increasingly perilous situation of the P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Lithuania - The Earlier Part Of Middle Christian Period The Middle Of 16th – End Of 17th Century
Culture of Lithuania - The Protestant Reformation in G.D.L.. The Protestant Reformation was met differently by different strata of Lith...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Enlightenment - Short History Of Enlightenment Philosophy
The boundaries of the Enlightenment cover much of the 17th century as well, though others term the previous era "The Age of Reason." For ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3, 1791: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Constitution Of May 3, 1791 - History
Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 - Background. The May 3rd Constitution was a response to the increasingly perilous situation of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3, 1791: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Constitution Of May 3, 1791 - Features
King Stanisław August described the May 3rd Constitution, according to a contemporary account, as "founded principally on those of Engla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Jews - Academics
List of Polish Jews - Math & Computer scientists. Herman Auerbach, mathematician (Jewish father) Paul Baran, engineer: packet swit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Lithuania - Period Of Rising Of Lithuanian Nation 10th – 14th Centuries Ac
The Lithuanian nation began to form in about 7th – 8th centuries AC. Growing difference between western and eastern Balts was a result ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Lithuania - The Early Christian Period The End Of 14th – Middle Of 15th Century
Culture of Lithuania - The christening of Lithuania. <...> Culture of Lithuania - Cultural changes in lower estates. <...>...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - Russian Imperial Expansion And Maturation—catherine Ii
Catherine II's reign featured imperial expansion, which brought the empire huge new territories in the south and west; and internal conso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Jews - Cultural Figures
List of Polish Jews - Artists. Mordecai Ardon, artist Balthus, painter (Jewish mother) Chim, photographer Maurycy Gottlieb, painter Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - Peter The Great And The Russian Empire
Peter I, a child of the second marriage of Tsar Aleksey, was at first relegated to the political background, as various court factions st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - The Era Of Russian Palace Revolutions
Peter changed the rules of succession to the throne after he killed his own son, Aleksey, who had opposed his father's reforms and served...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Lithuania - Pre-lithuanian Period Till About The End Of 10th Century Ad.
Lithuanian nation rose in 7th – 9th centuries AC from Baltic nations group. Balts, the ancestors of Lithuanians and Latvians, had arriv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Province Of Posen: Encyclopedia Ii - Province Of Posen - Divisions
Note: Prussian provinces were subdivided into units called "Kreise" (singular "Kreis", abbreviated "Kr.", English circle), which were sim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Enlightenment - Role Of The Enlightenment In Later Philosophy
The Enlightenment occupies a central role in the justification for the movement known as modernism. The neo-classicizing trend in moderni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Enlightenment - Key Conflicts Within Enlightenment-period Philosophy
As with most periods, the individuals present within the Enlightenment were more aware of their differences than their similarities; with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tadeusz Kościuszko: Encyclopedia Ii - Tadeusz Kościuszko - Things And Places Named After Kościuszko
As a national hero of both Poland and the USA, Kościuszko became the namesake of numerous places in the world. The Polish explorer Count...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Province Of Posen: Encyclopedia Ii - Province Of Posen - Statistics
Area: 28,970 km2 District Posen 17,503 km2 District Bromberg 11,448 km2 Population 1816: 820,176 1868: 1,537,300 (Bromberg 550,900 - P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Province Of Posen: Encyclopedia Ii - Province Of Posen - Ethnic Conflict
Due to the large number of resident Germans (first as settlers and then as occupiers) and the presence of powerful, warring nations on al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Jews - Sport Figures
List of Polish Jews - Chess players. David Janowski Miguel Najdorf Akiba Rubinstein Samuel Reshevsky Savielly Tartakower Daniel Yanofs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Wwii And The Destruction Of Polish Jewry 1939–45
History of the Jews in Poland - The Polish September campaign. Main article: Polish September Campaign During the Polish September Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Province Of Posen: Encyclopedia Ii - Province Of Posen - Changing Hands
Originally part of the Kingdom of Poland, this area roughly coincided with the Polish region known as Great Poland. This area became cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polish Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polish Jews - Writers And Poets
List of Polish Jews - Polish-language. Kazimierz Brandys, writer Jan Brzechwa, poet Konstanty Gebert, writer, activist Henryk Grynberg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Interwar Period 1918–39
History of the Jews in Poland - Independence and Polish Jews. Jews also played a role in the fight for independence in 1918, some joini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Communist Rule: 1945–89
History of the Jews in Poland - Postwar. Between 40,000 and 100,000 Polish Jews survived the Holocaust in Poland by hiding or by joinin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Since 1989
With the fall of Communism in Poland, Jewish cultural, social, and religious life has been undergoing a revival. Many historical issues, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Wwii And The Destruction Of Polish Jewry 1939–45
History of the Jews in Poland - The Polish September campaign. During the Polish September Campaign of 1939, some 120,000 Polish citize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Interwar Period 1918–39
History of the Jews in Poland - Independence and Polish Jews. Jews also played a role in the fight for independence in 1918, some joini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: 1572–1795
History of the Jews in Poland - The Warsaw Confederation. Following the childless death of Zygmund II, the last king of the Jagiellon d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - The Development Of Judaism In Poland And The Commonwealth
The culture and intellectual output of the Jewish community in Poland had a profound impact on Judaism as a whole. Some Jewish historians...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Jews Of Poland Within The Russian Empire 1795–1918
Official Russian policy would eventually prove to be substantially harsher to the Jews than that under independent Polish rule. The lands...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Praga: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Praga - Battle
The Russian forces reached the outskirts of Warsaw on November 3, 1794. Immediately upon arrival, the Russian forces started artillery ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Constitution Of May 3 1791 - Features
King Stanisław August described the May 3rd Constitution, according to a contemporary account, as "founded principally on those of Engla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Enlightenment - Key Conflicts Within Enlightenment-period Philosophy
As with most periods, the individuals present within the Enlightenment were more aware of their differences than their similarities; with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Enlightenment - Role Of The Enlightenment In Later Philosophy
The Enlightenment occupies a central role in the justification for the movement known as modernism. The neo-classicizing trend in moderni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Assessment
The Russians long cherished the memory of Suvorov. A great captain, viewed from the standpoint of any age of military history, he functio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Early Life And Career
Suvorov was born in Moscow into a noble family of Novgorod descent. He entered the army as a boy, served against the Swedes in Finland an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - His Progeny And Titles
His full name and titles (according to Russian pronunciation), ranks and awards are the following: Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Suvorov, Prince...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Suvorov's Italian Campaign
Suvorov then lived for some years in retirement on his estate of Konchanskoe, near Novgorod. He criticised the new military tactics and d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kościuszko Uprising: Encyclopedia Ii - Kościuszko Uprising - Aftermath
The effect of the Kościuszko Uprising was a complete disaster for Poland. The country ceased to exist for 123 years and all of its insti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kościuszko Uprising: Encyclopedia Ii - Kościuszko Uprising - Background
The first partition of Poland and the War in the defence of constitution resulted in serious weakening of the reformist movement in Polan...   » Read the article