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The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 [3] or the Cadet Revolution, [4] was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire.
The Battle of Międzyrzec Podlaski, also known as the Battle of Rogoźnica, took place during the November Uprising, on 29 August 1831, in the area of the villages of Manie, Rogoźnica, and Międzyrzec Podlaski, in Congress Poland.
Russian soldiers capturing Polish children at Castle Square in Warsaw. Incorporation of Polish children into the Imperial Russian Army occurred during and after the defeat of the November Uprising (1830–1831), when Polish adolescents were incorporated into the Imperial Army of the Russian Empire.
Kingdom of Poland (1830–1831) was a period in the history of the Congress Poland from the dethronement of Emperor Nicholas I from the Polish throne and thus breaking the personal union with the Russian Empire, until the end of the November Uprising. It was not a new political creation, but only a new concept of the existence of the state ...
On 29 November 1830 a group of young, non-commissioned officers in the Imperial Russian Army's military academy in Warsaw revolted against the rule of the Russian Empire in Poland and Lithuania. The following day, armed Polish civilians forced the Russian troops to withdraw north from Warsaw .
The November Uprising ended soon afterwards, with the remnants of the Polish Army crossing the borders of Prussia and Austria, to avoid being captured by the Russians. In the 19th century the fight for Warsaw became one of the icons of Polish culture, described by, among others, Polish romantic poets Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki.
Józef Longin Sowiński was born on 15 March 1777 in Warsaw.After graduating from the famous Corps of Cadets in Warsaw, he joined the Polish Army as a lieutenant during the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising.
He became senator-castellan and member of the Sejm in the Kingdom of Poland (1815–1830). Founder of the city of Tomaszów Mazowiecki. During the November Uprising in 1830–1831, he was appointed general and commander of the National Guards (Gwardia Narodowa) in Warsaw. After the collapse of the Uprising he emigrated to France.