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January Uprising; Part of the Polish-Russian wars: Poland - The Year 1863, by Jan Matejko, 1864, oil on canvas, 156 × 232 cm, National Museum, Kraków. Pictured is the aftermath of the failed January 1863 Uprising. Captives await transportation to Siberia. Russian officers and soldiers supervise a blacksmith placing shackles on a woman .
The Polish National Government of 1863–64 was an underground Polish supreme authority during the January Uprising, a large scale insurrection during the Russian partition of the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It had a collegial form, resided in Warsaw and was headed by Karol Majewski . It was intended as a ...
The Prisoners (Polish: Aresztanci, also known as Na etapie) is an 1883 oil painting by Polish painter Jacek Malczewski. It depicts a group of Polish political prisoners exiled to Siberia for their participation in the national January Uprising of 1863–1864 against Tsarist Russia. It is now displayed at the National Museum in Warsaw. [1]
Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919) (1 C, 4 P) J. January Uprising (2 C, 18 P) K. Kościuszko Uprising (5 C, 15 P) N. November Uprising (3 C, 18 P) S. Silesian ...
The last and most tenacious of the Polish uprisings of the mid-19th century erupted in the Russian-occupied sector in January 1863 (see January Uprising). Following Russia's disastrous defeat in the Crimean War , the government of Tsar Alexander II enacted a series of liberal reforms, including liberation of the serfs throughout the empire.
Aleksander Sochaczewski (pronounced [alɛkˈsandɛr sɔxaˈt͡ʂɛfskʲi]; March 3, 1843, Iłów — April 15, 1923) was a Polish painter who participated in the Polish January Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1863. He was then exiled to Siberia. He is known for his paintings of the uprising and the Siberian katorga and exile.
5 January 1863 Uprising. 6 Paris Commune. ... 10 Polish People's Republic. 11 Contemporary Poland. 12 Some notable Polish officers. 13 See also. 14 References. 15 ...
The "Reds" (Polish: Czerwoni) were a faction of the Polish insurrectionists during the January Uprising in 1863. They were radical democratic activists who supported the outbreak of the uprising from the outset, advocated an end to serfdom in Congress and future independent Poland, without compensation to the landlords, land reform and other substantial social reforms.