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A painting of the uprising

The Warsaw Uprising of 1794 (also called the "Warsaw Insurrection") was started by a group of Polish people who lived in Warsaw. With help from the Polish Army, they tried to stop Russia from controlling the biggest city in Poland. It started on April 17, 1794, which was soon after Tadeusz Kościuszko's victory at an important battle.

Although the Russian army was larger, had better weapons, and killed many Polish people, Russian soldiers started to lose a lot of land and suffered from many deaths.

The Polish people had been preparing to fight in the uprising since the spring of 1793. They managed to become very popular: they formed a large army of volunteers who were led by a shoemaker, Jan Kiliński. Apart from this army, the most famous group to take part in giving the Polish people their freedom were the Poles who had been forced to join the Russian army. A person who watched the fighting was a French artist, Jan Piotr Norblin, who drew pictures of the uprising.

Images for kids

  • Portrait of General Mokronowski dressed in military uniform with silver epaulettes and amaranth lapels adorned with a silver wavy line, the symbol of generals rank in Polish forces.

    eneral Stanisław Mokronowski

  • Part of a 19th-century city plan showing the city centre of Warsaw.

    Centre of Warsaw as seen on an 1831 map

  • A black and white sketch showing the Krakowskie Przedmieście Street with houses on both sides.

    A witness to the fighting was Jan Piotr Norblin (1740–1830), a French-born Polish painter who created a set of sketches and paintings of the struggle.

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    ighting at Miodowa Street on Krakowskie Przedmieście, sketch by Jan Piotr Norblin, 1794

  • Gateway of the Bruehl Palace in Warsaw, with the classicist palace building in the background

    Brühl Palace in Warsaw.

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    Assault on the Russian Embassy, sketch by Jan Piotr Norblin.

  • A paper with handwriting on it

    Document of accession of the city of Warsaw to Kościuszko Uprising, signed on 19 April

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Levantamiento de Varsovia (1794) para niños

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