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Kościuszko Uprising: Poland's Last Stand for Independence in 1794
In 1794, Tadeusz Kościuszko, a hero of the American Revolution, returned to Poland to lead a desperate uprising against Russia and Prussia after the Second Partition. This episode dives into the key moments of the Kościuszko Uprising: the oath in Kraków, the peasant volunteers armed with scythes at Racławice, the triumphant but fleeting capture of Warsaw, and the crushing defeat at Maciejowice. We explore Kościuszko's radical social reforms, including the Połaniec Proclamation granting peasants personal freedom, and the role of figures like Jan Henryk Dąbrowski and Józef Poniatowski. The…
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