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Kościuszko's Charge: The 1794 Insurrection
In 1794, Poland was already erased from the map, carved up by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Yet one man, Tadeusz Kościuszko, returned from America to lead a desperate uprising. This episode follows the insurrection from the oath in Kraków's main square to the battle of Racławice, where peasant scythes met Russian muskets, and to the doomed defense of Warsaw. We explore Kościuszko's revolutionary manifesto, the controversial emancipation decree, and the final betrayal at Maciejowice. Along the way, we meet his companions — the legendary 'scythemen' of Racławice, the woman…
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