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Poland's November Uprising: The Romantic Revolt That Shaped a Nation
In 1830, a daring night attack by Polish cadets on the Belweder Palace ignited the November Uprising—an eleven-month war against the Russian Empire that would be crushed but never forgotten. This episode follows the conspirators, the fateful battle of Olszynka Grochowska, and the exodus that followed. We meet Piotr Wysocki, the young dreamer who sparked the revolt; General Józef Chłopicki, the reluctant commander; and Adam Czartoryski, the aristocrat who led the government. We explore how the uprising's failure gave birth to the Great Emigration, a diaspora of artists and…
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