Polish National Government of 1831 was a Polish supreme authority during the

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against the Russian occupation of the

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. It was formed by the decree of the

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(parliament) of the

Congress Poland Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It w ...

on 29 January 1831 to assume the competences of the Polish

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in the follow-up of an earlier decree of 25 January: deposing the usurping Tsar

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from the throne of Poland.Grażyna Bielińska
Władze Centralne Powstania Listopadowego 1830-1831.
Archivum Patriae, 2011. The government concentrated on issues related to the fight with the Russian Empire. In August the government of Prince

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; lt, Аdomas Jurgis Čartoriskis; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author. The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political c ...

resigned, facing loss of support and radicalization among the Varsovians. Czartoryski was replaced by

Jan Krukowiecki Count Jan Stefan Krukowiecki (; 1772–1850) was a Polish general and chairman of the Polish National Government (prezes Rządu Narodowego) during the November Uprising and general during Napoleonic Wars fighting in the troops of Napoleon. ...

. After the capitulation of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

the government was taken over by lawyer

Bonawentura Niemojowski Bonawentura Niemojowski (; 4 September 1787 – 15 June 1835) was a Polish lawyer, writer and politician. He was one of the leaders of Polish National Government during the November Uprising. Biography Bonawentura Niemojowski was born in Słupia ...

. After the government went into exile, it passed its powers to General

Maciej Rybiński Maciej Rybiński (; 24 February 1784 in Slavuta in Wołyń, 17 January 1874 in Paris), Polish general, last chief of State of November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Ca ...

. ;Presidents * Prince Adam Czartoryski 30 January-17 August 1831, head of Department of Foreign Affairs *

17 August-7 September 1831 *

7–25 September 1831 (left the country with archives, refusing to capitulate) *General

25 September-9 October 1831 (not a president per se, but a legal successor) ;Others *

Stanisław Barzykowski Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...

, head of Department of War, Drafts and Armaments *

Alojzy Biernacki Alojzy is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alojzy Ehrlich (1914–1992), also called "King of the Chiselers," Polish table tennis legend *Alojzy Feliński (1771–1820), Polish writer *Alojzy Gonzaga Jazon Żółkowski, Ziółko ...

Aleksander Bniński Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Leon Dembowski Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...

Kajetan Garbiński Kajetan Garbiński (1796–1847) was a Polish mathematician and prominent professor at the University of Warsaw. Minister of religion and education in the revolutionary Polish National Government during the November Uprising The November Upri ...

Antoni Gliszczyński Antoni is a Catalan, Polish, and Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton and Antonio. As a Polish given name it is a variant of the fem ...

Andrzej Horodyski Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ma ...

Joachim Lelewel Joachim Lelewel (22 March 1786 – 29 May 1861) was a Polish historian, geographer, bibliographer, polyglot and politician. Life Born in Warsaw to a Polonized German family, Lelewel was educated at the Imperial University of Vilna, where in 18 ...

, head of Department of Religion, Education and Justice *

Franciszek Lewiński Franciszek () is a masculine given name of Polish origin (female form Franciszka). It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Edward Pfeiffer (Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer) (1895–1964), Polish gen ...

Gustaw Małachowski Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: * Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short car ...

* Teodor Morawski * Izydor Krasiński * Teofil Morawski, head of Department of Finance * Franciszek Morawski * Wincenty Niemojowski, head of Department of Administration and Police * Andrzej Plichta * Wiktor Rembieliński * Jan Olrych Szaniecki Dethronisation of tsar Nikolay I 1831 in Poland

Dethronisation of tsar Nikolay I 1831 in Poland

References

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