Teofil Lapinski (; ; 1827–1886) was a

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military commander, writer, an activist against Russian imperialism and volunteer in the Circassian army during the

Russo-Circassian War The Russo-Circassian War ( ady, Урыс-адыгэ зауэ, translit=Wurıs-adığə zawə; ; 1763–1864; also known as the Russian Invasion of Circassia) was the invasion of Circassia by Russia, starting in July 17, 1763 ( O.S) with the Ru ...

Life

In 1862 Lapinski published a book, ''Mountain people of Caucasus and their struggle for freedom against Russia'' (originally in German, ''Die Bergvölker des Kaukasus und ihr Freiheitskampf''), which is considered one of the early sources on ethnography of peoples of the

Northern Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...

and also contains considerable information on Russia-Georgian relations. At the time of publication, the book was one of the few sources on contemporary Georgia available in Western Europe. Lapinski was born in Austria-held Galicia and got involved in the Polish struggle for independence. He participated in the

Hungarian Revolution of 1848 The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 or fully Hungarian Civic Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 () was one of many European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. Although th ...

and then he was fighting in

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

as a colonel in the Polish cavalry division of the Turkish army under command of

Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski Count Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski (24 March 1803 - 11 January 1868) was a Polish nobleman, politician, and general. Zamoyski was the owner of estates in Cewków. He served as aide-de-camp to Grand Duke Constantine, commander-in-chief of ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lapinski, Teofil Activists of the Great Emigration Generals of the January Uprising Military personnel from Lviv Recipients of the Cross of Independence with Swords Polish memoirists Polish journalists 1886 deaths 1827 births North Caucasian independence activists People of the Caucasian War Circassian military personnel of the Russo-Circassian War Polish independence activists