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Battle Of Genėtiniai
The Battle of Genėtiniai (21 April 1863) took place during the January Uprising. The battle was fought by Lithuanian insurgents led by Zygmunt Sierakowski against the units of the Imperial Russian Army under Major Kavro near the Lithuanian village of , located about west of Raguva. Background Throughout April, Samogitian rebel groups gathered in the forests of Kremeciškiai (in what is now Kėdainiai District Municipality). They were led by Zygmunt Sierakowski himself, whose chief of staff was . On April 18, the rebels of Bolesław Kołyszko joined Sierakowski, while Antanas Mackevičius' joined on the night from April 18 to 19. Mackevičius' platoon consisted mostly of villagers. A group of the Imperial Russian army, composed of several infantry companies, an Uhlan squadron and Cossacks, under Major Kavro, marched to Raguva's forests. Preparation Sierakowski, commanding more than 300 people, went to Raguva's forests through Truskava, and Vadokliai. At the Genėtiniai Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last insurgents were captured by the Russian forces in 1864. It was the longest-lasting insurgency in partitioned Poland. The conflict engaged all levels of society and arguably had profound repercussions on contemporary international relations and ultimately transformed Polish society. A confluence of factors rendered the uprising inevitable in early 1863. The Polish nobility and urban bourgeois circles longed for the semi-autonomous status they had enjoyed in Congress Poland before the previous insurgency, a generation earlier in 1830, and youth encouraged by the success of the Italian independence movement urgently desired the same outcome. Russia had been weakened by its Crimean adventure and had introduced a more liberal attitude in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
