Żebrak is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Skórzec __NOTOC__ Gmina Skórzec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Skórzec, Masovian Voivodeship, Skórzec, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 ...

, within

Siedlce County __NOTOC__ Siedlce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of

Siedlce Siedlce () ( ) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...

and east of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

. The name of the village means "beggar" in

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

. Polish general

Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki (8 February 1787 – 12 January 1860 or 1 December 1860) was a Polish general, and commander-in-chief of the November Uprising (1830–1831). Biography He was born in Żebrak, Siedlce County, in 1787, and completed his ed ...

was born in Żebrak in 1787.

References

Villages in Siedlce County {{Siedlce-geo-stub