Juliusz Konstanty Ordon
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Łyczakowski Cemetery in Lviv
Konstanty Juliusz Ordon[1][2] (often referred to as Konstanty Julian Ordon; born in Warsaw, 16 October 1810, died in Florence, 4 May 1887) was a participant in the Polish November Uprising in 1830–1831.
Biography
Ordon distinguished himself as a commander of artillery in Fort 54 one of the redoubts in Wola during the storm of Warsaw by Russian Army on 6 September 1831. In the last moments of its defence the redoubt was blown up by one of the defenders, who was mistakenly identified as Ordon. He was immortalized in the poem of Adam Mickiewicz, Reduta Ordona (Ordon's Redoubt).
Apparently this was not the case since he survived the assault and was taken war prisoner by Russians. From 1833 on he lived in
Polish Legion of Adam Mickiewicz
. Poorly accepted, eventually he found himself in the Lombard Legion.
In October 1848 he entered the
Italian army until 1867. After his suicide in Florence, his body was brought to Lviv (the Russian authorities did not allow for burial in the family tomb in the Evangelical-Augsburg cemetery in Warsaw
).
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ordon Juliusz Konstanty – Encyklopedia PWN – źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy".
External links
- Mickiewicz, Adam (2 February 2013). "Reduta Ordona (opowiadanie ajutanta, fragment)" [Ordon's redoubt (the story of an adjutant – fragment)] (in English and Polish). Aleksandra Szymanska (trans.). Poem Hunter. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
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