Polish National Government (January Uprising)
Polish National Government Rząd Narodowy | |||||||||
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| 1863–1864 | |||||||||
| Motto: Shadow government | |||||||||
| Dictator of the Uprising | |||||||||
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| Legislature | Sejm | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• January Uprising | January 22 1863 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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The Polish National Government of 1863–64 was an underground
During 1863–1864 it was a real shadow government supported by the majority of Poles who even paid
It was designed to be able to unite Poland in a national struggle, and claimed all of the pre-partition Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lands.
The last "dictator" of the National Government was Romuald Traugutt, who was arrested from the night of the 10th to 11 April 1864 by Russian authorities. With his execution, the Uprising had its symbolic end.
Legacy
The National Government was an inspiration for many Poles throughout the rest of the 19th and early 20th century, including Józef Piłsudski, who was inspired by it to create his Polish Legions. In official documents of the time, Piłsudski uses the name of the Rząd Narodowy with the coat of arms of the 1863 January Uprising.
All the fallen veterans and participants of the government were awarded posthumously with the Cross of Independence by Polish President Ignacy Mościcki on 21 January 1931, in the already-independent Poland.[3]
References
- ^ Davies 2005, p. 261.
- ^ Davies 2005, pp. 260–261.
- ^ Mościcki, Ignacy (1933-01-21). "Zarządzenie o nadaniu Krzyża Niepodległości z mieczami poległym i zmarłym Powstańcom 1863 r." Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- Aleksander Waszkowski (1841-1865) President of the Polish National Government (April 1864 - Arrested Dec 1864), executed 1865
- Davies, Norman (2005). God's playground: a history of Poland. Vol. 2. Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199253401.
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