Scythemen of the 2nd Kraków Grenadier Regiment in 1794.Polish scythemen of the January Uprising in 1863–1864Scythemen in Gdynia 1939, Andrzej Skibiński and his son Jan
Scythemen, also known as scythe-bearers[a] is the term for soldiers (often peasants and townspeople) armed with war scythes.[1] First appearing in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794, scythemen quickly became one of the symbols of the struggle for Polish independence and for the emancipation of the serfs.
^ abJasas 2021.
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Scythemen, also known as scythe-bearers is the term for soldiers (often peasants and townspeople) armed with war scythes. First appearing in the Kościuszko...
and Silesian Uprising in 1921. The description of a fighting unit as "scythemen" was used in Poland as late as 1939; however, the Gdynia "kosynierzy"...
They Feed and Defend is a motto originally used by the scythemen regiments of the insurgent forces during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. Since then...
coat-of-arms. In Poland, especially regions surrounding Kraków, the memory of Scythemen (Polish: Kosynierzy) of the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising is still vivid and...
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Polish organisation was founded called Towarzystwo Kosynierów (Society of Scythemen). Resistance activity of Poles resulted in reaction from Berlin, where...
home; up to 4,000 were sent to Kiev, – from the regular army, without the scythemen, who were set at liberty with other non-military men. Many writers call...
(The Charge at Węgrów), in which he compared the attack of the Polish scythemen troops on Russian cannon to the heroic deeds of the ancient Spartiates...
among their ranks, and soon afterwards, insurgent infantry supported by scythemen attacked Russian soldiers. Due to Polish pressure, Cossacks had to withdraw...
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mainly of boys and several girls) took the name «Scythemen», in honor of Konstanty Kalinowski's scythemen. This was the first attempt to revive Belarusian...
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