Tadeusz Kościuszko
1746 - 1817 · Military engineer, General · b. in Mereczowszczyzna
Polish military leader (1746-1817)
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and Belarus. He fought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the U.S. side in the American Revolutionary War. As Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces, he led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising.
Key achievements
- 01Led the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794
- 02Fortification engineer in the American War of Independence
- 03A symbol of liberty on two continents
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