Łukasz Przybylski - associate of 3 national uprisings

The past of Łukasz Przybylski – the January, November and Wielkopolska insurgents – was repeated respective times in subsequent articles. 3 large Polish genealogists decided to check whether in fact more than 100-year-old Przybylski participated in the fight for Wielkopolska.

Independence was occupied by the blood and torment of our fathers, who did not accept the regulation of the possessors. They knew the life on earth, which was corrupted by abroad rule, where the native language was suppressed and the possessor became a part of his army of young men, who frequently had to fight not adequate that for their own origin it was not yet against the brothers – Poles from another occupation. The years of captivity did not strangle the spirit of the nation, however, and our fathers broke off into an unequal conflict to shed the hated shackles. November Uprisings, People's Springs and January Uprisings were defeated, but Wielkopolska was victorious.

The dark years of captivity ended, the Second Republic, though young and poor, could be of its own. Inspired by freedom, she did not forget those who fought for that freedom, she did not forget about veterans who lived about 4.5 1000 in 1918.

It is not possible to compose about each of these braves, but before the centenary of independency [ed. - an article of 1918], we want to callback the memory of even 1 of them, of veteran Luke Przybylski, who in his long life proved how profoundly he loved Homeland.

Calendar depicting the life of Colonel Łukasz Przybylski.

1814 – born in Poznań[i] (probably expected to be in the Poznań Xiavia),

1830 – cadet of the School of Infantry Podchorzych in Warsaw[ii],

28/29.11.1830 – November uprising, led by Piotr Wysocki[iii],[iv],[v], On the streets of the capital, Przybylski was on fire fighting the Russian troops of Gen. Ivan Paskiewicz from the east,

1831 – a 16-year-old boy fights under Prince Masalski [Massalski],


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19-26.02.1831 – conflict of Grochow[vi],[vii], was stabbed by the enemy's bullet in the leg [possibly heals the wound in the Warsaw hospital], after 1 of the successive battles gets into Russian captivity,

1831-1856 – exported into Russia, incarcerated for 25 years[viii],


1856–1863 – returned to the Kingdom of Poland, details of this period of life are unknown,

22.01.1863 – January uprising erupts, The Przybylski immediately joins him in assuming the duties of branch commander and is fighting a number of Russian fights[ix]. It is not known what kind of military degree he had at the time,

24.02.1863 – takes part in the battles under Małogoszcz. It was 1 of the top battles of the uprising – described in S. Żeromski's fresh The Faithful River[x],

30.7.1863 – conflict of Radzymin, enters Russian captivity[xi],

1863-1867 – chained up, driven on ft with another prisoners to the Irkutsk province. 3 years of forced labour in Siberian mines he did while chained to a wheelbarrow both day and night,

1867–1917 – inactive resides in Siberia considered a rebel ...not allowed to return to his homeland, inactive recognising him as a ‘subversive and dangerous element’[xii],

1917 – revolutions in Russia: February – the fall of the carat and the introduction of a liberal-democratic republic and October – an armed military coup and the takeover of power by the Bolshevik party. The overthrows let the exile to return to his homeland, resides Siberia and Russia, reaches Bobrian,

1917–1918 – a fewer words about Gen.Dowbor–Muśnicki – "When the February Revolution broke out in Russia, he made himself available to the Chief Polish Military Committee in Russia, which appointed him commander of the 1st Polish Corps in Russia in the last days of July 1917. Gen. Dowbor–Muśnicki declared neutrality against interior fighting in post-Revolutionary Russia. However, erstwhile the First Corps was attacked by Red defender troops in early February 1918 entered the fight, he won respective victories, the most crucial of which was the capture of the Bobrian and settling in his fortress. In the Brest peace, Bolshevik Russia resigned to the Poles Bobrujsk Germans. Dowbor–Muśnicki was forced to surrender his arms to Germany without receiving support from the Regency Council. After this event, he returned to Poland and moved to Staszów under Sandomierz. On 6 January 1919, he received a call from the Chief People's Council to take command of the Wielkopolska Uprising. Musnicki first went to Warsaw, where he had a conversation with Józef Piłsudski, who confirmed the NRL nomination and then to Poznań, where he arrived on 8 January[xii],

Calendar depicting the life of Colonel Łukasz Przybylski.

1814 – born in Poznań[i] (probably expected to be in the Poznań Xiavia),

1830 – cadet of the School of Infantry Podchorzych in Warsaw[ii],

28/29.11.1830 – November uprising, led by Piotr Wysocki[iii],[iv],[v], On the streets of the capital, Przybylski was on fire fighting the Russian troops of Gen. Ivan Paskiewicz from the east,

1831 – a 16-year-old boy fights under Prince Masalski [Massalski],
19-26.02.1831 – conflict of Grochow[vi],[vii], was stabbed by the enemy's bullet in the leg [possibly heals the wound in the Warsaw hospital], after 1 of the successive battles gets into Russian captivity,

1831-1856 – exported into Russia, incarcerated for 25 years[viii],


1856–1863 – returned to the Kingdom of Poland, details of this period of life are unknown,

22.01.1863 – January uprising erupts, The Przybylski immediately joins him in assuming the duties of branch commander and is fighting a number of Russian fights[ix]. It is not known what kind of military degree he had at the time,

24.02.1863 – takes part in the battles under Małogoszcz. It was 1 of the top battles of the uprising – described in S. Żeromski's fresh The Faithful River[x],

30.7.1863 – conflict of Radzymin, enters Russian captivity[xi],

1863-1867 – chained up, driven on ft with another prisoners to the Irkutsk province. 3 years of forced labour in Siberian mines he did while chained to a wheelbarrow both day and night,

1867–1917 – inactive resides in Siberia considered a rebel ...not allowed to return to his homeland, inactive recognising him as a ‘subversive and dangerous element’[xii],

1917 – revolutions in Russia: February – the fall of the carat and the introduction of a liberal-democratic republic and October – an armed military coup and the takeover of power by the Bolshevik party. The overthrows let the exile to return to his homeland, resides Siberia and Russia, reaches Bobrian,

1917–1918 – a fewer words about Gen.Dowbor–Muśnicki – "When the February Revolution broke out in Russia, he made himself available to the Chief Polish Military Committee in Russia, which appointed him commander of the 1st Polish Corps in Russia in the last days of July 1917. Gen. Dowbor–Muśnicki declared neutrality against interior fighting in post-Revolutionary Russia. However, erstwhile the First Corps was attacked by Red defender troops in early February 1918 entered the fight, he won respective victories, the most crucial of which was the capture of the Bobrian and settling in his fortress. In the Brest peace, Bolshevik Russia resigned to the Poles Bobrujsk Germans. Dowbor–Muśnicki was forced to surrender his arms to Germany without receiving support from the Regency Council. After this event, he returned to Poland and moved to Staszów under Sandomierz. On 6 January 1919, he received a call from the Chief People's Council to take command of the Wielkopolska Uprising. Musnicki first went to Warsaw, where he had a conversation with Józef Piłsudski, who confirmed the NRL nomination and then to Poznań, where he arrived on 8 January[xii],

1918 – Przybylski in his journey to his homeland went to Bobrujska at the time erstwhile the 1st Polish Corps was stationed there, but his destiny from that period is unknown.

T. Lachowicz, basing his messages on an article: A. Górski About the symbol of Polish soldierhood: Łukasz Przybyłski, a fewer words from 1930, writes[xiv]: In Bobrujsk Przybylski he encountered the owlans of the Polish Corps formed there, commanded by General Dowbor-Muśnicki. He immediately decided that he would be a slave. ... Unfortunately, we do not know what his further fates were in the corps of General Dowbor-Muśnicki...

03.03.1918 – the signing of the Brest Treaty and the dissolution of the Polish Corps. Then Przybylski returns with the another soldiers to his homeland[xv] and settles in Warsaw – possibly in the home of Care, he was deprived of means of life[xvi],

27.12.1918 – Wielkopolska Uprising in Poznań,

08.01.1919 – Gen. Józef Dowbor–Muśnicki arrives in Poznań,

11.01.1919 – Poznań political-military strategy signed[xvii],

17.01.1919 – a draft for the Wielkopolska Army was announced – 1897, 1898 and 1899,

22.01.1919 – in Warsaw the 56th anniversary of the outbreak of the January Uprising was celebrated, Łukasz Przybylski[xviii] participates in the celebrations, although he does not have a veteran uniform yet. The first promotions of veterans of national uprisings were announced,

16.02.1919 – the signing of the truce in Trewira officially ended the Wielkopolska Uprising, which does not mean ending the skirmishes with Germany,

02.1919 – Łukasz Przybylski applied to the Chief of State for a veteran uniform[xx],

07.03.1919 – civilian Chancellery letter on uniform[xxi],

18.03.1919 – Łukasz Przybylski's request for a decision concerning a veteran's uniform. It introduces itself as a veteran of 1831 and 1863, asking for a answer to: Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście nr 62. At this address was the Warsaw Charity Society, which Łukasz Przybylski had to be a ward[xxii],

07.1919 – Łukasz Przybylski first arrives in Poznań2,

16.07.1919 – in Poznań Łukasz Przybylski, accompanied by Gen. Dowbor–Muśnicki, participates in the celebrations of the anniversary of the conflict of Grunwald organized by the 1st Wielkopolska firearm Regiment[xxiii]. It is hard to believe that a general with a venerable veteran next to him emphasized his participation in the 1831 and 1863 uprisings and omitted his participation in the Wielkopolska Uprising,

17.07.1919 – in the uniform of lieutenant Łukasz Przybylski visited the editorial office of Kurier Poznański. During this visit, he spoke of his participation in the November Uprising in 1831, where he was wounded in the conflict of Grochow, then in the January Uprising in 1863[xxiv]. He declares that he is ready to “fight for a common origin if it should come, even with a weapon in his hand”6. We learn from the press announcements that this is the first visit of Łukasz Przybylski in Poznań and on Wielkopolska land,


27.07.1919 – in Poznań, according to the decision of the president of Wielkopolska veterans Jan Mikołajczak, a commemorative photograph with Łukasz Przybylski was taken. For photography “69 came together, no difference in state, both from Poznań and the Principality. ...” Veterans were led by Colonel Niemojewski of Śliwnik in the company of Lieutenant Przybylski. The number ‘69’ shows that the photograph did not contain the Wielkopolska Insurgents, only the St. From the same number of Kurier Poznański we learn about the very hard material situation of Łukasz Przybylski, he could not afford to buy a horn – he received it from the Poznańians as a gift, and he did not have anything to buy,

02.08.1919 – Act on a fixed wage for veterans of the 1831 and 1863 uprising[xxvi]. A peculiar committee was set up to verify veterans. Łukasz Przybylski[xxvii] was besides qualified in the list under item 1830 for "pension",

18.12.1919 – Act on Granting Degrees and the Rights of Officers to Veterans of 1831, 1848 and 1863[xxviii]. Private veteran soldiers received promotions to the rank of lieutenant, veterans identified from higher military ranks, received correspondingly higher ranks of officers. It was most likely then that Lieutenant Łukasz Przybylski was promoted to Colonel. No sources indicating a different promotion,

1920 – he resided in Lipno with his accidentally found cousin[xxix],. According to the source, he previously lived in a veteran shelter in Włocławek[xxx] [?] for what deficiency of confirmation,

17.02.1922 – died in Lipno1,

21.02.1922 – buried at the local cemetery in Lipno. The “great” man who fought for the free Homeland in 1831 and 1863 went quietly[xxxi]. His ceremony was described in the magazine Youth[xxxii], which reads: “When the brothers in Silesia have late cried for aid from their mother, he goes and there to bear witness that: “to the blood of the last drop of life, we will defend the spirit...”[no sources have been found confirming participation in Silesia]

26.03.1932 – solemn unveiling and dedication of the monument funded by Lipna Society[xxxiii]. On the tombstone inscription[xxxiv]:

Łukasz Przybylski

Colonel

veteran combat

1831 and 1863

o independency of Poland

*1814 +1822

Let's show the world

By the glorious scars

What Love Can Do

Glory and Homeland

Funded from contributions

1932

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