Battle of Racławice
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The Battle of Racławice was an 1794 engagement in which Tadeusz Kościuszko’s Polish forces, including notable peasant scythe-wielding units, won an early symbolic victory against the Russian Empire during the Kościuszko Uprising.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Racławice canonical | 3 |
| Bitwa pod Racławicami | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Racławice
ⓘ
surface form:
Bitwa pod Racławicami
|
| associatedWithPerson | Tadeusz Kościuszko ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Racławice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Polish insurgent forces
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| commander |
Alexander Tormasov
ⓘ
Tadeusz Kościuszko ⓘ |
| commandStrategy | Kościuszko personally led peasant scythemen in an assault on Russian artillery ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Panorama of the Battle of Racławice ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Polish national memory ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Polish military traditions and anniversaries ⓘ |
| conflict | Kościuszko Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| date | 1794-04-04 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Maciejowice
ⓘ
Battle of Szczekociny ⓘ |
| front |
Kościuszko Uprising
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish–Russian front of the Kościuszko Uprising
|
| hasCasualties |
Polish forces
ⓘ
Russian forces ⓘ |
| hasIconicImage | Kościuszko leading peasant scythemen ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Polish peasant scythemen
ⓘ
Polish regular troops ⓘ Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Imperial Army units
|
| historicalContext | struggle to restore Polish independence after the Second Partition of Poland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Partitions of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
Partitions of Poland era
|
| involvedEthnicGroup |
szlachta
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish nobility
Polish peasants ⓘ Russians ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Polish ⓘ |
| location | near Racławice, Lesser Poland ⓘ |
| memorialType | battlefield monuments ⓘ |
| notableUnit | kosynierzy ⓘ |
| partOf | Kościuszko Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSignificance |
symbol of Polish national resistance
ⓘ
symbol of peasant participation in national struggle ⓘ |
| precededBy | outbreak of the Kościuszko Uprising in Kraków ⓘ |
| region | Lesser Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Polish tactical victory
ⓘ
symbolic Polish victory ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
boosted morale of Polish insurgents
ⓘ
encouraged spread of Kościuszko Uprising ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
artillery
ⓘ
muskets ⓘ war scythes ⓘ |
| year | 1794 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Bitwa pod Racławicami