JAROSłAW DąBROWSKI

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JAROSŁAW RADWAN DĄBROWSKI ŻĄDŁO
'Jarosław Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło' (November 13 1836May 23 1871) was a Polish revolutionary Nationalist and general. .

Contents
Biography
Youth
Military career
On the barricades in Paris
Legacy
Spanish Civil War
Poland
Notes
Footnotes
References
See Also
External Links

Biography



Youth

Dąbrowski was born in Zhytomyr, currently part of Ukraine. He was the offspring of the old Polish noble family Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło. He bore the Clan Radwan arms. His father was Wiktor Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło. His mother was Zofia née Falkenhagen-Zaleska. .
Military career

In 1845 at age 9, Jarosław Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło joined the Russian army, enrolling in the officer training corp at the Brest-Litovsk Fortress, where he spent 8 years. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Cadet Corps in 1855. He fought as a Russian officer against mountaineer uprisings in the Caucasus. In 1859 he enrolled in the General Staff Academy in St. Petersburg. There he was one of the leaders of the secret "Officers' Committee of the First Army". Members included several hundred Russian and Polish officers, cooperating with the revolutionary "Zemlya i Volya" (Land and Liberty) movement. . He became involved in the preparation of the January Uprising, but was arrested on August 14 1862, and exiled to Siberia for his participation in a plot against the Tsar, Alexander II. In 1865, he escaped and fled to France.
On the barricades in Paris

Jaroslaw Dabrowski caricatured in ''Le Père Duchesne Illustré'' - ''Un bon bougre!... Nom de Dieu!...''
In early March 1871, following months of siege by the Prussians, and social unrest after the Franco-Prussian War, revolution broke out in Paris. The city declared itself independent of the French National Government, calling itself the Paris Commune. As an immediate step, Parisians - calling themselves ''Communards'' - took immediate steps to defend itself against the Prussians (who were still in the vicinity) and against the deposed Monarchists, seeking a return to Louis Napoleon's Third Empire. By this time, Dąbrowski had been elected to the Council of the Paris Commune, using the ''nom de guerre'', 'Iaroslav Dombrovski'[1]. When negotiations with the National Government broke down, he became Commander-in-Chief and started organising its defence. He died on 23 May 1871 on the barricades of his adopted city. The Commune itself fell on 28 May 1871. The subsequent massacres of the Communards by French National Government shocked liberal society throughout Europe. Nevertheless, the shame of Dąbrowski having associated himself so closely with socialism and revolution was such that his two sons were driven to commit suicide, and his brother was driven to crime in exile. .

Legacy


Spanish Civil War

In the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), - the Dabrowski Battalion and various Brigade-strength units (known in Polish as the Dąbrowszczacy) - were named in his honour. See Polish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
Poland

Several schools and roads are named after him in Poland; among them most notable is The Military Technical Academy in Warsaw, Poland,[2] named in memorial of him.
''Polish 200-Złoty Banknote Printed in 1976 (Obverse):''
JAROSŁAW RADWAN DĄBROWSKI ŻĄDŁO


''(Reverse):''

Notes


He should not be confused with Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, (Coat-of-Arms/Herb: Własnego Dąbrowski), after whom the Polish national anthem (''Mazurek Dąbrowskiego'') is named.

Footnotes


1. ''Petit Robert: Noms Propres''
2. "Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego", Ogólnopolski Katalog Szkolnictwa www.szkolnictwo.pl. Retrieved
on June 14, 2007.

References



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See Also





James H. Billington

External Links



The Library of Congress: James Hadley Billington

Dr hab. Jerzy Zdrada, prof. UJ

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