From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southern Legion of the Commonwealth of Poland
Południowa Legia Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Active1846
Disbanded1848
Allegiance Moldavian revolutionaries
Wallachian revolutionaries
Type Volunteer unit
Campaigns Moldavian Revolution of 1848
Wallachian Revolution of 1848

The Southern Legion of the Commonwealth of Poland [a] was a volunteer military unit of Polish expatriates, that existed from 1846 to 1848. It was formed in Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire, with the intention in supporting the Polish resistance movements during the Kraków uprising of 1846, the Greater Poland uprising of 1846, and later, the Greater Poland uprising of 1848. However the unit never reached those conflicts. Instead, it served in the Moldavian Revolution of 1848, and the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, fighting on the side of the revolutionaries, against the Russian Empire. It ceased to exist in 1848, with Russian forces tracking it down, and destroying it. [1] [2]

Citations

Notes

  1. ^ Polish: Południowa Legia Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

References

  1. ^ Jerzy Skowronek: Polskie formacje zbrojne w dążeniach do wyzwolenia narodowego w południowo-wschodniej Europie w latach 1795-1856, In: Słowiańszczyzna i dzieje powszechne, Warsaw, 1985.
  2. ^ Krzysztof Dach: Południowa Legia Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (1841-1848), 1977.


Flag of Poland Hourglass icon  

This Polish history–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a specific military unit is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Southern_Legion_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Poland&oldid=1138317628"