Kosciuszko Uprising in Poland

1794

Tadeusz Kosciuszko, returned from America, led Polish regulars and peasant scythemen against Russian occupation. They won at Raclawice and held Warsaw for months. Suvorov stormed Praga, the capital's suburb, with deliberate slaughter. The last Polish army was broken; Russia, Prussia, and Austria were already planning the final partition. Kosciuszko, captured and imprisoned, became a symbol of Polish resistance that endured through a century of statelessness.