Wojciech Chrzanowski ( Polish: Wojciech Chrzanowski ; January 14, 1793 , Biskupice , Galicia - February 26, 1861 , Paris ) - Polish general and cartographer .
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| Affiliation |  Duchy of Warsaw Kingdom of Poland Sardinian Kingdom | |
| Type of army | artillery | |
| Rank | Colonel (Kingdom of Poland) General (Kingdom of Sardin) | |
| Battles / wars | World War 1812 :
War of the Sixth Coalition :
One hundred days :
Russian-Turkish war (1828-1829) :
Polish uprising (1830-1831) :
Austro-Italian War :
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Biography
Wojciech Chrzanowski began military service in 1810 in Warsaw artillery .
He participated in the Patriotic War of 1812 , in particular, in the Battle of Smolensk . He later fought in the battle of Leipzig . In January 1815 he entered the service of the Kingdom of Poland .
In 1828 - 1829, with the rank of captain of the Russian army, he took part in the Russian-Turkish war .
Since November 1830, Chrzanowski participated in the Polish uprising , was the military governor of Warsaw (1831). After the defeat of the uprising in late 1831 he emigrated to Paris .
In 1848, Karl Albert , king of Sardinia , chose Khrzanovsky as commander in chief of the Sardinian army. After the defeat of Sardinia in the battle of Novar, Chrzanovsky was fired from service by King Victor Emmanuel II .
Chshanovsky returned for permanent residence in Paris, where he continued his work on creating a detailed map of Polish lands, which he had been working on since 1822 . In 1859, this map was finally published in Paris.
Wojciech Chrzanowski died on February 26, 1861 and was buried in the Montmartre cemetery .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 10404800X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Budziska // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
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Literature
- Bronisław Pawłowski . Chrzanowski Wojciech. W: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 3: Brożek Jan - Chwalczewski Franciszek. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności - Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1937, s. 463-467. Reprint: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989, ISBN 83-04-03291-0 .