Remains of the leader of the January Uprising discovered!

08-08-17 Promocja 0 comment

On July 2017, at the Castle Hill in Vilnius, scientists discovered the remains of Zygmunt Sierakowski, one of the leaders of the January Uprising of 1836.

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During the research the remains of seven men buried with bound hands were discovered. One of them was buried separately. On his finger researchers found a golden ring with engraved inscription „Zygmund Apolonija 11 August / 30 July 1862”. Men were propably participants in the January Uprising, and the owner of the ring was one of its commanders, Zygmunt Sierakowki. The insurgents were executed at Lukis Square.

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Zygmunt Erazm Gaspar Józef Sierakowski, alias „Dolęga” was a Polish independence activist, general, commander of the January Uprising in Samogitia. After the outbreak of the uprising he became the war chief of the Kaunas voivodeship, where he commanded a 2500-person unit. Sierakowski was the husband of the Apolonia Dalewska. Executed by hanging at the age of 37, June 27, 1863 in Vilnius