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Konstanty Kalinowski

Native name: Wincenty Konstanty Kalinowski, Кастусь Каліноўскі

Also known as: Wincenty Konstanty Kalinowski, Kastus Kalinoŭski, Konstantin Kalinovskij

Place of birth:

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Birth date:

1838-01-21 • Birth Sign: Aquarius

Citizenship:

Russian Empire

Death date:

1864-03-10 (26 years old)

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Konstanty Kalinowski, or Wincenty Konstanty Kalinowski ( – ), was a Polish–Lithuanian noble and one of the leaders of the 1863 January Uprising within the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He is a national hero for Poles, Lithuanians, and Belarusians. Particularly in Belarus, Kalinowski is revered as Father of the Nation and icon of Belarusian nationalism.

Kalinowski conducted his activities in the spirit of resurrecting the common state of Lithuania and Ruthenia, and Poland in the traditions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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