Battle of Stok
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The Battle of Stok, one of many skirmishes of the January Uprising, took place in the night of May 4/5, 1863, near the village of Stok, which at that time belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A Polish insurgent party under Ignacy Mystkowski ambushed here a detachment of the Imperial Russian Army. The battle is regarded as one of the biggest Polish victories of the uprising.
Russian column was commanded by Polish born officer, , who after the battle joined the insurgents. Poles captured a number of prisoners, weapons and equipment. The battle was presented in Juliusz Machulski’s historical film Szwadron (1993).
Sources[]
- Stefan Kieniewicz: Powstanie styczniowe. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1983. ISBN 83-01-03652-4.
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