Feliksas Kolyška

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Feliksas Kolyška
Born1837
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Died19 February 1889
Menton, France[2]

Feliksas Kolyška alias Śmiałyński[3] (Polish: Feliks Kołyszko; 30 May 1837 in Vilnius – 19 February 1889 in Menton[4]) was a participant of the January Uprising.[1] He was the older brother of Boleslovas Kolyška, a notable leader of the uprising.

Early life[]

Kolyška was born into a petty noble family as a son of Wincenty Adolf Kołyszko and his wife Apolina Bańkowska[4] or, according to other sources a woman from the Jursza family in Vilnius.[3] In 1851, at the age of fourteen and while a student of the Vilnius Gymnasium, he was arrested and sent to a Imperial Russian Army disciplinary battalion.[1] He remained in it until 1861.[1] In 1862 he was arrested for wearing a national costume and possession of illegal patriotic leaflets.[3]

Uprising of 1863[]

During the Uprising of 1863, he commanded a rebel unit in the counties of Trakai and Kalvarija.[1] During spring, Feliksas Kolyška operated in the area between Jieznas and Butrimonys together with other rebels.[5][6] On May 12, he and his unit, totaling 36 soldiers, fought with an Imperial Russian guard company at Žilinai.[7] On August 7, Kolyška and his group of about 185 rebels were attacked by 300 hussars and cossacks near  [lt].[8]

Kolyška and his unit were remembered in a folk song of  [lt]: "Ar tai pora, / ar tai lyška, / žalnierius rokavo / Atamanas Kolyška".[9]

Thereafter he emigrated to France, where he worked in Chemins de fer du Nord and lived in Pontoise.[4] On 17 April 1870 married Antonina Katarzyna Eudoksja Wróblewska in Paris. After the death of the first wife, he married Maria de Gozdawa Gostkowska on 6 July 1879.[4] Kolyška died on 18 February 1889 and was buried in Trabuquet cemetery in Menton.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Čepėnas 1957, p. 223.
  2. ^ Kozłowski 1968, p. 370.
  3. ^ a b c Kozłowski 1968, p. 369.
  4. ^ a b c d e Dacka-Górzyńska & Górzyński 2015, p. 257.
  5. ^ Dunderis 2013.
  6. ^ Butkienė 2013.
  7. ^ Bernardinai.lt 2013.
  8. ^ Ružancovas 1938, p. 898.
  9. ^ Kuzmickas 2013.

Bibliography[]

  • Butkienė, Lina (3 October 2013). "Iš Butrimonių praeities" (in Lithuanian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • Bernardinai.lt (28 June 2013). "Laiko juosta: žymiausi 1863 metų sukilimo mūšiai (II dalis)" (in Lithuanian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • Čepėnas, Pranas (1957). "Feliksas Kolyška". Lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 12. Boston. p. 223.
  • Dacka-Górzyńska, Iwona; Górzyński, Sławomir (2015). Polacy pochowani na cmentarzach Nicei i Mentony [Poles buried in the cemeteries of Nice and Mentona] (in Polish). Warsaw: DiG. ISBN 978-83-7181-781-6.
  • Dunderis, Vilmantas (20 September 2013). "1863-1864 m. sukilimas: Krikštonių mūšis" (in Lithuanian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • Kozłowski, Eligiusz (1968). "Feliks Kołyszko". Polski Słownik Biograficzny (in Polish). Vol. 13. Wrocław. pp. 369–370.
  • Kuzmickas, Vytautas (13 April 2013). "1863-ieji Verknės ir Nemuno krašte: kovos, viltys ir netektys (IV)". Nemuno krašto laikraštis "Naujasis Gėlupis" (in Lithuanian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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