Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko, political and military figure of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, leader of the uprising of 1794. National hero of Poland and the USA, honorary citizen of France, a native of the Belarusian land.

Born in 1746 in the village of Merechevshchina near the town of Kossovo (now Ivatsevichi District, Brest Region).

In 1776-1783 he volunteered to participate in the U.S. War of Independence. He returned home in 1784 and joined the Polish army in 1789. He was declared commander and head of the rebellion of the year 1794. In the Battle of Maciejowice (1794) he was heavily wounded, captured and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress. He was released in 1796 and went to the USA. He returned to Europe in 1798.

He died in Switzerland in 1817 and re-interred in Krakow.

There are about 200 monuments to Tadeusz Kosciuszko in the world. The highest point of the Australian continent and a number of other geographical objects in different countries bear his name.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko memorial museum-estate was opened in Belarus. It is located in the restored house in the village of Merechevshchina (Ivatsevichi District, Brest Region) next to the famous Kossovo Castle.

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Merechevshchina (January 2021)