page_title: Piotr Wysocki
hierarchical_section_title: Piotr Wysocki
caption_attribution_description: Piotr Wysocki
context_page_description: Piotr Wysocki, was a Polish lieutenant and leader of the Polish conspiracy against Russian Tsar Nicolas I. Nobleman of Odrowąż Coat of Arms, he raised military insurgents on 29 November 1830, starting the November Uprising against Russia. In 1831 he was sentenced to death by Russians, but his sentence was commuted to a 20 years exile in Siberia.
  On 3 March 1831 he was awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari.
context_section_description: Piotr Wysocki (10 September 1797 in Warka – 6 January 1875 there), was a Polish lieutenant and leader of the Polish conspiracy against Russian Tsar Nicolas I. Nobleman (szlachcic) of Odrowąż Coat of Arms, he raised military insurgents on 29 November 1830, starting the November Uprising against Russia. In 1831 he was sentenced to death by Russians, but his sentence was commuted to a 20 years exile in Siberia.
  On 3 March 1831 he was awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari (cross number 1).
caption: Piotr Wysocki; portrait by
  Jan Nepomucen Żyliński (1790-1838)
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