Jana Kantego Działyńskiego działalność we władzach powstańczych zaboru pruskiego w latach 1863–1864
Jan Kanty Działyński’s Activity in the Insurgent Authorities Under the Prussian Partition in the Years 1863–1864

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the activity of Count Jan Działyński in the January Uprising national authorities under the Prussian rule. Działyński was a representative of the family, which belonged to one of the most prominent families in Wielkopolska in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the time of partitions, the Działyńscy family was fully committed to Poland’s independence issue. During the January Uprising, Jan, the last male representative of the family, held important functions in the national administration of the Prussian partition. He was both the head of the Committee of Wielkopolska, and after its fall – the war organizer. Działyński supported the Uprising not only organizationally and financially – within a year, he allocated for this purpose the equivalent of the annual income of his assets – but he also participated in the biggest battles fought by insurgent groups from the Prussian partition, namely the battles of Pyzdry and Ignacew. He showed not only courage but also military talents, thus continuing the tradition of his father and grandfather, both insurgents.

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