Wojskowi wykładowcy warszawskiej Szkoły Aplikacyjnej Artylerii i Inżynierii i ich udział w powstaniu listopadowym
Military lecturers of the Warsaw School of Artillery and Engineering and their participation in the November Uprising

Summary/Abstract: In the time of the Kingdom of Poland until the outbreak of the November Uprising, the army played an important social, political, educational and national role. It was an eye in the head of state authorities, as well as a nationally conscious part of society. Being an officer gave social prestige and enabled a career, also a political one. Hence, the youth from the families of the social elite tried to get the right education to get officer’s skills. The best military school at that time was the Application School of Artillery and Engineering in Warsaw. Her lecturers were outstanding officers, who in the vast majority had extensive knowledge and experience gained from the completed schools and participation in the Napoleonic battles. At the outbreak of the November Uprising, they faced the decision to break the oath made to the Tsar/King. Almost all university lecturers joined the fight against Russia in 1831 and performed the duties entrusted to them until the end of the uprising. Two of them died in defense of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Poland, others remained after the defeat in the country, taking the oath of loyalty to Tsar Nicholas I. None of the lecturers at the Application School went abroad. In the inter-uprising period, they undertook various duties, most often removing themselves from public life. The uprising meant that they became political realists.

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