Józef Wybicki
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Józef Rufin Wybicki (Będomin, Kashubia, 1747 – 1822) was a Polish general, poet and political figure.
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He was a close friend of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, and in 1797 he wrote Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (Dąbrowski's Mazurka), which in 1927 was adopted as the Polish national anthem.
During the Kościuszko Uprising, he was counselor of the Military Section in the Provisional Council of the Duchy of Masovia.
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[edit] Fiction
- Michael Large, Song of the Legions, 2011, a novel about the origin of the Polish national anthem, ISBN 978-0-9568853-0-2.
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- People from Kościerzyna County
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- Senators of the Duchy of Warsaw
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- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
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