Riflemen's Association

"Strzelec" redirects here. For the Polish village, see Strzelec, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Badge of the Riflemen's Association

Związek Strzelecki "Strzelec" (Riflemen's Association "Rifleman") was a Polish paramilitary cultural and educational organization created in 1910 in Lwów as a legal front of Związek Walki Czynnej, and revived in Poland in 1991.

An important part of the Association's mission was training young Poles in military skills. Before World War I, the Riflemen's Association provided military training to over 8,000 people, and its trainees subsequently formed an important part of the Polish Legions in World War I.

Prominent members and leaders of the Riflemen's Association included Józef Piłsudski, Henryk Dobrzański, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Władysław Sikorski, Marian Kukiel, Walery Sławek, Julian Stachiewicz, Aleksander Prystor and Włodzimierz Tetmajer.

The Riflemen's Association was revived in Poland in 1991, after the fall of communism.

See also

• Polskie Drużyny Strzeleckie

Notes

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 30 April 2006 of the equivalent article on the Polish Wikipedia.

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