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One of various Coats of Arms from families Drozdowski

Drozdowski is an originary surname of the European culture, is hereditary and patrilineal name, more commonly used in the Poland. After the First World War and during the Russian revolution, in 1917 middle, entire families if dislocated for neighboring countries and even though they had immigrated for Americas. Had to the fact of the linguistics to be different and even though for error of grafia, it suffered many alterations, as we can observe as; Drazdauskas in the Lituania, Drauzdauskas, in Brazil, etc. The name gains notoriety, when of the Rebellion of Warsaw in the year of 1794. One met for the place, an insignificant unit of not more than 100 armed civilians with an only cannon of 6 counts, commanded for the captain of the artillery Jacek Drozdowski. A Polish unit opened fire with its only cannon and gradually it withdrew starting through the quadrilateral against the palace of Brühl in its side north, going off intermittently. At the same time the Russian commander did not emit no order and its columns had been stops; simply frightened under the enemy fire. The other important person was Antanas Strazdas signed in Polish as Antoni Drozdowski, poet and priest.(1760-1833). Only two poetry books were published during his lifetime, one in 1814 and other in 1824.

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Warsaw Uprising (1794)

Antanas Strazdas


References

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  • (in Polish) Kazimierz Bartoszewicz (1913) ">> Swieta Insurrekcyja << W Warszawie", Dzieje Insurekcij Kosciuzkowskiej [1] (history of the Kosciuszko´s Uprising). Viena: Franciszek Bonde, 184 onwards. ISBN 83-88841-17-3.
  • (in Lithuanian) Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970–1978). "Antanas Strazdas". Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. V. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. pp. 306–307. LCCN 74-114275.

Further reading

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  1. (in Polish) Wacław Tokarz (1934). Insurekcja warszawska (17 i 18 kwietnia 1794 r.). Lwów: Ossolineum. p. 288. 2nd editition in 1950
  2. (in Polish) Andrzej Zahorski (1985). Warszawa w powstaniu kościuszkowkim (Warsaw in the Kościuszko's Uprising). Warsaw.
  3. (in Polish) various authors and Andrzej Ajnenkiel; et al. (1994). Tadeusz Rawski, Janusz Wojtasik (ed.). Powstanie kościuszkowskie 1794 (Kościuszko's Uprising of 1794). Warsaw: Ergos, Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny. pp. 451+. ISBN 83-86268-11-5. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)


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