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Kasztanka
''Kasztanka'' (; Polish language, Polish for "chestnut mare"; born 1909 or 1910, died November 23, 1927) was the famous mare that belonged to Second Polish Republic, interwar Poland's leader, Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Life ''Kasztanka'' is the Polish language, Polish word for the chestnut (coat), chestnut color in mares, and Piłsudski so named his horse due to her color. She was foaled at Ludwik Popiel's ''Czaple Małe'' (Little Herons) estate probably in 1909 or 1910, and reared at his ''Czaple Wielkie'' (Great Herons) estate, in Miechów County, Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939), Kraków Province. Offered by her owner to the riflemen of the I Brigade of the Polish Legions, First Brigade of the Polish Legions in World War I, Polish Legions, she became the service mount of Commandant Józef Piłsudski, who entered Kielce on her in August 1914 and kept her as a riding horse until her untimely death 13 years later. She was an elegant mare of moderate height, about at the withe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Naczelnik państwa, Chief of State (1918–1922) and Marshal of Poland, First Marshal of Second Polish Republic, Poland (from 1920). He was considered the ''de facto'' leader (1926–35) of the Second Polish Republic as the Ministry of National Defence (Poland), Minister of Military Affairs. After World War I, he held increasing dominance in Politics of Poland, Polish politics and was an active player in international diplomacy. He is viewed as a father of the Second Polish Republic re-established in 1918, 123 years after the final Partitions of Poland, Partition of Poland in 1795. Seeing himself as a descendant of the culture and traditions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Piłsudski believed in a multi-ethnic Poland—"a home of nations" including indigenous ethnic and religious minorities. Early in his political career, Piłsudski became a leader of the Polish Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
