Piotr Wysocki (10 September 1797 in

Warka Warka ( yi, ווארקע) is a town in east-central Poland, located on the left bank of the Pilica river ( south of Warsaw), with 11,035 inhabitants (2004). It has been situated in Grójec County, in the Masovian Voivodeship, since 1999; p ...

– 6 January 1875 there), was a Polish captain and leader of the Polish conspiracy against Russian Tsar

Nicolas I , house = Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp , father = Paul I of Russia , mother = Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) , birth_date = , birth_place = Gatchina Palace, Gatchina, Russian Empire , death_date = ...

. He was a nobleman ('' szlachcic'') who bore the Odrowąż coat of arms. On 29 November 1830, he raised military insurgents, starting the November Uprising against Russia. In 1831 he was sentenced to death by Russians, but his sentence was commuted to a 20 years exile in

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. On 3 March 1831 he was awarded the Gold Cross of the

Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', pl, Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Polish King St ...

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1797 births 1875 deaths People from Grójec County Clan of Odrowąż November Uprising participants Polish exiles in the Russian Empire Recipients of the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari {{Poland-mil-bio-stub