Ignacy Mystkowski (February 4, 1826 – May 13, 1863) was a Polish nobleman, railroad engineer who became a commander of insurgent forces during the period of the

January Uprising The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ...

and was promoted to the rank of

lieutenant-colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

. By birth, he was member of

Mystkowski family The Mystkowski family – was one of several noble families using the Puchała coat-of-arms during the time of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. First mention of the Mystkowski family comes from the 'KODEKS DYPLOMATYCZNY KSIĘSTWA MAZOWIECKIE ...

. Mystkowski studied engineering in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

. As an engineer he worked on the railway transport of the

Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway (() (transliteration: Sankt-Peterburgo–Varshavskaya zheleznaya doroga)) is a long railway, built in the 19th century by the Russian Empire to connect Russia with Central Europe. At the time the entire railw ...

, donated for use in December 1862 and running through Malkinia. During the January Uprising he commanded about 1,200 insurgents. Along with his soldiers, he defeated the

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

in the Battle of Stok in early May 1863 and was promoted to the rank of

. He died on May 13, 1863 during the Battle of Kietlanka.

Bibliography

Stefan Kieniewicz Stefan Kieniewicz (20 September 1907, in Dereszewicze – 2 May 1992, in Konstancin) was a Polish historian and university professor, notable for his works on the 19th-century history of Poland. During his work at various universities he became ...

, ''Powstanie styczniowe'', Warsaw 1972; . *Cz. Vol. Brodzicki D. Godlewska, Lomza in the years 1794-1866. PWN, Warsaw 1987 rs 268. available at
historialomzy.pl
(2014-01-19).

, source detailing the events concerning Mystkowski's detachment during the events of the Uprising.

biography of Ignatius Mystkowski.

Footnotes

Polish nobility Clan of Jastrzębiec 1826 births 1863 deaths {{Russia-noble-stub