Piotr Wysocki

Piotr Wysocki (10 September 1797 in Warka – 6 January 1875 there), was a Polish captain and leader of the Polish conspiracy against Russian Tsar Nicolas I.

He was a nobleman (szlachcic) who bore the Odrowąż coat of arms.

[1] In 1831, he was sentenced to death by Russians, but his sentence was commuted to a 20 years exile in Siberia.

[2] On 3 March 1831, he was awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari.

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Piotr Wysocki; portrait by
Jan Nepomucen Żyliński (1790-1838)