Jan Kiliński

January Kiliński (* December 1760 in Trzemeszno; † January 28, 1819 in Warsaw) was a Polish insurgents.

He was one of the commanders of the Kościuszko Uprising. From the origin shoemaker, he commanded the Warsaw Uprising of 1794, an uprising against the Russian garrison was stationed there since the Second Partition of Poland. He was also a member of the provisional government.

Life

Kiliński grew up in Great Poland. In 1780 he settled in Warsaw, where he was a master shoemaker 1788. As one of the most prominent citizens, he was elected three times in a row in the City Council, so 1791-1793. During the Warsaw uprising of 1794 made ​​Kiliński a unit of the " National Militia " and led his forces together with units of the regular army against the Russian occupiers. On 19 April of that year, after the Russian withdrawal, he signed a document regarding the admission of the Kościuszko troops in the city and was a member of the " Temporary Council ," a short-term municipal government.

The Council was soon dissolved and placed the power in the hands of Tadeusz Kościuszko, while Kiliński focused on strengthening its militias. His forces grew to over 20,000 men under arms, and were laid on 28 June 1794, the front and combined with the regular Polish army. On July 2, Kościuszko Kiliński rose to the rank of Kolonels. After the failure of the uprising Kiliński was arrested by Prussian troops and handed over to the Russians, who settled him in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. After his release, he lived for a short time in Vilnius. He was again arrested for conspiracy against the tsarist authorities and taken to Russia. After his return he settled in Warsaw, where he also died.

Kiliński was buried in the crypt of the church on the Powązki cemetery. His memoirs were published posthumously in two volumes in 1830 and 1890.

The Kiliński Park in Lviv was named after him.