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Kazimierz Pułaski

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Guardians: Casimir Pulaski Museum in Warka

A hero of the struggle for freedom of two nations, Polish and American, a general and a hero of the war for independence of the USA. Called „the father of the American cavalry”. In 1929, the U.S. Senate established the “General Pulaski Memorial Day” on October 11.

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Casimir Pulaski was born, most surely, on 6 March 1745 in Warsaw. He grew up in the family goods of Winiary on Pilica river near Warka. A local tradition says that he took his first studies in the parish school in Warka. He continued his education at the theatine priests’ Warsaw School in Warsaw. He received a court etiquette lesson at the court of Prince Kurland Karol in Mitawa, where he was a page. His parents, Józef and Marianna from Zieliński family, took care of the patriotic upbringing of the future Hero of Two Nations. His father, a landowner, the Warka district governor, but above all a recognized lawyer and an active participant of many parliamentary debates, involved in the activities of the anti-Russian opposition in the 18th-century Republic of Poland, introduced him into the world of politics. Undoubtedly, his father’s influence prompted Casimir Pulaski and his brothers to participate in the Bar Confederation (1768-1772) that was created by their paterfamilias among others.

Young Pulaski, although he did not have much military experience, quickly became one of the most famous commanders of the Confederate troops fighting for Poland’s escape from under Russian influence. He was the most famous for his effective defence of the Jasna Góra Fortress (1771). He was known for organizing daring trips to the enemy. During this period, he became a legend – songs were sung about him and poems were written. His character was immortalized on the paintings by outstanding 19th-century painters, among others: Józef Chełmoński and Juliusz Kossak.

In 1772, Casimir Pulaski left Poland and went into exile as a result of the collapse of the Bar Confederation and due to the connection of his person with the unsuccessful assassination on King Stanisław August. After several years of wanderings around Europe, in 1777, he decided to go oversea where American colonials fought against English for independence. Participation in the American Revolution could open up new opportunities for Casimir Pulaski. His rich war experience gained from Confederate fights convinced George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army, to engage brave Pulaski in the American army.

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Author: Karol Kucharski, Casimir Pulaski Museum in Warka

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Casimir Pulaski died on October 11, 1779 from the wounds suffered during the siege of Savannah. He was buried on a local plantation, as shown by archaeological research from 1996 during which a coffin with the inscription “Brigadier general Casimir Pulaski” was discovered.

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„Kazimierz Pułaski 1745-1779” (2023) – Karol Kucharski

„Kazimierz Pułaski” (2021) – Małgorzata Król

„Wizerunek Kazimierza Pułaskiego w sztukach plastycznych. Próba bilansu” (2016) – Iwona Stefaniak

„Pułaski w amerykańskiej wojnie o niepodległość. Front północny 1777-1778” (2016) – Jolanta Daszyńska

„Muzeum im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego” (2011) – Iwona Stefaniak

„Kazimierz Pułaski w świadomości Polaków po 1989 r.” (2011) – Karol Kucharski

„Katalog – Muzeum im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Warce”

Kazimierz Pułaski. Bohater Polski i USA | FILM

Amerykańska rewolucja z mazurkiem w tle, czyli Będomin | FILM

Za wiarę i niepodległość – konfederacja barska | FILM

Gallery:

Casimir Pulaski, by unknown author, 19th century, oil on canvas owned by Casimir Pulaski Museum.

Włodzimierz Łuskina, Death of Pulaski near Savannah, 1893, oil on canvas owned by Casimir Pulaski Museum.

06/03/2023/Autor Artur Bober

People

Robert Woronowicz

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Honorary Patrons: Foundation in Aid of Polish Cavalry Tradition in Grudziądz

Sponsors: Reprezentacyjny Oddział Kawalerii Ochotniczej w barwach Szwadronu Przybocznego Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej

Guardians: Leszek Nagórny, Grzegorz Gajewski, Jakub Czekaj, Tadeusz Kühn

Officer of Polish Army, speciality – the representative cavalry. Cavalry Training Instructor. Riding instructor of Polish Equestrian Association and physical recreation instructor with a speciality of riding.

Founder and trainer of Volunteer Cavalry since 1993

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Robert Woronowicz – the best rider among soldiers and the best soldier among riders!

A captain of Polish Army, an officer and head of training of the Cavalry Squadron of Polish Army in the years 2000-2015, a volunteer cavalry captain, a co-organizer and member of the board of the Federation of Volunteer Cavalry in the years 2006-2017, an organizer of volunteer cavalry structures, a commander of Mounted Cadet Corps “Krakus” participation in the parade on November 11, 1998, a trainer and educator of several generations of Amazons and cavalrymen, among others, co-founder of Volunteer Cavalry Squadron in colours of 1st Light Cavalrymen Regiment of Józef Piłsudski (2001) and the Representative Volunteer Cavalry Squad in colours of the Household Squadron of the President of the Republic of Poland (2019); he also took an active part in the acceptance of the inheritance of the tradition of 1st Light Cavalrymen Regiment by 1st battalion of air cavalry and in many reconstructions, films, competitions.

He is the author of the rules of cavalry competitions, as well as the multiple Militari Champion of Poland and the author of the elaboration of the cavalry regulations and completed equipment projects (a military saddle, a lance) for the Cavalry Squadron of Polish Army.

The exceptional distinction is indication of Robert Woronowicz by the Association of Regiment Circles of Cavalry of the II Republic of Poland in London to the Chapter of Colours and Traditions of Cavalry of the II Republic of Poland.

He started his adventure with cavalry in 1989, when, as an instructor at the equestrian camp, he made horses available to four veterans of the 3rd Regiment of Mounted Riflemen . Despite not sitting in the saddle for several decades, the veterans had been doing great with horses, what made him aware of the quality and durability of cavalry training.

Cavalry captain Robert Woronowicz is interested in and supports Representative Volunteer Cavalry Squad in colours of the Household Squadron of the President of the Republic of Poland that was established in 2019. He always asked where lances are. He ordered (unopposed) lances in both ranks. This squadron was the only one in the cavalry to have lances in both ranks. Along with the publication of the entry appointing the cavalry captain Robert Woronowicz as a one of Polish Equestrian Legends, Anna and Artur Bober gave lances to provide a proper look to the Squad.

The co-founders of volunteer cavalry squads mention as follows:

“I met Robert at a time when horse riding and cavalry traditions were not only not very popular, but dealing with them was difficult. Robert always believed that the cavalryman had to ride a horse, so he managed to convince the wider circles to this opinion and bring the cavalry out of the underground – he became famous as the commander of the first parade with the participation of a volunteer mounted squad during the Independence Day in Warsaw in 1998.

Another extremely valuable feature of the cavalryman, which Robert attends, is taking care of horses he owned or cared for as a riding instructor, among others in the Olympic Preparation Centre in Stara Miłosna.”

Cavalry captain Tadeusz Kühn

Cavalry captain Tadeusz Kühn is a co-founder of the Volunteer Cavalry Squadron in colours of 1st Light Cavalrymen Regiment of Józef Piłsudski. A co-founder and a member of the board of Voluntary Cavalry Federation within the period 2006-2017.

“As in the case of contacts with cavalrymen serving in the army during the second Republic of Poland, it is an honour to say about myself that I was formed and raised by an outstanding instructor and officer. Lectures and especially cavalry classes in horse-drawn formation, learning to use side arms or behaviour in uniform, are unforgettable memories. Often demanding, especially toward the staff, but always friendly and able to explain the principles of operation, meaning and motivation of cavalry ethos, he did not leave illusions whether someone is suitable for this service…

With enthusiasm, he keeps his online blog (rotmistrz.blogspot.com) since 2014, where it is worth to look! I also had the pleasure to work out for printing the author’s cavalry regulations (2014, 2020) prepared by Robert based on military publications from the period of the second Republic of Poland while adapting them to the realities of the present day and treating the cavalry mission in Polish Army as typically representative.

Let everyone know that there is currently no greater authority in the field of cavalry practice, like Mr Cavalry Captain Robert Woronowicz.”

Cavalry captain Jakub Czekaj

Cavalry captain Jakub Czekaj, the commander of Representative Volunteer Cavalry Squad in colours of the Household Squadron of the President of the Republic of Poland, the president of Regiment Society-Family of 8th Uhlans Regiment of Prince Józef Poniatowski, a co-founder and a member of the board of Voluntary Cavalry Federation within the period 2006-2013.

Authors: Grzegorz Gajewski and Leszek Nagórny

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„Jak szkoliłem Szwadron” (2020) – Robert Woronowicz

„Szkolenie kawalerii polskiej w XXI wieku cz. II” (2020) – Robert Woronowicz

„Szkolenie kawalerii polskiej w XXI wieku cz. I” (2020) – Robert Woronowicz

„Rajd kawaleryjski” (2019) – Robert Woronowicz

„Modlitwa konia” (2019) – Robert Woronowicz

„Trochę wspomnień” (2019) – Robert Woronowicz

„Koń w kawalerii II RP, kilka uwag” (2018) – Robert Woronowicz

„Sport jeździecki w kawalerii konnej II RP” (2018) – Robert Woronowicz

„Niezwykłe dzieje, niezwykłego obrazu” (2018) – Robert Woronowicz

„W kawalerii II RP koń był traktowany, jak żołnierz zawodowy” (2018) – Robert Woronowicz

„To już 20 lat” (2018) – Robert Woronowicz

„Somosierra 1808” (2018) – Robert Woronowicz

„Regulamin Kawalerii” (2017) – Robert Woronowicz

„Oficer – Dowódca Kawalerii Ochotniczej” (2017) – Robert Woronowicz

„Dumka” (2017) – Robert Woronowicz

„Polska lanca wz. 2013” (2016) – Robert Woronowicz

„Husarz (usarz) a huzar to nie to samo” (2016) – Robert Woronowicz

„Siodło kawaleryjskie wz. 36 2012” (2016) – Robert Woronowicz

„Generał” (2016) – Robert Woronowicz

„Arlekin III, prawdopodobnie ostatnie zdjęcie” (2016) – Robert Woronowicz

„Wiersze pana Remyego Van Ardena” (2015) – Robert Woronowicz

„Lance polskiej kawalerii przełomu XX i XXI wieku (1993 r. – 2014 r.)” (2015) – Robert Woronowicz

„Niezwykłe spotkanie” (2015) – Robert Woronowicz

„Lanca – broń polskiej kawalerii. Historia oraz praktyczne użycie w walce” (2015) – Robert Woronowicz

„Malowany Szwadron, wspomnienia Generała” (2015) – Robert Woronowicz

„Rzecz pozornie prosta – pozorniki” (2014) – Robert Woronowicz

„Szarża pod Uniejowem” (2014) – Robert Woronowicz

„Tradycja kawaleryjska a jeździectwo” (2014) – Robert Woronowicz

Gallery:

Robert Woronowicz is visiting Tomek Duda.

25/11/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Wiesław Dziadczyk

PL/EN

Honorary Patron: Polish Equestrian Association

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Guardians: Wiesław Dziadczyk’s family

II Vice-Champion of Poland in show jumping. A trainer in the stud farms Kozienice, Klikowa and Pruchna. A rider who jumped an obstacle “wall” 2.20 m on the mare Via Vitae. To this day, this record of height on this type of obstacle is not beaten in Poland.

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He was born in Bogusławice on 04 November 1937. District Piotrków Trybunalski, Łódź Voivodeship. His father: Wacław. His mother: marianna Węgrzynowska from home. His sisters: Gabriela, Joanna, Maria, Barbara. His wife: Natalia Zając from home. His daughter: Monika. His sons: Paul and Maciej.

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In the autumn of 1954, the first meeting with horses of the Stallions Depot in Bogusławice took place.

“I remember this day, November 15th. Then I went to work. My father had eleven hectares of land. I was the only son and my father was sorry of my leaving the farm. He thought that I would only supplement my income at the Depot and that I would return to my patrimony. I did not come back. I was taken by horses. After the first year of work in the Depot, I went to a sports group.“

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In 1965 (…) he accepts the proposal of the cavalry captain Jerzy Sas Jaworski, with the last combat assignment in the Warsaw Cavalry Division, an outstanding breeder, the director of the Stud Farm in Kozienice. He becomes a sports instructor in a group of sports horses, after major Marian Fabrycy.

He spent twelve years in Kozienice. There he met horses of his life, mare Via Vitae a daughter of mare Via Aquia (by Aquino) and stallion Dar es Salam, a chestnut, born in Kozienice Stud Farm in 1960.

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In 1969, at the International Official Horse Competitions – CHIO in Olsztyn, he won the Puissance Show Jumping while jumping a wall two hundred twenty centimetres high (to this day this is the record in jump over the wall in Poland ). It is worth recalling that in the same year in Radom, Wiesław Dziadczyk on the mare Via Vitae, established the then Polish record in the high-jump, which was 2.05 cm.

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Author: Witold Duński, PCBJ Edition

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„Warto wracać do przeszłości… Historia Via Vitae raz jeszcze” [link] (2020)

„Konie Służewca” (2019) – Paweł Gocłowski

„Wiesław Dziadczyk” (2012) – Witold Duński

„Historia Klubu Jeździeckiego SKARB przy Stadninie Koni Kozienice” (2012)

„Droga życia-cel życia” (2011) – Anna Sas-Jaworska

„Z życia Ludowego Klubu Jeździeckiego przy SK Pruchna w Ochabach” (1980) – Paweł Marosz

„CSI w Warszawie i CSIO w Olsztynie w 1974 r.” (1974) – Władysław Byszewski

„Racot — Warszawa — Olsztyn” (1969) – Witold Domański

Ludzie i Konie cz. 1 (1985) | FILM

Ludzie i Konie cz. 2 (1985) | FILM

Ludzie i Konie cz. 3 (1985) | FILM

Gallery:

Photographs from the collection of Wiesław Dziadczyk.

National competition in Zakopane around 1956. From left: Antoni Nowak on Dziad (groom Madejczyk beside the horse), an unknown rider on Gretorex (groom Grzybowski beside the horse), Wiesław Dziadczyk on Empiryk (?), trainer Aleksander Chajęcki.

04/11/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Urszula i Jerzy Białobokowie

PL/EN

Honorary Patron: Polski Związek Hodowców Koni

Sponsor: Urząd Gminy w Michałowie

Guardians: The Białobok’s family

Outstanding breeders of Polish Arabs. During their operation, Michałów Stud Farm received the Prize of President of the Republic of Poland from Aleksander Kwaśniewski (2001).

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I was born on 20 September 1947 in Sieradz. My mother Alina Helena Wiśniowska from home was born near Zbaraż. My father Ryszard Laufersweiler, a pre-war KOP officer, was a lecturer at Military College of Communication Troops in Zegrze (…)

Michałów (…). My brother Krzysztof and my cousin Sławek Wiszniowski brought me here on a very cold day of December 1969. We went by train to Kielce and then by car to Michałów. We were welcomed by the chief heartily (…)

Author: Urszula Białobok

Read Urszula Białobok’s memories, written manually, about her life and work at Michałów Stud Farm…

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He was born on 17 December 1952 in Śrem, Poznań province. His father: Stefan. His mother: Emilia Grabowska from home. His sisters: Hanna and Krystyna. His wife: Urszula Laufersweiler from home. His son: Emil. A graduate of Agricultural Academy in Poznań – Zootechnic Faculty.

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It was 1977. A young breeder Jerzy Białobok was always interested in Oriental horses. He was keen on pure-bred Arabians. To get to know them, it was necessary to run through a training at an Arabian stud farm. There were only two – Janów Podlaski and Michałów. Eng. Białobok came to the Służewiec Racecourse. He talked to their directors, Andrzej Krzyształowicz and Ignacy Jaworowski. There were a sufficient number of apprentices in Janów Podlaski however Jaworowski invited him to Michałów. It was 15 August 1977.

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The Białobok family had no relationships with horses. His father Stefan was a geneticist. He was interested in trees. He finished Main School of Farming and then obtained a degree of doctor at University in Berlin before 1939. His grandfather Jan Kanty Białobok worked at Scientific Institute in Puławy and dealt with trees and shrubs. One silver spruce, no more than 2.5 m high, is called Białobok.

Jerzy Białobok: “My father was a researcher and a professor of Polish Academy of Science at the Institute in Kórnik. So, there were a certain breeding tradition. Farm horses in Kórnik were used for work in nursery gardens and a farm. My mother finished a horticultural school in Poznań and worked in Kórnik. My grandfather on the distaff side, Tadeusz Grabowski, was a professor of Jagielloński University. Then he was a head of Romance philology department in Poznań and dealt with literature of romanticism period. I was absorbed by horses.”

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Author: Witold Duński

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„Fotograficzny esej na nadchodzące 70-lecie Stadniny Koni Michałów” (2022) – Mariusz Wideryński

„KWESTURA – 'The Best'” (2020) – Urszula i Jerzy Białobokowie

„I nieśmiertelni muszą odejść” (2015) – Jerzy Białobok

„Państwowa Stadnina Koni Michałów 1953-2013, część II” (2014) – Urszula Białobok

„Państwowa Stadnina Koni Michałów 1953-2013, część I” (2013) – Urszula Białobok

„Ignacy Jaworowski” (2014) – Jerzy Białobok

„Zasłużeni hodowcy koni” (2014)

„Moja droga – rozmowa z Jerzym Białobokiem” (2013) – Anette Mattson

„Jerzy Białobok” (2012) – Witold Duński

„Perskim okiem cz. VI” (2011) – Jerzy Białobok

„Firma jest najważniejsza” [link](2009) – Monika Luft

„Perskim okiem cz. V” (2009) – Jerzy Białobok

„Perskim okiem cz. IV” (2009) – Jerzy Białobok

„Moja droga do koni” (2008) – Urszula Białobok

„Perskim okiem cz. III” (2007) – Jerzy Białobok

„Urszula i Jerzy Białobok w fotografii Tomasza Jurgi” (2007) – Tomasz Jurga

„Fawor 1981-2005” (2006) – Urszula Białobok

„Perskim okiem cz. II” (2006) – Jerzy Białobok

„Perskim okiem cz. I” (2006) – Jerzy Białobok

„Odszedł wielki hodowca” (2004) – Urszula Białobok, Jerzy Białobok

„Mike’a Nicholsa podróże do Michałowa” (2002) – Anna Stojanowska

„Championat Michałowa” (1994) – Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka

„Wrażenia ze stadniny koni arabskich i aukcji w Tiersku” (1982) – Izabella Zawadzka, Jerzy Białobok

„Ogiery Michałowa” – Urszula Białobok

„Stadnina Koni Michałów” – zespół redakcyjny

„The Power of success – Michałów Stud” [link][EN] – Urszula Leczycka

„The Power of success – Michałów Stud” [link][FR] – Urszula Leczycka

source: Informator Ponidzie – Gmina Michałów

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Kwestura. Justyna Jaszczewska, Michałów 2008.

26/09/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Jerzy Iwanowski

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„For two years after the war, I had been seeking out Polish thoroughbreds robbed by Germans. Since I could not become reconciled with a new political situation in Poland, I emigrated to South Africa where I created a Lipizza horse team after the fashion of Spanish Riding School in Vienna.„

Jerzy Iwanowski

Honorary Patron: Polski Związek Jeździecki

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Guardians: Maria Iwanowska

A soldier, a cavalryman, an officer of the 1st Armoured Division commanded by Gen. Maczek. A creator of a Lipizza Horses riding school in Johannesburg.

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Jerzy Iwanowski was born in a noble family at Lebiodka estate (situated within actual borders of Belarus, around 120 km directly from Polish border). As an eleven years old boy, he was a witness of the independence recovery in 1918. When adult, he participated actively in the independence establishment as a doctor, a farmer, a landed proprietor, a horse breeder and a soldier at the same time. He took part in the World War II and settled in Africa after the war. He spent the last years of his life in Poland. In his autobiographical book “Times of my life”, he shared his heart-nearest ideas.

His history is an excellent example of a patriotic attitude expressed in an activity in the interest of his Motherland under any circumstances.

As a young graduate of the secondary school named after Tadeusz Reytan in Warsaw, Jerzy Iwanowski started medical studies at Warsaw University and then he finished Main School of Farming in Warsaw. At the same time, aged 24, he finished Cavalry Reserve Cadet School in Grudziądz in 1931 as a platoon officer cadet with an assignment to 1st Krechowieccy Uhlans Regiment named after Bolesław Mościcki in Augustów. After completion of obligatory military reserve exercises, he was appointed as a reserve second lieutenant with an assignment to 23rd Grodzieńscy Uhlans Regiment. Not long after his 27th birthday, on 02 May 1934, he was brought to his host 1st Krechowieccy Uhlans Regiment. On 17 November 1936, he finished agricultural studies and started working at National Horse Breeding Works in the position of a deputy manager of the Stallion’s Depot in Bogusławice. On 01 January 1937, he got promotion as a cavalry reserve lieutenant. He was about 30 years old then.

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Author: Urszula Kowalczuk

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Jerzy Iwanowski died on 28 May 2008 aged 101.
He was buried at Oliwski Cemetery in Gdańsk.

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„Płk. Jerzy Iwanowski” (2022) – Urszula Kowalczuk

„Od Normandii do Ypres” [link] (2011) – E. A. Parthemore

„Czasy mojego życia” (2000) – Jerzy Iwanowski

Gallery:

The photos come from the book “Times of my life” (2000) – Jerzy Iwanowski

14/09/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Marian Kowalczyk

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Honorary Patron: Polski Związek Jeździecki

Sponsor:

Guardians: Paulina Kucharska

Son of a cavalryman, a soldier from 25th Regiment of Uhlans of Great Poland. 13 times medallist of Championships of Poland in dressage and show jumping. The first Pole who prepared a horse for competitions of Grand Prix class. A coach of Polish Olympic Team for Olympic Games Moscow 1980 that won a gold medal (individually) and a silver medal (as a team). A graduate of Coach Study Centre at Academy of Physical Education in Poznań.

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Born at Wygoda estate near Janów in 1926 as a son of Aleksander and Zofia. His father was a cavalryman, a soldier from 25th Regiment of Uhlans of Great Poland.

A future champion started working with horses quite prosaically – from an agricultural labour. As a young boy (6. class of a primary school), he led horses out to meadows on the river Bug. He used to ride bareback and work as a harvester. In 1939, the World War II outbreak occurred. The herd and the stud farm were evacuated towards Romania to duck Germans. On 17th September, Russians attacked Poland, so the horses came back home after 2 weeks of march to avoid capture by Russians. Efforts of our grooms to rescue the herd and the stud farm failed because just after 2 weeks, Russians grabbed all horses and moved on Caucasus together with them. Later on, a border with Germany was settled on Bug River and the horses were left on Russian side. During German occupation, Germans redeveloped a horse breeding at Janów.

In 1941, Kowalczyk started working as a groom. Then German-Russian conflict outbreak occurred. In 1944, the front moved towards Poland and the horses were evacuated far inside Germany. During the war, he survived bombing of Dresden where he was together with the herd.

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Author: Paulina Kucharska

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Marian Kowalczyk died in Poznań on 29^th August 2017, aged 93. He was buried at a cemetery at Nowina street in Poznań.

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„Encyklopedia Mariana Kowalczyka” (2022) – Paulina Kucharska

„Marian Kowalczyk” (2012) – Witold Duński

„Marian Kowalczyk. Chcieć, nie udawać, że się chce” (2010) – Piotr Dzięciołowski

„Polscy Jeźdźcy na Igrzyskach Olimpijskich w latach 1912-1976” (1980) – Antoni Święcki

„Mistrzostwa Europy w skokach, Rotterdam 1979” (1979) – Władysław Byszewski

„Przegląd światowej czołówki skoczków u progu Igrzysk Olimpijskich w Moskwie” (1980) – Władysław Byszewski

„Zagraniczne występy skoczków w sezonie wiosennym” (1980) – Krzysztof Koziarowski

„XXII Igrzyska Olimpijskie Moskwa” (1980) – Eryk Brabec

IO Moskwa 1980 – Puchar Narodów i Grand Prix [RU] | FILM

„Jan Kowalczyk i Artemor” (1980) – Antoni Święcicki

Jan Kowalczyk – Artemor – IO Moskwa 1980 | FILM

Moskwa 1980 – Jan Kowalczyk – Wywiad | FILM

„Nie żyje Marian Kowalczyk” [link] (2017)

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Marian Kowalczyk and Bagalpur. Bucharest 1957

29/08/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Stanisław Ledóchowski

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Honorary Patron: Krzysztof Mijakowski, Konrad Głuchowski

Sponsor:

Guardians: Romanticism Museum in Opinogóra

A critic, a scenographer, a journalist, an author of verses, A custodian of memory about 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of J. Piłsudski at Romanticism Museum in Opinogóra. A laureate of the prize of Zygmunt Krasiński’s name. Well-deserved for Polish culture.

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(…) I am beginning pointlessly: I was born on 15 August 1932 in Warsaw, on the day that stamped a little boy specifically – an anniversary of the “miracle” on Wisła river, a Soldier Festival, a ceremony of Assumption of Mary…

(…) My father Edward (1905-1944), an officer of 1st Light Cavalrymen Regiment of Józef Piłsudski and one of presidents of Catholic Action, influenced me prepotently. My grandfather Stanisław Antoni (1874-1940), a creator of a Maritime Museum, the first one in Poland (in Warsaw!), one of pioneers of metal industry, played a similar role in my life. I dreamt to follow them.

(…) On the occasion of my fifth birthday, I was given a regular light cavalryman uniform wherewith numerous memories are combined. One day my father, while returning to barracks with his regiment, stopped at the monument of Jan III Sobieski and took me on the saddle in front of him. Thus, we rode mid applause, sunk in happiness. I thought about it while watching Nikita Michałkow’s film “The burnt in the sun”. You can see a similar scene in this unusual film.

Outbreak of the war found me, together with my mother and sister, at Mrs Szuchowa’s pension in Biała Góra near Skierniewice. I put on my uniform straight off and went to nearby forest where our artillery regiment had stopped. When I was coming back through a glade, an open car with Polish officers entered the glade unexpectedly. Due to their very odd uniforms, I realized they were disguisers. Saboteurs, surely, turned back violently at the sight of mine and disappeared in the forest. I informed my artillerymen but intruders disappeared without a trace. So, a seven years old light cavalryman’s participation in this war ended in this manner.

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Author: Stanisław Ledóchowski

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„O sobie samym” (2018) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Tradycja i historia są bardzo ważne” (2017) – Izabela Kamińska

„Ostatni architekt króla Stasia” (2016) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Europejskie tradycje polowań konnych” (2016) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Kossak w Opinogórze” [link] (2014) – Włodzimierz Piętka

„Liście od Krakowa” (2013) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Mundur” (2011) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„1 Pułk Szwoleżerów Józefa Piłsudskiego jego ethos i chwała” (2010) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Wśród koni Stanisława Gepnera” (2006) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Album z Podkową: Zielone Wzgórze” [link] (2003) – Małgorzata Wittels

„Pułk lekkokonny polski gwardii” (1995) – Stanisław Ledóchowski, Janusz Królik

„Rotmistrz Stanisław Gepner” (1987) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Sztuka dynastii Kossaków” (1986) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Piotr Michałowski” (1985) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Wśród koni Ludwika Maciąga” (1985) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Andrzeja Grzybowskiego zbiory i prace” (1984) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Wizyta na wystawie sport jeździecki 1918-1939” (1982) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Ludwik Maciąg” (1981) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Sztalugi w Janowie Podlaskim” (1978) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Juliusz Kossak — piewca urody koni” (1974) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

„Koń w malarstwie Józefa Brandta” (1969) – Stanisław Ledóchowski

Gallery:

Stanisław Ledóchowski in the traditional uniform of the 1st Light Cavalrymen Regiment, with his immediate family.

17/08/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski

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Patron Honorowy: Jacek M. Majchrowski, President of the city of Cracow, Wojciech Grochowalski

Mecenas: Burmistrz Miasta Bobowa, Wacław Ligęza

Opiekun: Volunteer Cavalry Squadron in colours of 1st Light Cavalrymen Regiment of Józef Piłsudski

The first Uhlan of II Republic of Poland. A doctor, a poet, a polyglot, a cavalryman, Józef Piłsudski’s adjutant. Polish Army General. An ambassador of Republic of Poland in Rome. He died tragically in New York. His bones were sepulchred at Rakowicki Cemetery in Cracow.

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“A reader, if you agree with me that only two professions existing in the world are suitable for a liberated and independent man, namely the professions of a poet and a cavalryman (and all the worse for you if you do not agree with this statement since this proves you are ni l’un ni l’autre, however you are an old and bald grumbler, even if you are twenty years old, with pretensions to be a senior tax adviser or at all a bank collector, or – worse still – you are a so called matron that defends her daughters’ virtue against uhlan’s lyrical charm or poet’s insatiable acquisitiveness, fortunately usually in vain) – well, if you can afford it to agree with me, then, in consequence, you cannot deny that a romanticism spirit, before it snatched at a winged poets phalanx of the early nineteenth century, found its first confessors within a cavalry, as apostles of his uncontrollable impetus to be an earthshaker and its love of unusual and fantastic acts unimaginable for common people – nay – breaking laws of nature.”

Source: Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski in the introduction to his book “General Lasalle” (1931) – Dupont Marcel.

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Prof. Jacek Majchrowski, in his book entitled “Caesar’s favourite” (1990, Ossolineum publishing house), passing for the best biography of Wieniawa-Długoszowski, wrote about the General as follows:
Doubtless, Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski’s life was varied and eventful enough to share with several biographies.

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To sum up Wieniawa’s biography and profile, we can do this with one of his collaborators’ words.
Antoni Mańkowski called him “an intelligent man, educated in every respect, of varied interests, noble, chivalric… grown out from a child on old traditions of Polish noble family. A man combining in himself all soldierly attributes, soldier-fashion hard and lenient, a believing Christian against wide-spread opinions, a great-hearted person, a good man unmitigatedly” (A. Mańkowski, Wołodyjowski, „Nowy Świat”, 23 VIII 1942).
I am at one with this opinion in fullness.

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Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski died in New York on 01 July 1942 aged 61. He was buried at Rakowicki Cemetery in Cracow (a quarter PAS 50-3-13-Legions’ Square).

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„Relacja dotycząca śmierci Bolesława Wieniawy-Długoszowskiego” (2022) – PCBJ

„Rocznica tajemniczej śmierci gen. Wieniawy” (2022) – Wojciech Grochowalski

„1 Pułk Szwoleżerów Józefa Piłsudskiego” (2022)

„Wieniawa, Wieniawa, Wieniawa” (2022) – Wojciech Grochowalski

„Zagadka śmierci Bolesława Wieniawy-Długoszowskiego” [link] (2021) – Sławomir Koper

„Bolesław Ignacy Florian Wieniawa-Długoszowski” [link] (2018)

„Wieniawa” (2018) | FILM

„’Choćby z diabłem, byle do wolnej Polski’. Legenda Pierwszego Ułana II RP” [link] (2017) – Łukasz Zaranek

„Wieniawa-Długoszowski – ułan i poeta” [link] (2012)

„Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski − poezja, szabla i wódka” [link] (2012) – Paweł Rzewuski

„Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski. Literat, ułan, dyplomata”. (2009) – Beata Kapustka

„Długoszowski Bolesław Wieniawa II” (2009) – Wojciech Molendowicz

„Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski – pierwszy ułan II Rzeczypospolitej” (2009) – Jan Rećko

„Pierwsza Kompania Kadrowa. Portret oddziału.” (2002) – Jacek Majchrowski

„Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski. Pierwszy ułan Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej” (1994) | FILM

„Powrót Wieniawy” (1990) | FILM

„Ulubieniec Cezara. Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski.” (1990) – Jacek Majchrowski

„Wstęp do księgi jazdy polskiej” (1938) – Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski

„Wzruszenia krakowskie” (1933) – Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski

„Wódz naczelny i kawalerja 1-ej brygady legjonów” (1933) – Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski

„Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski przyjął nominację na prezydenta RP”

Gallery:

The First Cadre Company’s march out to Congress Kingdom of Poland. The second lieutenant Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski ready for departure. August 1914. Photo: NAC/IKC.

01/07/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Marian Kozicki

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Patron Honorowy: Stowarzyszenie Klub Jeździecki Legia-Kozielska

Mecenas:

Opiekun: Polski Związek Jeździecki

A silver medallist of Olympic Games Moscow 1980 A quadruple participant of Olympic Games. Gold, silver (twice) and bronze (twice) medallist of Championship of Poland in show jumping.

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He was born on 05 April 1941 in Brody Poznańskie, Lwówek district, Poznań voivodship. His father: Stanisław. His mother: Cecylia Batura from home. His daughters: Anna and Katarzyna. His wife: Barbara Rutkowska from home. A graduate of an industrial school. Chief master ensign of Polish Army. A competitor at the Stud Farm in Posadowo, the Stallion Depot in Sieraków Wielkopolski, Popular Sports Association ‘Cwał’ in Poznań, Central Military Sports and Athletics Club ‘Legia’.

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In 1966, he won Grand Prix at CHIO in Olsztyn on Berry. In closing his career, he won Grand Prix on Festyn during official CHIO competitions in Sopot in June 1988.

“I owe horses all my life, i.e. the life of a rider and a man” – said Marian Kozicki in June 1999 in Warsaw. “The horses decided about the fact that after ending my career as a competitor and leaving Polish Army I moved to Germany for 18 years’ contract.

He touched horses for the first time at the Stud Farm in Posadowo where his father was a manager of a seed farm. He exercised with a riding instructor Franciszek Głowacz that earlier as a cavalryman (Cavalry Brigade of Great Poland) had fought in 1939 with German invaders.

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Author: Witold Duński

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„Marian Kozicki” (2012) – Witold Duński

„Marian Kozicki – od sportu po spacerki wierzchem” (2010) – Piotr Dzięciołowski

„XXII Igrzyska Olimpijskie Moskwa” (1980) – Eryk Brabec

Gallery:

Marian Kozicki. His photo with his autograph. From the collection of Biuro Stowarzyszenia KJ Legia Kozielska.

05/05/2022/Autor Artur Bober

People

Maria & Grzegorz Konarscy

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Patron Honorowy: Polish Union of English Thoroughbreds Breeders

Mecenas: Katarzyna & Marcin Konarscy

Opiekun: LKS Stragona Strzegom

„The great successes of Polish equestrianism, world championships, Olympic medals … all this would not be possible without a wide base of conditions such as breeding, tradition, sports and equestrian clubs, and above all people who, thanks to their knowledge and passion, devoted all their life.”

Tomasz Konarski

Grzegorz Konarski was a director of Strzegom Stud Farm for many years. Maria Konarska was the main breeder therein.

Grzegorz Konarski was a founder, a creator of the first successes and many years’ president of the Equestrian Club Stragona Strzegom.

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Grzegorz Konarski was born on 16 April 1942 in Kluczewsko in Włoszczowa district, at Konarski’s family property.

His family was connected with land for generations. Grzegorz’s grandfather, Maksymilian Konarski, was born in 1876. He had agricultural university education, managed the estate between 1900 and 1937, made a contribution to the commune development, founded a mill on Czarna river, was a communal judge, a founder of a Grange, a Fire-Brigade and a Savings and Loan Company in Kluczewsko. Besides, he was a member of a district council, Agricultural Association of Kielce and a church supervision. They had three children: Stanisław, Krystyna and Andrzej.

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Author: Artur Bober on the basis of his conversation with Grzegorz Konarski.

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Maria Konarska, from home Moraczewska, was born in 1946 at Piotrkowska street in Łódź. Her mother had a dress and elegant clothes studio over there and a flat upstairs. Maria lived there a short time because her parents moved a year later to Odolańska street in Warsaw and she spent her childhood in this place. She keeps in mind her childhood as very happy despite many tragic events that happened to her family.

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Author: Leszek Karpina on the basis of his conversation with Maria Konarska.

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Polish Digital Equestrian Library:

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„Grzegorz Konarski” (2022) – Artur Bober

„Maria Konarska” (2022) – Leszek Karpina

„Osiodłane wspomnienia” (2021) – Leszek Karpina

„Historia Stadniny Koni w Strzegomiu” – Maria Konarska

„Wręczyliśmy nagrody najlepszym w sezonie 2005 na Służewcu” (2005) – Jan Zabieglik

Gallery:

Janów Podlaski Stud Farm (late sixties).
From left (standing): Michał Maciejewski, Kazimierz Guziuk, Bolesław Orłoś, Grzegorz Konarski.
From left (sitting): Ignacy Jaworowski, Marek Piotrowski, Zdzisław Hroboni, Jerzy Chachuła, Andrzej Krzyształowicz.

16/04/2022/Autor Artur Bober

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