Curonian Uprising

Curonian Uprising
Part of the Kościuszko Uprising
Date25 June 1794 – 12 August 1794
Location
Courland
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Russian Empire
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Commanders and leaders
  • Tomasz Wawrzecki
  • Antoni Wojtkiewicz
  • Ignacy Kajetan Prozor
  • Heinrich Ernst Johann Karl von Mirbach
  • Sergei Golitsyn
  • Fyodor Kozlyainov
Strength
3,000 soldiers 6,000 soldiers

The Curonian Uprising was a series of battles during the Kościuszko Uprising, fought between the Russian Empire and Polish–Lithuanian insurgents. It toon place between from 25 June to 12 August 1794, in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, and Pilten County. It ended with Russian victory, and retreat of the insurgent forces.

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