On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Relief of Vienna (1683) - on the initiative of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, on October 6, 1933, the last cavalry revue in the history of Polish military took place on Błonia in Krakow. The ceremony was attended by the most important authorities of the Republic of Poland: Marshal Józef Piłsudski, President Ignacy Mościcki and delegations from other countries.
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Eighty years ago, on October 6, 1933, the largest - and last - Polish cavalry revue took place on the Krakow meadows. Lieutenant Colonel Dipl. Wacław Jędrzejewicz (from September 1933, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Treasury, later biographer of Marshal Józef Piłsudski), who took part in the celebrations in Krakow, wrote: It was one of the greatest celebrations I have ever seen in my life, and I have seen many of them. The direction of every moment of this kind of spectacle was perfected and aroused universal admiration. Piłsudski himself was pleased that the plan he had worked out in detail was a complete success.
The scenario of the Krakow event to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the victory of Jan III Sobieski near Vienna was planned by Józef Piłsudski from the spring of 1933, or maybe even earlier. In April 1933, a briefing was held at the Marshal's, attended by: Maj. Gen. Kazimierz Fabrycy, 2st Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, Brig. Gen. Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski, commander of the 250nd Cavalry Division (Warsaw) and major diploma. Adam Korwin-Sokołowski, head of the Cabinet of the Minister of Military Affairs. It was then that Piłsudski issued directives regarding the celebration of the XNUMXth anniversary of Sobieski's victory at Vienna.
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Author: Waldemar Rezmer based on the typescript of Col. diploma coffee Leon Mitkiewicz
Entry updated: 27.09.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX
Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
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“Polish Cavalry Revue – Album” (2023)
“Kraków traces m"Arshal Józef Piłsudski" (2017) - Hieronim Sieński
“Polish cavalry revue in Krakow in 1933” (2013) – Waldemar Rezmer
“On the Polish cavalry of the 1991th century” (XNUMX) – Cezary Leżeński, Lesław Kukawski
"Book of Polish Riding" (1938) - Collective work
“A gift of cavalry for Marshal Piłsudski” (1934)
“Krakow emotions” (1933) – Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski
“Cavalry Festival in Krakow in 1933” – Leon Mitkiewicz
“Polish Cavalry Celebration in Krakow” (1933)
Magazines
Rider and Breeder (1933) No. 30 - Feast of the Polish Cavalry
links
Movies
Pilsudski Reviews Polish Cavalry (1933) | MOVIE
Related Legends:
Polish Cavalry Revue – Kraków, 1933
On October 6.10.1933, 250, the Polish Riding Festival took place - a great horse revue organized to celebrate the XNUMXth anniversary of the Vienna Victory.
Stanislaw Czerniawski
Cavalry Captain of the Polish Army, Olympian (Berlin 1936), Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari. He died in defense of Poland on September 10, 1939 near Chruślin.
Tadeusz Sokolowski
Soldier, sportsman, 3x MP medalist, 2nd vice-champion of the Army (1935), Olympian of the Olympic Games Berlin 1936 (Running II), 1937-39 head of the equestrian section of WKS Legia, Cichociemni tortured by the Gestapo in Minsk.
Jerzy Iwanowski
Soldier, cavalryman, horse breeder, officer of General Maczek's XNUMXst Armored Division. Creator of the Lipizzaner riding school in Johannesburg.
Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski
First Lancer of the Second Polish Republic. Doctor, poet, polyglot, cavalryman, adjutant of Józef Piłsudski. General HR. Polish Ambassador in Rome. He died tragically in New York. His ashes were buried at the Rakowiecki Cemetery in Krakow.
Michal Toczek
Soldier, major, artilleryman. Rider and trainer. He was awarded, among others, 3 times with the Cross of Valour. PN Winner, New York 1926, Nice 1926 Hamlet 2.20. (And them.),
Michal Gutowski
Olympian. Rtm, 17 Greater Poland Lancers Regiment. Chevalier, among others, of the Order of Virtuti Militari, Legion of Honor, Cross of Valor 5 times. General at rest.
Casimir Gzowski
Rtm. 15th Poznan Lancers Regiment. Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928. in the show jumping competition, on the horse Mylord.
Michal Woysym-Antoniewicz
Major of the cavalry of the Polish Army, silver and bronze Olympic medalist in equestrian.
Seweryn Kulesza
Major of the Polish Army cavalry, Olympic silver medalist in equestrian (Berlin 1936). Polish Champion in eventing in 1936 and 1937, and in dressage in 1937.
Gallery:
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On the right, the marshal with the voivode of Lviv, Col. Belina-Prażmowski and General Wieniawa-Długoszowski.
