Emilia Plater
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Countess Emilia Broel-Plater was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Raised in a patriotic tradition in Līksna near Dauga
Emilia Plater, anonymous 19th-century engraving
Plater's statement of 25 March 1831 on joining the November Uprising
Emilia Plater in a skirmish at Šiauliai by Wojciech Kossak
Emilia Plater leading peasant scythemen; painted by Jan Rosen
Scythemen
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Scythemen, also known as scythe-bearers is the term for soldiers armed with war scythes. First appearing in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794, scythemen quickly became one of the symbols of the struggle
Scythemen of the 2nd Kraków Grenadier Regiment in 1794.
Polish scythemen of the January Uprising in 1863–1864.