Alfred Zmuda (1897 - 1966), a Polish artist. Your picture on a historical theme of the Polish uprising.
(1863-1864 gg.) Scythe as a weapon must have been very well establish itself in the hands of the rebels as soon witness the uprising, an observer from the Swiss General Staff, Lieutenant-Colonel F. von Erlach wrote in his book Guerrilla Warfare in Poland in 1863, that It was "one of the most terrible weapons," and that "detachment kosinerov already on the march, when from time to time heard the muffled sound of accidentally hitting each other braid, made a terrible impression ... Their view from a distance more frightened than the joy of infantry or cavalry.
Personally kosinerov leading the attack, March 5, 1863 died revolutionary Andrzej Potebnya.
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