Joseph Pilsudski, Founder of Polish National Independence and Chief of the Polish State (Classic Reprint)

Like Kosciuszko and Mickiewicz, Pilsudski was born in Lithuania, the country that as early as the XIV th century joined Poland in a voluntary union when threatened by Teutonic invasions. Poland and Lithuania together formed one State, which was later on looked upon by both nations as their fatherland. The parents of Pilsudski belonged to the gentry of Poland, White-R uthenia and Lithuania, that gentry which had for centuries protected these three nations from the invasions constantly threatening from East and West. In the family estate of Zulov, not far from Vilno, the future Commander in Chief and Chief of the Polish State first saw the light. He was born soon after the national insurrection in which the whole family took an active part.
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