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Post by Jaga on Aug 16, 2007 22:10:45 GMT -7
All Poles know her name but... they do not know what she was famous for.
Who was Emilia Plater? When did she live, what did she do?
Which other historical figure she can be compared with? (in France)
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Post by hollister on Aug 17, 2007 9:43:14 GMT -7
Jaga,
I'll bite - can you compare her to Joan of Arc?
She joined the army and even lead a Lithuanian Unit during the November Uprising. So she must have lived in the 1800's.
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Post by Jaga on Aug 17, 2007 17:16:28 GMT -7
Holly, yes, I think we can compare her to Joan of Arc. Both were young, patriots, devoted to their countries. Both died young. Emilia also compared herself to Joan the Arc. There is quite many objects, schools which are named after Emilia Plater. Here is a Wikipedia entry about her, quite interesting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Plater |
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Post by Jaga on Aug 17, 2007 17:19:41 GMT -7
By the way, the other interesting military heroic figure of Lithuanian woman was created by Mickiewicz in a drama "Grazyna". But Emilia Plater was real, Grazyna was invented...
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Post by Jaga on Aug 17, 2007 17:20:38 GMT -7
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