Konstanty Kalinowski

Konstanty Kalinowski, also , .}}, or Wincenty Konstanty Kalinowski ( – ), was a Belarusian-Polish writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary. He was one of the leaders of 1863 January Uprising on the lands of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He is considered as a national hero in present-day Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. Particularly in Belarus, Kalinowski is revered as Father of the Nation and icon of Belarusian nationalism.

Kalinowski conducted his activities in the spirit of resurrecting the common state of Lithuania, Ruthenia (now Belarus and Ukraine) and Poland in the traditions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Provided by Wikipedia