Józef Kopeć

Józef Kopeć (* 1758 , † 1827 in Luszniewo ) was a Polish patriot , general and diary author .

Kopeć was raised by his father and trained in Polish, Latin, geometry and foreign languages. He joined the army around 1774 and served in the Lithuanian cavalry. In the Russo-Polish War in 1792 he took part in the rank of lieutenant. He took part in the Kościuszko uprising , took part in the battles of Dubienka and Gołkowo and the defense of Warsaw, was promoted to Vice Brigadier General and awarded a ring of honor by Kościuszko for his bravery.

In the Battle of Maciejowice on October 10, 1794, Kopeć was wounded and taken prisoner by the Russians. He came to Kiev and Smolensk and was exiled to Siberia in April 1795. He was brought via Kazan, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Tobolsk, Irkutsk and Okhotsk to Ust-Kamchatsk, where he stayed until he was pardoned by Tsar Paul I in November 1796.

After his return to Poland he successfully returned the goods in Luszniewo that had belonged to his family since the 18th century. There he settled down and started a family. In 1812 he became a member of the Masonic lodge Gorliwy Litwin . Alexander I , Tsar of Russia and King of Poland, honored him with his appointment as general after 1815.

As an author Kopeć became with his diary ( Dziennik ). It appeared in 1837 in Wrocław, was translated into French (1839-41) and Russian (1896) and served as a template for Antoni Gorecki Złączenie się z Brygady Kopcia Kościuszką (1834), Lucjan Siemieńskis Wieczór u jenerała Kopcia (1842) and Juliusz Słowacki prose poem Anhelli .

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