The November Uprising of 1830

The November Uprising was one of the most consequential events in modern Polish history. Its failure made sure that the Russian Empire abolished all forms of political autonomy that Poland had enjoyed after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. This video will give a detailed explanation to the circumstances that led to the Russo-Polish War and shows what the short and long term consequences looked like.

Sources:
- Davies, Norman: God’s Playground. A History of Poland, Volume II, 1795 to the present, New York 2005.
- Ganzenmüller, Jörg: Russische Staatsgewalt und polnischer Adel. Elitenintegration und Staatsausbau im Westen des Zarenreiches 1772–1850, Cologne & Vienna 2013.
- Kieniewicz, Stefan: The Emancipation of the Polish Peasantry, Chicago & London 1969.
- Kocój, Henryk: Preußen und Deutschland gegenüber dem Novemberaufstand 1830-1831, Katowice 1990.
- Milewicz, Przemysław: National Identification in Pre-Industrial Communities. Peasant Participation in the November Uprising in the Kingdom of Poland 1830-1831, in: Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 58 (2010), Nr. 3, pp. 321-352.
- Wandycz, Piotr S.: The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918, Seattle 1975.

Music Used:
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7.
Tchaikovsky - Valse Sentimentale
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:27 Congress of Vienna
1:14 The Kingdom of Poland and its Constitution
4:04 Political Disputes
5:01 Polish Economy
7:07 Tsar Nicholas I
9:53 The Revolt Begins
11:55 "Polenschwärmerei"
13:15 A Conservative Revolution?
14:36 Consequences
15:36 Outro

[starseeker]

As a student of history from Poland, I applaud the high efforts put into the topic with all the details on the topic usually unknown outside of Poland, even in Germany its a topic never discussed outside the fact that "Poland did not exist as free state". Also correct pronunciation of all names is really impressive! Amazing channel that I am glad I found, after looking for videos about Kotze Affair.

[Artur_M.]

I especially appreciate the parts about Stanisław Kostka Potocki and the "Polenschwärmerei", because these topics aren't sufficiently known even here in Poland, in my opinion.
Also, the part about Łódź, because that's my city. 😅

[michaireneuszjakubowski]

We have a popular rhyme summarizing the leadership situation of the uprising: “Chłop nas zdradził, Skrzynka przyskrzyniła, Kruk oko wydziobał, Ryba zatopiła.”
It's based on the names of the leaders of the uprising (chłop, peasant, from Chłopicki, Skrzynka, chest, from Skrzynecki, Kruk, crow, from Krukowiecki, and Ryba, fish, from Rybicki), and can be loosely translated as "The Peasant betrayed us, the Chest locked us up, the Crow plucked out our eye, the Fish drowned us."

As always, great work covering topics essentially unknown outside the country!

[starapto]

As a Pole, Polish pronunciation is perfect and I wish that your channel to be better known, because it is criminally underrated

[esteebangus]

Thanks for this video regarding the context of the uprising. This uprising is really important to Lithuanians as well since we also participated in it and suffered the same consequences like the increased russification, closing of Vilnius university, persecution of the catholic church and applying divide and rule tactics against Poles and Lithuanians.

[Artur_M.]

Great explanation of this topic! It's probably the best one available in English on this platform. Of course, as you hinted at, a whole other video could be made just about the military aspect of the Uprising itself. Perhaps one of many channels specializing in this kind of stuff will make such a video one day?
One thing I would add is that the Congress Kingdom lost the last remains of its autonomy after yet another Uprising in 1863-1864. But the January Uprising (as it's called) is a whole other topic. Unlike the November one, it wasn't a regular war but had a character of guerrilla fighting.

[Irrelevantnerd]

Amazing channel. Criminally underrated, great work

[thebubshow]

Such an underrated channel! Super informative but also interesting

[franklinclinton]

Alexander I was such a weird dude. He was in truth a firm believer in the divine right to rule and in absolute monarchy. But he also was a childish brat who seemed to change personalities depending on who he talked to. He liked to appear as an enlightenment monarch, which is probably the reason he gave Finland and Poland such freedoms. Alexander didn't actually think these promises meant anything, which certainly made things interesting. For example the Finns tought their relationship with Russia was a personal union with complete autonomy, whereas Alexander I tought he had just said some nice words to shut up the Finns.

[ShadowSkryba]

I absoulutely adore your translation of Kongresówka!

[KoziPLUS]

⁠ Sir Mantee excellent video. A video on the Krakow uprising of 1846 and the Galician Slaughter that happened as a result of it would be another interesting topic for a video. It will also address that “conservative rebellion” point you made as it very much deals about how not many Polish peasants were initially sympathetic to the idea of a revived Poland, and actively and violently tried to put one down.

[lordedmundblackadder]

Fun fact, Frederic Chopin fled to Vienna (then Paris) when the rebellion broke out. He originally travelled with a friend, but when they reached Vienna, his friend returned to Poland to fight and I believe died in the war. Even after the rebellion ended, Chopin just stayed in France and never went home.

[ashwathdamle]

A absolutely wonderful video. I have always found the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth a fascinating part of history but I didn't know anything about Congress Poland. As usual your video was a treat.

[WelcomeToDERPLAND]

I wonder if Konstantin actually had a severe case of 'baby-face' or if it was just artistic license by the painter at the time.

[kidmohair]

this channel is getting to be as close to binge watching as I ever get.
your stuff is great!

[Gosudar]

For non-German viewers, Münchengrätz is Mnichovo Hradiště in Czechia.

[tomaszmankowski]

Very decent video, many facts little known outside of Poland and many facts from Germany little known in Poland.
It makes you wonder how different united Germany and history of Europe could be if it wasn't auticratic Prussia which united GER.

One, major, very important flaw is that should also extend its description to Lithuania and Belarus - it was certainly an uprising of several nations - mostly Poles but also of the historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Lithuanians suffered a lot - their territory didn't enjoy autonomy the tiny, congress Poland did and war there was mostly guerilla style combat with heavy reprisals from Russian army.

[CT]

I'm very impressed by accents you can pull off pretty much perfectly.

[JulianSki]

Another great video on the history of our nation! thank you for bringing these topics to light on your channel. I'd also like to applaud you on your well pronunciation of Polish

[nihilean]

easily a contender for top 3 best history channel of all time time, i see this channel going places man.

danke für deine arbeit :)