Page "Castle Square, Warsaw" Paragraph 5

This square was the scene of many dramatic scenes from Polish history.

There were patriotic demonstrations here, the period before the outbreak of the January Uprising.

On February 27, 1861 from Russian bullets fell five dead.

On April 8, 1861 five rota infantry and two troop of Russian cavalry ( about 1, 300 people ) led by General Stiepan Aleksandrowicz Chrulew brought a bloody massacre of the civilian population of Warsaw, resulting in more than 100 people were killed.