The Polish cavalry called the hussars or ‘winged horsemen’ were amongst the deadliest army ... For 25 years, I’ve been working in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia too. I deal with cultural ...

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was perceived by nobles as an ... which later became a myth. Nevertheless, the winged hussars were a decisive factor in many victorious battles. They were living ...

Selected by a public competition, the designation honors the historic Polish Winged Hussars, a famed sixteenth and seventeenth-century cavalry unit. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s elite ...