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 ...

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 ...

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 ...