Battle of Racławice
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The Battle of Racławice was an 1794 engagement in which Tadeusz Kościuszko’s Polish forces, including notable peasant scythe-wielding units, won an early symbolic victory against the Russian Empire during the Kościuszko Uprising.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Racławice canonical | 7 |
| Bitwa pod Racławicami | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3992802 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Racławice Context triple: [Kościuszko Uprising, hasPart, Battle of Racławice]
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A.
Battle of Pszczyna
The Battle of Pszczyna was an early World War II engagement in September 1939 between Polish and German forces in southern Poland, notable for its heavy fighting during the German invasion.
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B.
Battle of Bory Tucholskie
The Battle of Bory Tucholskie was an early World War II engagement in September 1939 between Polish and German forces fought in the forested Tuchola region during the German invasion of Poland.
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C.
Battle of Limanowa
The Battle of Limanowa was a World War I Eastern Front engagement in late 1914 in Galicia, where Austro-Hungarian forces halted a major Russian advance toward Kraków.
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D.
Battle of Chojnice
The Battle of Chojnice was an early World War II engagement in September 1939 in which Polish and German forces clashed in northern Poland during the German invasion.
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E.
Battle of Krojanty
The Battle of Krojanty was a 1939 engagement during the German invasion of Poland, noted for a Polish cavalry charge that later gave rise to the myth of cavalry attacking German tanks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Racławice Target entity description: The Battle of Racławice was an 1794 engagement in which Tadeusz Kościuszko’s Polish forces, including notable peasant scythe-wielding units, won an early symbolic victory against the Russian Empire during the Kościuszko Uprising.
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A.
Battle of Pszczyna
The Battle of Pszczyna was an early World War II engagement in September 1939 between Polish and German forces in southern Poland, notable for its heavy fighting during the German invasion.
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B.
Battle of Bory Tucholskie
The Battle of Bory Tucholskie was an early World War II engagement in September 1939 between Polish and German forces fought in the forested Tuchola region during the German invasion of Poland.
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C.
Battle of Limanowa
The Battle of Limanowa was a World War I Eastern Front engagement in late 1914 in Galicia, where Austro-Hungarian forces halted a major Russian advance toward Kraków.
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D.
Battle of Chojnice
The Battle of Chojnice was an early World War II engagement in September 1939 in which Polish and German forces clashed in northern Poland during the German invasion.
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E.
Battle of Krojanty
The Battle of Krojanty was a 1939 engagement during the German invasion of Poland, noted for a Polish cavalry charge that later gave rise to the myth of cavalry attacking German tanks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bitwa pod Racławicami
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linked to:
Battle of Racławice
|
| associatedWithPerson | Tadeusz Kościuszko ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Racławice ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Polish insurgent forces
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| commander |
Alexander Tormasov
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Tadeusz Kościuszko ⓘ |
| commandStrategy | Kościuszko personally led peasant scythemen in an assault on Russian artillery ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Panorama of the Battle of Racławice ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Polish national memory ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Polish military traditions and anniversaries ⓘ |
| conflict | Kościuszko Uprising ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| date | 1794-04-04 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Maciejowice
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Battle of Szczekociny ⓘ |
| front |
Polish–Russian front of the Kościuszko Uprising
ⓘ
linked to:
Kościuszko Uprising
|
| hasCasualties |
Polish forces
ⓘ
Russian forces ⓘ |
| hasIconicImage | Kościuszko leading peasant scythemen ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Polish peasant scythemen
ⓘ
Polish regular troops ⓘ Russian Imperial Army units ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Russian Army
|
| historicalContext | struggle to restore Polish independence after the Second Partition of Poland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Partitions of Poland era
ⓘ
linked to:
Partitions of Poland
|
| involvedEthnicGroup |
Polish nobility
ⓘ
linked to:
szlachta
Polish peasants ⓘ Russians ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Polish ⓘ |
| location | near Racławice, Lesser Poland ⓘ |
| memorialType | battlefield monuments ⓘ |
| notableUnit | kosynierzy ⓘ |
| partOf | Kościuszko Uprising ⓘ |
| politicalSignificance |
symbol of Polish national resistance
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symbol of peasant participation in national struggle ⓘ |
| precededBy | outbreak of the Kościuszko Uprising in Kraków ⓘ |
| region | Lesser Poland ⓘ |
| result |
Polish tactical victory
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symbolic Polish victory ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
boosted morale of Polish insurgents
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encouraged spread of Kościuszko Uprising ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
artillery
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muskets ⓘ war scythes ⓘ |
| year | 1794 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Racławice Description of subject: The Battle of Racławice was an 1794 engagement in which Tadeusz Kościuszko’s Polish forces, including notable peasant scythe-wielding units, won an early symbolic victory against the Russian Empire during the Kościuszko Uprising.
Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Battle of Racławice