In the very center of Bialystok, near the city hall, there is a multimedia exhibition “They rebelled in 1863-64” dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the last joint national liberation movements of the peoples of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
“This exhibition tells about the January Uprising, and we present this story as follows. Our seemingly prismatic symbol, through which we tell, is the three-part coat of arms of the January Uprising, this is the eagle-crown of Poland, this Pahonia is the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, understood as the Litvins and Belarusians, and the archangel is modern Ukraine, the Rusyns of that time,” says Wojciech Kowal, an employee of the Museum of Polish History.
According to him, the January uprising was the last joint action of Poles, Lithuanians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, and Jews who lived in this territory. This exhibition travels around Poland. It was in Kaunas and Vilnius.
“But we also wanted to be in Belarus, where we couldn’t get to, and in Ukraine,” notes Wojciech Kowal.
