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Lw體 Eaglets is a term of affection applied to the Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 child soldiers who defended the city of Lviv
Lviv

Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
 during the Polish-Ukrainian War
Polish-Ukrainian War

The Polish-Ukrainian War of 1918 and 1919 was a conflict between the forces of the Second Polish Republic and West Ukrainian People's Republic for the control over Eastern Galicia after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary....
 (1918-1919).

Originally the term was applied exclusively to young volunteers (such as Antoni Petrykiewicz
Antoni Petrykiewicz

Antoni Petrykiewicz ? was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lw?w , over which in late 1918 a Battle of Lw?w ensued.He was a pupil in the second class at Lw?w Gymnasium ....
), who had participated in the defense of Lviv
Lviv

Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
 during the city's siege by the Ukrainian army from November 1 to November 22 1918.






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Lw體 Eaglets is a term of affection applied to the Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 child soldiers who defended the city of Lviv
Lviv

Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
 during the Polish-Ukrainian War
Polish-Ukrainian War

The Polish-Ukrainian War of 1918 and 1919 was a conflict between the forces of the Second Polish Republic and West Ukrainian People's Republic for the control over Eastern Galicia after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary....
 (1918-1919).

Originally the term was applied exclusively to young volunteers (such as Antoni Petrykiewicz
Antoni Petrykiewicz

Antoni Petrykiewicz ? was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lw?w , over which in late 1918 a Battle of Lw?w ensued.He was a pupil in the second class at Lw?w Gymnasium ....
), who had participated in the defense of Lviv
Lviv

Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
 during the city's siege by the Ukrainian army from November 1 to November 22 1918. With time, however, the term's application was broadened, and it is now used for all the young soldiers who fought in the area of Eastern Galicia in defense of Poland in the Polish-Ukrainian War
Polish-Ukrainian War

The Polish-Ukrainian War of 1918 and 1919 was a conflict between the forces of the Second Polish Republic and West Ukrainian People's Republic for the control over Eastern Galicia after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary....
 and the Polish-Bolshevik War. In addition to the young defenders of Lw體, those of Przemysl
Przemysl

File:Przemysl - Panorama z Kopca Tatarskiego.jpgFile:Przemysl - Rynek.jpgPrzemysl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008....
 are also frequently referred to as Orleta.

After the Polish-Ukrainian conflict, the Lw體 Eaglets were interred at the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lw體
Cemetery of the Defenders of Lw體

The Cemetery of the Defenders of Lviv or Cemetery of Eaglets is a memorial and a cemetery for the Poles who died in Lviv during the hostilities of the Polish-Ukrainian War and Polish-Soviet War between 1918 and 1920....
, part of the Lychakivskiy Cemetery
Lychakivskiy Cemetery

Lychakivskiy Cemetery is a List of famous cemeteries in Lviv, Ukraine....
. The Cemetery of the Defenders held the remains of both child and adult soldiers, including foreign volunteers from France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The Cemetery of the Defenders of Lw體 was designed by Rudolf Indruch, a student at the Lviv institute of architecture, himself an Eaglet. Among the most notable Eaglets to be buried there was 14-year-old Jerzy Bitschan
Jerzy Bitschan

Jerzy Bitschan , was one of the youngest Poland defenders of Lwow, over which in late 1918 a Battle of Lw?w ensued.Bitschan was only 14 years old, when on November 21, 1918, he died from Ukrainian shells, exploding on the Lyczakowski Cemetery....
, youngest of the city's defenders, whose name became an icon of the Polish interbellum.

After the annexation of Eastern Galicia with the city of Lviv by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 in 1939 (see: Polish September Campaign), the graves were destroyed in 1971, and the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lw體 was turned into a municipal waste dump and then into truck depot. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the formation of an independent Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, work began on the restoration of the "Eaglets' Cemetery," although slowed by opposition from Ukrainian nationalists. Following Polish support for Ukraine's Orange Revolution
Orange Revolution

The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter intimidation and direct electoral fraud....
 (2004), Ukrainian opposition declined and the Cemetery was officially reopened in a Polish-Ukrainian ceremony on June 24 2005. The last surviving Lwow Eaglet, Major Aleksander Salacki (born 12 May 1904), died in Tychy
Tychy

Tychy ) is a city in southern Poland with a population of 132,600. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship ; previously, it was in Katowice Voivodeship ....
, on April 5, 2008.

See also

  • Battle of Lw體 (1919)
  • Battle of Zadw髍ze
    Battle of Zadw髍ze

    Battle of Zadw?rze was a battle of the Polish-Soviet War. It was fought on August 17, 1920 near the train station of Zadw?rze, a small village located 33 kilometres from the city centre of Lw?w ....


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