Pulaski was famous for being part of the Confederation of Bar that almost succeeded in forcing the withdrawal of Russian armies from Polish lands. As the leader of part of the partisan army. Pulaski occupied Czestochowa. a monastery that houses a miraculous painting of the Virgin Mary. the patroness and Queen of Poland. The capture of the monastery kept the morale of the Poles high and was strategically important. When the Confederation failed. Pulaski fled to France. There. a small colony of Polish political emigrants waited. hoping to return to a free Poland. Like other political activists and adventurers of the time. Pulaski was not content to simply wait in exile.
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