Scythemen

Scythemen, also known as scythe-bearers^[a] is the term for soldiers (often peasants and townspeople) armed with war scythes.^[1] First appearing in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794, scythemen quickly became one of the symbols of the struggle for Polish independence and for the emancipation of the serfs.

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