September 20 recalls the glory days of the First and Second Republics. They shaped people, history, identity, patriotism. In 1580, the Polish cavalry under the
commanded by Prince Janusz Zbaraski smashed the Russian cavalry w battle of Toropec. The best banners of the king's rotamen took part in it. The Polish Hussars, which were established by the Seym of the First Republic by a resolution at the beginning of the 16th century, also gave a spectacular display and won a victory at that time. To this day it is considered one of the most outstanding formations in the history of the world.
In 1920, the reborn Polish state dealt a decisive blow to the Polish-Bolshevik battle of the Niemen. The strategy of Commander-in-Chief Jozef Pilsudski was characterized by boldness, innovation and surprise of the enemy.
In 1939, it began defense of Grodno in front of the advancing Red Army. Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski, during an inspection of the 6th Infantry Division in the USSR in December 1941, in a conversation with the surviving defenders of Grodno, said: You are the new Eagles. I will do my best to make sure that your city receives a Virtuti Militari and the title of Always Faithful. The struggles of the Polish soldier in the defense of Grodno in World War II were commemorated after 1990 on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw with an inscription on one of the plaques GRODNO 2 - 22 September 1939.
On this day it is also worth remembering the two Baltic countries and their rise to independence, which is as great a value for them as it is for the Poles. On September 20, 1992, Estonia held its first free elections after the collapse of the USSR. And in 2003, Latvian citizens voted in a referendum to join the European Union.
On September 21, 1991, Armenian citizens decided in a referendum to secede from the USSR.
