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Countess Emilia Plater (b. November 13, 1806 in Vilnius - December 23, 1831 in Justianów) was a Polish revolutionary and national hero.
She fought in the 1831 November Uprising against the Russian Empire, where she attained rank of captain and eventually died from illness.
Adam Mickiewicz’s poem the "Death of a Colonel" (Śmierć pułkownika) describes her death during the uprising.
Emilia Plater (Эмілія Плятэр) is also considered a national hero in Belarus.
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