Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Lesko uprising (Polish: Powstanie leskie), which took place in June and July 1932, was an uprising of peasantry in the Bieszczady Mountains, against the local authorities of the Second Polish Republic. The impoverished peasants mistook the government introduction of public works aimed at stemming the Great Crisis as an attempt to reintroduce serfdom. First clashes occurred on June 21, over the next weeks thousands of people became involved across the Bieszczady region (primarily around the town of Lesko), as Polish police and military put down the unrest. The uprising ended on 9 July, with about a dozen dead, many wounded and a few hundred peasants arrested.. }
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- Lesko_uprising abstract "Lesko uprising (Polish: Powstanie leskie), which took place in June and July 1932, was an uprising of peasantry in the Bieszczady Mountains, against the local authorities of the Second Polish Republic. The impoverished peasants mistook the government introduction of public works aimed at stemming the Great Crisis as an attempt to reintroduce serfdom. First clashes occurred on June 21, over the next weeks thousands of people became involved across the Bieszczady region (primarily around the town of Lesko), as Polish police and military put down the unrest. The uprising ended on 9 July, with about a dozen dead, many wounded and a few hundred peasants arrested.".