Prohászka László: Polish Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)

was unveiled in autumn 1997 to commemorate Konrad Kazimierz Rulikowski (1814-49), who was a member of the Russian intervention forces but deserted to the Hungarian side with a few of his men. Serving in the Hungarian army as captain toward the end of the war, Rulikowski was taken captive by the Russians, sentenced to death by a Tsarist court-martial and shot in Nagyvárad on 28 August 1849.

Crafted by Antal Czinder, the circular bronze relief shows a Polish officer on a horse. The burning village in the background refers to the war, the angel in the sky is a symbol of glory. Written below are the following words: To the memory of/ Konrad Kazimierz Rulikowski / Polish ensign in the Tsarist army who / died a martyr in the cause of the Hungarian War of Independence / in 1849 for the common freedom. / Inner City-Leopold Town Authority.

Woroniecki and Rulikowski were not the only Poles to fall victim to the retaliation following the

Plaque commemorating Rulikowski

KONRAD • KAZIAYIERZ

RULIKOWSKI

ACARI HADSEREG LENGYEL ZÁSZLÓSA EMLÉKÉRE. AKI A MAGYAR SZABADSÁGHARC VÉRTANÚJAKÉNT HALT MEG I8Y9-BEN A KÖZÖS SZABADSÁGÉRT

BELVÁROS- Ll POTVAROS ÖN KORMÁNYZATA

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