| Battle of Grunwald |
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| Story shot in July 2009 | |
One of the most
important battles in the history of Medieval Europe took place on July
15, 1410, near the town of Grunwald in Northern Poland. In the Battle of
Grunwald also known as the Battle of Tannenberg the united army of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania, led by the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło, defeated
totally the 'invincible' knights of the Teutonic Order. As a result the
Teutonic Order lost its position in the region forever and almost ceased
to exist. Every summer thousands of devotees of military history from
different countries arrive to the battlefield of Grunwald and try to
reconstruct an atmosphere of those days. In 2010 they celebrated the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald. 1. Reconstruction of the Battle of Grunwald.  2. Vendor sells toy solders.  3. Knight tournament.  4. Vendor of ceramic pottery.  5. Teutonic knight and his paramour.  6. Another Teutonic knight and his paramour.  7. Reproductions of the famous painting 'The Battle of Grunwald' by Polish painter Jan Matejko.  8. Rehearsal of the reconstruction of the Battle of Grunwald the day before.  9. Devotees of medieval history attend the rehearsal not in the armour but wearing different fancy dresses.  10. Rehearsal of the Battle of Grunwald the day before.  11. The rising generation of the Teutonic knights.  12. Group contact tournament 'five to five'.  13. Training of the archers.  14. Preparation to the reconstruction of the Battle of Grunwald.  15. Camp of Russian participants of the reconstruction of the battle of Grunwald from Kaliningrad and Moscow. Russian soldiers took place in the real battle with the Smolensk regiments, but Smolensk itself was already under control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at that time.  16.  17. Teutonic knights from the Ukrainian historical club 'The Prince' before the reconstruction of the battle.  18. Teutonic knights marching to the battlefield.  19.  20. Reconstruction of the Battle of Grunwald.  21.  22.  23.  24.  25. Evacuation of the injured knights from the battlefield.  26. Knights defeated by the sunstroke.  27. Evening after the battle.  28. Monument on the battlefield of the Battle of Grunwald.  29. Malbork Castle, the residence of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order on the River Nogat in Northern Poland. The Teutonic knights set out from here toward their catastrophic defeat in the Battle of Grunwald.  30. Equestrian Monument to the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło in Krakow erected in honour of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald. |
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