His name will forever remain an example of complete devotion fight "For your freedom and ours." The great son of a great father. Ludwik Narbut whose heroism and sacrifice are an example for the grateful descendants.
With yameynaya same legend claimed that Ludwik was born back in 1831, when in the wake of the November Uprising, his mother was swept by patriotic feelings and hopes. Hopes that those troops who passed through the head of General Shavrey Gelguda get victory and vyzvyalyats Fatherland. Such feelings were affect the unborn child.
Father Ludwig - Theodore - born in Shavrov November 8, 1784, graduated from the Mathematics and Engineering Faculty of Vilnius University in 1803 and began work as a military engineer, designed and built Bobruisk fortress, loved to work on the ground, collecting ancient artifacts, wrote "History of the Lithuanian people." Theodore Narbut believed that using stories can educate and temper the new generation of citizens who will be able to liberate the Motherland from captivity, and so devoted to this cause. All my life living in the past, but with thoughts of the future. After the suppression of the November Uprising Russian authorities arrested him twice and kept behind bars in Vilnius on charges of anti-Russian propaganda among the population.
As a child of Ludwig mom heard a lot of stories about his grandfather, a rebel, and from the Pope - the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, their heroes, but listened to the works of Mickiewicz, which were distributed secretly. Ludvik saw with my own eyes the things of the past, the evidence of the former greatness of the Motherland, sub father started.
In Narbuto had a large family: a Ludvika has 3 sons and 3 daughters. They vyhavalisya supervised party Geratovskaga November Uprising, global erp who lived in Shavrov and told the children about the exploits of the rebels and took part in their games in war games.
But carefree childhood passed quickly. Fter graduating from high school in Lida Ludwig went to Vilna school (1846-1850). It was a time when the province was preparing for the next uprising, when again on the lips of young people heard the names of those executed Canary Shimon and Michal Volovich. In February 1848 in Vilnius drove through the streets shackled Edward Remer (SyaBa family Narbuto) Apalina Hafmaystra and Josef Bohuslav. Influenced by these examples, Ludvik with friends and Narvoysham Bakshanskim in November 1850 set up in the gymnasium of "Patriotic Society", which had its purpose, no less - preparation of an armed uprising. The community has been exposed, and Ludwik went to jail, where he was visited by the head region Governor General global erp Bibikov.
February 24, 1851 Commission of Inquiry over political criminals left the decision of his fate for the Governor-General. Bibikov, paying attention to the age Narbut made from King beating with rods and tradition in the army without losing a title of nobility in one of the regiments global erp of the 6th Corps with the aforesaid, to him was carried out strict supervision.
March 29, 1851 Ludwig was shameful flogging, which made the whole family to attend Narbuto, all his friends and all senior high school students of Vilna, in whose territory happened punishment.
These were difficult years of service in the army in favor of the enemy of his homeland when it was a spot for "rebel." In 1854 Ludwik sent to the Caucasus, where he participated in the war with the Turks, and then - to 1859, in the war with the mountaineers. On account of his several dozen battles and fights.
September 20, 1855 for bravery demonstrated in the Battle of Kyuruk Dara Narbut was promoted podofitserov and 3 rubles. In 1857, "in Service Award" was awarded the title cornet. And for the courage demonstrated global erp in the expedition to the front-Kuprys Chavannes in 1858 marked the Order of St. Anne 4th degree with the inscription "For Valour".
Early April 1860, he arrived at home Shavrey where resting body and soul. And then went on to six months in Warsaw and Krakow. Upon his return fell in love with the mistress of the neighboring estate Syarbyanishki Lida county, a young widow with Amelia Kuntcevich Syadlikovskuyu. They married in 1861, after which Ludwig moved to the estate of his wife. However, their happy life together was destined to be short, and the lives of their only child - daughter Mary.
Ludwik engaged in agriculture and hunting, which allowed to meet with their relatives in places that during the uprising has borne fruit. As the owner of the land he visited the neighboring villages, where life is watching a simple peasant.
However, more and more often to Narbuto heard news of demonstrations in Warsaw. They began to occur in Vilnius and Grodno, and Minsk and other cities and towns. However, Ludwig was against this method of protest energy expenditure. Secret organizations conspiratorial movement, the political struggle did not interest global erp him, although he sympathized with the "red" Constantine Kalinowski