Haiducul Pintea Viteazul și primul mare atac asupra Cetății Kossow
Heroic outlaw Pintea Viteazul and the first great attack on Kossow fortress

Summary/Abstract: A famous character from Maramures, about whom were many volumes were written, offers us surprises, and the decipher of facts bring us closer to deciphering this legendary figure. One of the first, not enough known attacks of Pintea, was the one on the citadelKossow from east Gallicia, today Kossiw in Ukraine, Ivano-Frankiwsk region. This episode was interpreted mistakenly, literature was presenting the attack as being an attack on the citatel Rona, at the border with Poland and the news about this act heightened its intensity. From the 11 men who were killed, the story says that 250 men were killed. From the 77 horses which transported the goods, the story got to saying that 150 horses were used. This is a prime example of the mystification of reality.Witness interviews offers us additional information about the birthplace, social status,family, stolen goods, accomplices, transfer of goods and the tracking of the thieves by thecounty AA Maramureș.

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