The Partisans, Aluminum sculpture in Seaport District, Boston, United States

The Partisans is a sculpture made of aluminium, standing about 23 feet (7 meters) tall in Boston's Seaport District, at the intersection of D Street and Congress Street. It shows five riders on thin horses, each carrying a spear, with bodies that appear worn and heads that hang low.

The sculpture was created in 1979 by Polish sculptor Andrzej Pitynski and installed in Boston in 1983, in honor of Polish resistance fighters who opposed communist rule after World War II. It arrived at a time when that struggle was still part of living memory for many people in the Polish diaspora.

The five riders depict real people: Aleksander Pitynski (the sculptor's father), Adam Kusz, Stanisław Pelczar, Michał Krupa (the sculptor's uncle) and Józef Zadzierski, a unit commander. The work was inspired by the sculptor's December 1959 meeting with anti-communist partisans near the Tanew river. Boston's mayor and city senate named the 1983 unveiling day "Partisans' Day".

The sculpture stands in a street median and can be seen freely from the sidewalk at any hour of the day. Public transit stops are nearby, and the surrounding Seaport District is easy to walk through.

The five riders are portraits: from the left, Aleksander Pitynski (the sculptor's father, "Kula"), Adam Kusz ("Garbaty"), Stanisław Pelczar ("Majka"), Michał Krupa ("Pułkownik", the sculptor's uncle) and Józef Zadzierski ("Wołyniak"). The scene recalls December 1959, when the 12-year-old Pitynski and his father brought supplies to partisans camped by the Tanew river.