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Leonard Skierski

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Polish general (1866-1940)

Lived 1866 to 1940 · aged 74
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Leonard Wilhelm Skierski was a Polish military officer. He was a general of the Imperial Russian Army and then served in the Polish Army. He fought in World War I and in the Polish-Soviet War.

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1938Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1936Commemorative Badge of the Inspector General of the Armed Forces
1930Gold Cross of Merit‎
1925Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1923Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1921Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
1921Cross of Valour
1921Commander of the Legion of Honour
1916Order of St. Vladimir 2nd class with swords
1915Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class with swords
1913Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class with Swords
1906Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
1904Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
Commander of the Order of Military Virtue
Commemorative Badge of the Inspector General of the Armed Forces
Commemorative Medal for the War of 1918-1921
Honorary Medal of the Polish Red Cross
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Grand Officer of the Order of the White Lion

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Leonard Wilhelm Skierski was a Polish military officer. He was a general of the Imperial Russian Army and then served in the Polish Army. He fought in World War I and in the Polish-Soviet War. He is a victim of the Katyn massacre of 1940 and was murdered by the NKVD in Kharkov in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He is one of fourteen Polish generals and one of the oldest military commanders to be a victim of the Katyn massacre.

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Lived 1866 to 1940 · aged 74
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