Marian Spychalski

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Polish architect, military officer and communist politician

ArchitectsLived 1906 to 1980 · aged 73

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#227

among Architects

Fame52.9

MomentumNot measured

Languages24

In century#17,006

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Spychalski (centre)with Świerczewski (right) and Rola-Żymierski, 1945

Chairman of the Council of State Marian Spychalski giving a speech, 1968

Awards 32

Order of Lenin

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown

Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland

Order of the White Rose of Finland

Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Virtuti Militari

Order of the Yugoslav Flag

Order of the Builders of People's Poland

Partisan Cross (Poland)

Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"

Honorary badge "For Merits for Warsaw"

Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence

Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence

Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence

Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945

Medal for fighting for Berlin

Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945

Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class

Bronze Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Homeland"

Silver Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Homeland"

Gold Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Homeland"

Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Work Flag Order, 1st class

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State

Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

Order of Georgi Dimitrov

Connected to Marian 6

Mirosław HermaszewskiAlso won Silver Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Homeland"

Piotr JaroszewiczAlso won Medal for fighting for Berlin

Pavel RybalkoAlso won Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari

Maja KomorowskaAlso won Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence

Krzysztof Kamil BaczyńskiAlso won Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945

Zbigniew ZapasiewiczAlso won Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence

About this person

Marian "Marek" Spychalski was a Polish architect in pre-war Poland, and later, military commander and a communist politician. During World War II he belonged to the Polish underground forces operating within Poland and was one of the leaders of the People's Guard, then People's Army. He held several key political posts during the PRL era, most notably; Chairman of the Council of State, mayor of Warsaw and Defence Minister.