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Michał Rola-Żymierski

Marshal of Poland (1890-1989) · Poland · On the map · Politicians · Died at 99

Michał Rola-Żymierski was a Polish high-ranking Communist Party leader, communist military commander and NKVD secret agent. He was appointed as Marshal of Poland, and served in this position from 1945 until his death.

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1989Died15 October 19891973Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1967Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward1945Chief Commander of the Legion of MeritAwardOrder of VictoryAward1890Born4 September 1890

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Order of Friendship of Peoples1973
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour1967
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit1945
Order of Victory1945
Order of Lenin
People's Hero of Yugoslavia
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Order of the People's Hero
Order of the Builders of People's Poland
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence
Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945
Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class
Partisan Cross (Poland)
Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland
Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
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 "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal Rodła
Wound Decoration
Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Grand Cross of the Order of Military Virtue
Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Work Flag Order, 1st class
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)

About this person

Country
Poland
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1989 · aged 99

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