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Władysław Gomułka

Polish politician (1905-1982) · Politicians · Died at 77

Władysław Gomułka was a Polish communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948, and again from 1956 to 1970.

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1982Died1 September 19821966Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish StateAward1960For services to the city of GdańskAward1956Polish October & De-StalinizationIn history, Poland's brief defiance of Soviet control under Władysław Gomułka triggered limited reforms and signaled the first crack in Stalin's Eastern European iron grip.Story: Recap.at CC BY-SA32.8K Wikipedia readers in the past year4 more1946Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1905Born6 February 1905

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Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State1966
For services to the city of Gdańsk1960
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta1946
Order of the Builders of People's Poland
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class
Partisan Cross (Poland)
Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945
Order of Lenin
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Honorary badge "For Merits for Warsaw"
Medal Rodła
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Miner's Glory 1st class

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Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1982 · aged 77

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