• Thumbnail for Ryszard Kukliński
    son Waldemar. In June 1986, a spokesman for the Soviet-backed Jaruzelski regime, Jerzy Urban, revealed Kukliński's existence to the world in order to...
    20 KB (2,134 words) - 21:41, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Soviet reaction to the Polish crisis of 1980–1981
    Revolution of 1956, and thus left the Polish leadership under General Wojciech Jaruzelski to impose martial law to deal with the opposition on their own. Contrary...
    12 KB (1,395 words) - 03:54, 22 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jerzy Pawłowski
    Jerzy Władysław Pawłowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ pavˈwɔfskʲi]; 25 October 1932 – 11 January 2005) was a Polish fencer and double agent. He is regarded...
    18 KB (2,006 words) - 10:14, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jerzy Buzek
    Jerzy Karol Buzek ([ˈjɛʐɨ ˈbuzɛk] ; born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as...
    27 KB (2,683 words) - 09:48, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Polish United Workers' Party
    Prime Minister (and Minister of Defence) Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski. On 11 February 1981, Jaruzelski was elected Prime Minister of Poland and became the first...
    32 KB (3,340 words) - 21:01, 26 July 2024
  • Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez Fabrice Scott as Jerzy Popiełuszko Paolo Maria Scalondro as Wojciech Jaruzelski Website at CBC Television Karol: The Pope, The...
    2 KB (133 words) - 08:55, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jerzy Urban
    Jerzy Urban (born Jerzy Urbach, 3 August 1933 – 3 October 2022) was a Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, best known as the founder...
    17 KB (1,694 words) - 12:29, 3 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jerzy Harasymowicz
    Jerzy Harasymowicz-Broniuszyc (born on July 24, 1933, in Puławy, died on August 21, 1999, in Krakow) - Polish poet, founder of the poetic groups of Muszyna...
    3 KB (474 words) - 19:10, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Polish Round Table Agreement
    co-chaired by Wałęsa and Kiszczak. The Polish communists, led by General Jaruzelski, hoped to co-opt prominent opposition leaders into the ruling group without...
    20 KB (2,324 words) - 19:29, 6 August 2024
  • to the opinion of the Minister of National Defense, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, who succinctly praised the film after an improvised screening. The film...
    3 KB (307 words) - 01:19, 14 November 2023
  • (Polish: Polska Partia Robotnicza). Jerzy Borejsza Tadeusz Hołuj Mieczysław Jagielski Piotr Jaroszewicz Wojciech Jaruzelski Stefan Jędrychowski Stanisław Kania...
    1 KB (77 words) - 13:32, 20 March 2022
  • strength and activity of the opposition caused the government of Wojciech Jaruzelski to declare martial law in December 1981. However, with the reforms of...
    259 KB (28,124 words) - 20:43, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Grzegorz Schetyna
    Józef Cyrankiewicz Henryk Jabłoński Wojciech Jaruzelski Republic of Poland (1990–present) Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński...
    17 KB (1,240 words) - 14:16, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leszek Balcerowicz
    Aleksander Kwaśniewski Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek In office 12 September 1989 – 23 December 1991 President Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa Prime Minister Tadeusz...
    24 KB (1,868 words) - 16:56, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Powązki Military Cemetery
    Jabłońska (1920–2017), scientist Alina Janowska (1923–2017), actress Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014), communist leader Jan Kapela (1931–1987), politician Ryszard...
    10 KB (954 words) - 21:40, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lech Wałęsa
    met Wojciech Jaruzelski for the first time in the office building of the Council of Ministers for three hours. During the meeting, Jaruzelski and Wałęsa...
    91 KB (8,970 words) - 18:13, 3 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bronisław Komorowski
    to 2001 served as the minister of national defence in the government of Jerzy Buzek. In 2001, while still a minister in the minority AWS government, Komorowski...
    29 KB (2,356 words) - 12:26, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gabriel Narutowicz
    feature film Death of a President (Pol: Śmierć prezydenta), directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. List of presidents of Poland "Gabriel Narutowicz". Archived...
    24 KB (2,277 words) - 05:49, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Czesław Kiszczak
    was the second most important person in Poland, after General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the nation's top leader. Together they orchestrated the crackdown aimed...
    23 KB (2,234 words) - 15:39, 20 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Attack on Hrubieszów
    units happened to be Wojciech Jaruzelski, the future communist leader of Poland, who declared martial law in 1981. Jaruzelski's official website, in the "Diariusz"...
    14 KB (1,496 words) - 17:29, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Edward Ochab
    Marian Spychalski as chairman of the Council of State. General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the armed forces chief of staff, replaced Spychalski as the minister...
    39 KB (4,745 words) - 09:09, 16 June 2024
  • the harsh period of martial law (1981-83) imposed by general Wojciech Jaruzelski. The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline led...
    38 KB (4,278 words) - 04:46, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Edward Gierek
    remain at the helm, while another, led by Stanisław Kania and Wojciech Jaruzelski, was less interested in preserving his leadership. In May 1980, after...
    35 KB (3,893 words) - 20:54, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jacek Kuroń
    Suchocka Preceded by Jerzy Kropiwnicki Succeeded by Leszek Miller In office 12 September 1989 – 12 December 1990 President Wojciech Jaruzelski Prime Minister...
    14 KB (1,598 words) - 12:06, 20 July 2024
  • then chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The "Partisans" preached a specific veteran ethos with elements of extreme...
    4 KB (546 words) - 02:05, 16 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Poland
    persecution and imposition of martial law in 1981 by General Wojciech Jaruzelski, it eroded the dominance of the Polish United Workers' Party and by 1989...
    289 KB (23,628 words) - 10:57, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Edward Osóbka-Morawski
    Osóbka-Morawski Cyrankiewicz Bierut Cyrankiewicz Jaroszewicz Babiuch Pińkowski Jaruzelski Messner Rakowski Kiszczak Mazowiecki Third Polish Republic (1989–present)...
    5 KB (312 words) - 22:22, 1 May 2024
  • cane toad Václav Havel – marmot Gabriel Janowski – butterfly Wojciech Jaruzelski – crow Boris Yeltsin – polar bear Marek Jurek – rat Jarosław i Lech Kaczyńscy...
    3 KB (280 words) - 01:30, 15 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Aleksander Kwaśniewski
    taking office. Later, he formed a coalition with the rightist government of Jerzy Buzek with few major conflicts and on several occasions, he stood against...
    47 KB (4,226 words) - 17:39, 7 June 2024
  • 1970 Mieczysław Jagielski (A) 20 December 1970 11 December 1971 Wojciech Jaruzelski (A) 20 December 1970 11 December 1971 Henryk Jabłoński (A) 20 December...
    16 KB (95 words) - 10:29, 8 January 2024