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6 days ago · Some of the best Polish soccer players include national legends like Kazimierz Deyna, Grzegorz Lato, Jakub Błaszczykowski, and Robert Lewandowski. There are also current Polish football stars such as Wojciech Szczęsny, Piotr Zieliński, and Karol Linetty, who are making an impact across the globe.
2 days ago · His mother, Marion Kozak, a human rights campaigner and early CND member, is a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust thanks to being protected by Catholic Poles. His father, Ralph Miliband, was a Belgian-born Polish Jewish Marxist academic whose father fled with him to England during the Second World War.
Jun 21, 2024 · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, dual Polish-Lithuanian state or “Commonwealth” (Polish: Rzeczpospolita) that was created by the Union of Lublin on July 1, 1569. During its existence it was one of the largest countries in Europe.
6 days ago · On Sept. 19 of every year, the Polish people celebrate the feast of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a martyr whose heroic life and death contributed to Poland’s liberation from the communist regime. Father Jerzy was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a Chaplain of Solidarity, or the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union.
Jun 14, 2024 · Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish politician who served as prime minister of Poland (2006-07), having been nominated by his brother, President Lech Kaczynski. The two men were strongly nationalistic and often pursued aggressive foreign policies.
Jun 13, 2024 · Bolesław I was the duke (from 992) and then (from 1024) first king of Poland, who expanded his country’s territory to include Pomerania, Lusatia, and, for a time, the Bohemian princely lands. He made Poland a major European state and also created a Polish church independent of German control.
Jun 12, 2024 · The Wallace Clan traces its tartan sets back to at least 1829, preceding the Vestiarum Scoticum hoax of 1842 by the 'Sobieski Stuarts'--an embarrassing fiasco in which two Polish brothers, claiming to be descendants of Bonnie Prince Charlie, made a living creating tartans and spurious histories to go with them.
