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Karol Świerczewski

1897 - 1947

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Karol Wacław Świerczewski (pronounced [ˈkarɔl ɕfjɛrˈt͡ʂɛfskʲi]; callsign Walter; 22 February 1897 – 28 March 1947) was a Polish and Soviet Red Army general and statesman. He was a Bolshevik Party member and served in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War and participated in the wars against the Polish and Ukrainian Republics. He also participated alongside the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. At the start of World War II In 1939, he participated in the Soviet invasion of Poland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karol Świerczewski is the 765th most popular military personnel (up from 858th in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from Poland (up from 445th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karol Świerczewski ranks 765 out of 2,058. Before him are Dietrich von Saucken, Henri Gouraud, Marcantonio Colonna, Yasuji Okamura, Ion Mihai Pacepa, and Wolfgang Lüth. After him are Erich Brandenberger, Heinz Hitler, Ottavio Piccolomini, Charles Huntziger, Juan José Flores, and Ludwig von Benedek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Karol Świerczewski ranks 103. Before him are Manuel Ávila Camacho, Maria Valtorta, Fredric March, Elijah Muhammad, Kurt Gerron, and Josep Pla. After him are Otto Struve, Samuel Noah Kramer, Arthur Greiser, Otto Dietrich, Sergey Taboritsky, and Maximus V of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1947, Karol Świerczewski ranks 75. Before him are Ludwig Fischer, Friedrich Paschen, Huda Sha'arawi, Lucjan Żeligowski, Archduchess Louise of Austria, and W. I. Thomas. After him are Charles Bally, Lilly Reich, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Nicholas Murray Butler, Heinrich Schwarz, and Hugh Lofting.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Karol Świerczewski ranks 387 out of 1,694. Before him are Joachim Kroll (1933), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755), Samuel Goldwyn (1879), Czesława Kwoka (1943), and Johann Daniel Titius (1729). After him are Izabela Czartoryska (1746), Casimir Pulaski (1745), Joachim Meisner (1933), Krystian Zimerman (1956), Maria Cunitz (1610), and Arthur Greiser (1897).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Karol Świerczewski ranks 33. Before him are Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Heinz Reinefarth (1903), Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848), Walther Nehring (1892), and Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893). After him are Casimir Pulaski (1745), Helmuth von Pannwitz (1898), Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Max von Gallwitz (1852), Hellmuth Stieff (1901), and Hermann von Eichhorn (1848).

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