TIMELINE
The 21st of April 1945, The last victory of the II Corps
After fierce combats in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, Polish soldiers triumphantly entered Bologna.
the 16th of April 1945, The Oder was ahead of them
The last weeks of the World War Two in Europe. Last, but critical engagements, and at the same time, more victims. In the morning of 16 April 1945 the operation of crossing the Oder river started, in which soldiers of the First Polish Army took part. Among the Polish units the First Infantry Divisio
12.07.1945 – The beginning of the Augustów Roundup
For several decades after the war, families referred to the victims of the Roundup as “missing” because they did not know their fate. Many believed that they had been deported to Sybir, and that they would one day return. It was not until 2011 when Nikita Petrov, a researcher from the (now illeg
7.07.1892 – Jan Czerski – Scientist, Insurgent, Exile
He died on 7 July (25 June according to the Julian calendar) 1892 on the Siberian river Kolyma.
22.01.1863 – The January Uprising – the Polish dream of freedom
Years ago, Poles, like Ukrainians today, did not want to be a Russian colony. They dreamed of their own independent country.
26.06.1579 – The first exiles of the Polish Republic
The first Siberian fortresses were built by Polish prisoners of war who had been taken captive by Moscow authorities precisely during the war initiated by Stefan Batory.
