TIMELINE
11.11.1941 – Polish Independence Day on the Irtysh River
The date of 11 November 1918, being the day on which Poland regained its independence, is a symbolic date. Exactly on that day, an armistice ending the First World War was concluded in a wagon in the forest of Compiègne.
11.08.1937 – They were killed for their origin – the “NKVD Anti-Polish Operation”
There was a time when large numbers of Poles in the Soviet Union lost their lives simply because of their origin and surname. One of the elements of the “Great Terror” unleashed by Stalin in 1937-1938 was the so-called “Polish Operation”, in which NKVD officers, on suspicion of espionage, mu
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.
