TIMELINE
22.04.1908 – Janina Lewandowska – a pilot who loved life
Second Lieutenant pilot Janina Lewandowska wasn't really the only woman, who died in Katyn, but the only female soldier who was shot there.
25.07.2020 – Bernard Ładysz – maestro, patriot
Legendary opera singer died on July 25, 2020.
4.07.1928 – The Founding Convention of the Sybiraks’ Association
On 4 July 1928, the founding congress of the Sybiraks' Association was held at the Warsaw University of Technology.
30.12.1922 – A homeland of gulags, hunger and terror
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the first communist state in history. The decision to create it was taken on 30 December 1922.
6.07.1866 – Polish Uprising beyond Lake Baikal
On the night of 6 to 7 July (24/25 June old style) 1866, 5,000 kilometres east of their homeland, a group of January insurgents sent to Baikal for penal labour stirred up a rebellion, disarmed their guards and tried to forge an escape route to Mongolia.
