TIMELINE
30.10.1989 – Russian Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repressions
On October 30, 1989 three thousand people with candles in their hands surrounded the KGB building in Moscow. They wanted to show they remember about the victims of the Stalin crimes.
12.051935 – Death of Marshal Józef PiÅ‚sudski
On May 12, 1935, Marshal Józef Piłsudski died. He was buried at Wawel, in the crypt under the Tower of Silver Bells.
18.03.1921 – At the mercy of the Soviets
On 18 March 1921, the treaty ending the Polish-Bolshevik war (the so-called Treaty of Riga) was signed in Riga.
23.07.1920 – Japanese help for Polish children
On 23 July 1920, the first ship from Vladivostok with Polish children evacuated from Siberia arrived in Tsuruga, Japan. By 1922, a total of more than 700 kids had arrived in the Land of the Cherry Blossom. Their first stops were the cities of Tsuruga and Osaka.
10.01.1920 – The capitulation of the 5th Siberian DivisionÂ
Volunteer Polish units in Siberia began to organise as early as the turn of 1917/1918.
5.12.1867 – Józef PiÅ‚sudski’s Birthday
On December 5, 1867, Józef Piłsudski was born at the manor house in Zułów.
