TIMELINE
25.07.2020 – Bernard Ładysz – maestro, patriot
Legendary opera singer died on July 25, 2020.
24.03.1942 – “They won their lives” – Evacuation of the Anders’ Army
On 24 March 1942, the first stage of the evacuation of the soldiers serving in the so-called Anders Army from the Soviet Union to Persia began. About 78,000 exiles, who joined the Polish army and 37 thousand civilians, including about 18,000 Polish children were evacuated in total.
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.
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 Division
Volunteer Polish units in Siberia began to organise as early as the turn of 1917/1918.
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.
