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Cross of Merit (Poland), the Glossary

The Cross of Merit is a Polish civil state decoration established on 23 June 1923, to recognize services to the state.^[1]

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1923 establishments in Poland
Awards established in 1923

Adam Skorek

Adam Waldemar Skorek (December 24, 1956) is a Canadian University professor and a Polish engineer.

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Adela Dankowska

Adela Stanisława Dankowska (born 5 January 1935 in Sobienie-Jeziory) is a retired Polish aviator and politician.

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Afanasij Poliszczuk

Afanasij Poliszczuk (born 28 April 1903, date of death unknown) was a Ukrainian Soviet military officer, Brigadier General of the Polish Army and a veterinarian.

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Agata Danuta Mróz-Olszewska (7 April 1982 – 4 June 2008) was a Polish volleyball player, a member of the Poland women's national volleyball team in 1997–2007, double European Champion (Turkey 2003, Croatia 2005).

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Agnieszka Radwańska

Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player.

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Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm

Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (born 15 April 1949) is a Polish-born United States-based writer and academic.

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Alex Dancyg

Alexander Dancyg (אלכס דנציג; 21 July 1948 – 2024) was a Polish-born Israeli historian, Yad Vashem Institute contributor, farmer and an active advocate of Polish-Jewish dialogue.

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Alojzy Nowak

Alojzy Zbigniew Nowak (born 20 March 1956) is a Polish economist.

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Andrzej Wrona

Andrzej Zdzisław Wrona (born 27 December 1988) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Projekt Warsaw.

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Anti-communism

Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.

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Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1989)

Anti-communist resistance in Poland can be divided into two types: the armed partisan struggle, mostly led by former Armia Krajowa and Narodowe Siły Zbrojne soldiers, which ended in the late 1950s (see cursed soldiers), and the non-violent, civil resistance struggle that culminated in the creation and victory of the Solidarity trade union.

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Arthur Szyk

Arthur Szyk (Artur Szyk; see Polish phonology); June 3, 1894 – September 13, 1951) was a Polish-born Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his career. Arthur Szyk was born into a prosperous middle-class Jewish family in Łódź, in the part of Poland under Russian rule in the 19th century.

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Award

An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field.

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Bronisława Janowska

Bronisława Janowska or Bronisława Anna Waleria Rychter-Janowska (13 July 1868 – 29 September 1953) was a Polish realist painter and publisher associated with the Kraków-based Young Poland movement.

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Computerworld

Computerworld (abbreviated as CW) is an ongoing decades-old professional publication which in 2014 "went digital." Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals, and is available via a publication website and as a digital magazine.

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Cross of Merit (Polish Scouting and Guiding Association)

The Krzyż za Zasługi dla ZHP ("Cross of Merit for the ZHP") is the highest decoration of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP).

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Cross of Merit with Swords (Poland)

The Cross of Merit with Swords is a Polish military award established October 19, 1942, by the Polish Government in Exile.

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Dariusz Jemielniak

Dariusz Jemielniak (born 17 March 1975) is a professor of management at Kozminski University, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and vice-president of Polish Academy of Sciences.

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Edvard Kardelj

Edvard Kardelj (27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans, and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist.

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Fabian Drzyzga

Fabian Drzyzga (born 3 January 1990) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Fenerbahçe.

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Geertjan Lassche

Geertjan Lassche (born in Zwolle, 17 August 1976) is a Dutch reporter and documentary film maker.

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Grandmaster (chess)

Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Helena Gąsienica Daniel

Helena Gąsienica Daniel (15 April 1934 – 23 November 2013) was a Polish cross-country skier.

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Henri Lloyd

Henri Lloyd is a British clothing brand that specialised in sailing apparel and fashion for men and women.

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Henri Strzelecki

Henryk Strzelecki (4 October 1925 – 26 December 2012), known as Henri Strzelecki, was a Polish fashion designer living a substantial part of his life in the United Kingdom.

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Izabella Zielińska

Izabella Jadwiga Zielińska (née Ostaszewska; 10 December 1910 – 20 November 2017) was a Polish pianist and pedagogue with one of the longest artistic biographies in Poland, starting back in 1935.

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Jacek Banasiak

Jacek Banasiak FAAS (born 15 March 1959) is a Polish mathematician who is a Professor and South African Research Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Jan-Krzysztof Duda (born 26 April 1998) is a Polish chess grandmaster.

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Józef Weyssenhoff

Józef Weyssenhoff (8 April 1860 – 6 July 1932) was a Polish novelist, poet, literary critic, publisher.

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Józefa Bramowska

Józefa Zofia Bramowska (née Batschów; March 10, 1860, in Żyglin – October 4, 1942, in Żyglin) was a promoter of Polishness in Silesia, and senator of the Republic of Poland in 1929–1930 and in 1935.

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Jerzy Troszczynski

Jerzy Troszczynski (1932–1977) was a Polish photographer and actor who specialised in movie photography.

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Karol Kłos

Karol Kłos (born 8 August 1989) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Asseco Resovia.

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Korwin-Szymanowski family

The Korwin-Szymanowski family (Polish plural: Korwin-Szymanowscy, feminine singular: Korwin-Szymanowska) are Polish nobles who probably took their surname from the village of Szymany near Szczuczyn, in the Masovia region of Poland in the Late Middle Ages.

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Lists of volleyball players

This is a list of lists of volleyball players, and of notable examples in fiction.

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Małgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska

Małgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska (born 29 July 1946) is a Polish computer scientist, educator, and activist.

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Maciej Żółtowski

Maciej Żółtowski - alternative spelling: Zoltowski (born 1971, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish conductor and composer.

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Maciej Klich

Maciej Klich (Mattias Jan-Maria) (born 28 February 1958) is a Polish historian, graphic artist, and former anti-communist Polish independence activist.

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Maria Boniecka

Maria Antonina Boniecka (19 June 1910 – 19 June 1978) was a Polish author and teacher, who also served in the Polish Home Army during the Second World War.

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Marian Machowski

Marian Machowski (1 October 1932 – 5 January 2022) was a Polish footballer and researcher specialising in the field of mining and mining machinery.

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Mateusz Mika

Mateusz Włodzimierz Mika (born 21 January 1991) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter.

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Michał Kwiatkowski

Michał Kwiatkowski (born 2 June 1990) is a Polish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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Michael Biegler

Michael Biegler (born 5 April 1961) is a German handball coach.

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Military Cross of Merit

The Military Cross of Merit (Polish: Wojskowy Krzyż Zasługi), Navy Cross of Merit (Morski Krzyż Zasługi), Air Force Cross of Merit (Lotniczy Krzyż Zasługi) are military decorations awarded to members of the Polish Armed Forces.

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Modlin Fortress

Modlin Fortress (Twierdza Modlin) is one of the largest 19th-century fortresses in Poland.

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Moses Schorr

Moses Schorr, Polish: Mojżesz Schorr (May 10, 1874 – July 8, 1941) was a rabbi, Polish historian, politician, Bible scholar, assyriologist and orientalist.

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Onet.pl

Onet.pl is the largest Polish-language web portal and online news platform.

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Painting

Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support").

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Paweł Zatorski

Paweł Zatorski (born 21 June 1990) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for Asseco Resovia and the Poland national team.

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Pedagogy

Pedagogy, most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners.

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Philippe Blain

Philippe Georges Antoine Blain (born 20 May 1960) is a French professional volleyball coach and former player.

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Piotr Paweł Morta

Piotr Paweł Morta (born 19 June 1959 in Wieluń) is a Polish political activist, dissident, economist, co-inventor, activist in underground "Solidarity", Krajowy Mistrz Racjonalizacji 1983 (Polish master of rationalization in 1983), and vice-chairman of European Works Council Pfleiderer AG.

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Poland men's national handball team

The Poland men's national handball team is controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), and represents Poland in international matches.

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Poland men's national volleyball team

The Poland men's national volleyball team (Polish: Reprezentacja Polski w piłce siatkowej mężczyzn) represents Poland in international volleyball competition.

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Polish cuisine

Polish cuisine (kuchnia polska) is a style of food preparation originating in and widely popular in Poland.

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President of Poland

The president of Poland (Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of the Republic of Poland.

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Przemysław Krych

Przemysław Tomasz Krych (born 1966) is a Polish entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and anti-communist opposition activist.

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QVC

QVC (short for "Quality Value Convenience") is an American free-to-air television network and a flagship shopping channel specializing in televised home shopping, owned by Qurate Retail Group.

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Robert Makłowicz

Robert Witold Makłowicz (born 12 August 1963) is a Polish food critic, journalist, historian and television personality, notable as a promoter of the Polish cuisine and slow food.

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Rudolf Gundlach

Rudolf Gundlach (1892–1957) was a Polish military engineer, inventor and tank designer.

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Ryszard Jurkowski

Ryszard Piotr Jurkowski (born 28 May 1945) is a Polish architect and urban planner.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Stanisław Horno-Popławski

Stanisław Horno-Popławski (1902-1997) was a Russian-Polish painter, sculptor and pedagogue.

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Stanisław Sylwester Alfonzy Grodyński

Stanisław Sylwester Alfonzy Grodyński (born Stanisław Sylwester Alfonzy Kusionowicz; 4 November 1898 – 27 August 1971) - Polish soldier, lawyer, local government administrator and senior military intelligence adviser\officer.

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Stefania Skwarczyńska

Stefania Skwarczyńska de domo (17 November 1902 in Kamionka Strumiłowa – 28 April 1988 in Łódź) was a Polish theorist and historian of literature, theatrologist, full professor, doctor honoris causa of the University of Łódź, and World War II resistance fighter.

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Tomasz Miśkiewicz

Tomasz Miśkiewicz (born 9 July 1977) is the Polish mufti of the Muzułmański Związek Religijny (Muslim Religious Union).

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University of Łódź

The University of Łódź (Uniwersytet Łódzki, Universitas Lodziensis) is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in the interwar period — the Teacher Training Institute (1921–1928), the Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (1924–1928) and the local division of the Free Polish University of Warsaw (1928–1939).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Merit_(Poland)

Also known as Cross of Merit of Poland, Gold Cross of Merit, Golden Cross of Merit, Krzyz Zaslugi, Krzyż Zasługi, Poland Cross of Merit, Polish Cross of Merit, Silver Cross of Merit.

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Cross of Merit (Poland), the Glossary

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1923 establishments in Poland

Awards established in 1923

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