The Great PolesThe Great Poles

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The "Great Poles" chapter tells about our The "Great Poles" chapter tells about our national heroes. national heroes.

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Pope John Paul II (1920 -2005)Pope John Paul II (1920 -2005) The Venerable Pope The Venerable Pope

John Paul II - Jan John Paul II - Jan Paweł II, born Karol Paweł II, born Karol Józef Józef Wojtyła – 2 Wojtyła – 2 April 2005 served as April 2005 served as Supreme Pontiff of the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October City from 16 October 1978 until his death 1978 until his death over 26 years later. over 26 years later.

Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa - is a Polish Lech Wałęsa - is a Polish

politician and trade-union politician and trade-union and human-rights activist. and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's first independent bloc's first independent trade union, won the trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as 1983, and served as President of Poland President of Poland 1990−95.1990−95.

Tadeusz KościuszkoTadeusz Kościuszko Tadeusz Kościuszko (February Tadeusz Kościuszko (February

4, 1746 – October 15, 1817) 4, 1746 – October 15, 1817) was a Polish-Lithuanian general was a Polish-Lithuanian general and military leader during the and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero in Poland, national hero in Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Lithuania, the United States and Belarus. He led the 1794 Belarus. He led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising against Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and the Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia as Supreme Kingdom of Prussia as Supreme Commander of the National Commander of the National Armed Force .Armed Force .

Mikołaj KopernikMikołaj Kopernik

Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik (Mikołaj Kopernik - 19 February 1473 – 24 - 19 February 1473 – 24

May 1543) was a May 1543) was a Renaissance astronomer Renaissance astronomer and the first to formulate and the first to formulate a comprehensive a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the which displaced the Earth from the center of Earth from the center of the universe.the universe.

Henryk SienkiewiczHenryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Sienkiewicz - was Henryk Sienkiewicz - was a Polish journalist and a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning Nobel Prize-winning novelist. He was one of novelist. He was one of the most popular Polish the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 Prize in Literature in 1905 for his "outstanding for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer."merits as an epic writer."

Janusz KusocińskiJanusz Kusociński Janusz Kusociński Janusz Kusociński

(born January 15, (born January 15, 1907 in Warsaw – 1907 in Warsaw – June 21, 1940 in June 21, 1940 in Palmiry) was a Palmiry) was a Polish athlete, Polish athlete, winner in the 10000 winner in the 10000 m event at the 1932 m event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Summer Olympics.

Jan MatejkoJan Matejko Jan Matejko, was a Polish Jan Matejko, was a Polish

painter known for painter known for paintings of notable paintings of notable historical Polish political historical Polish political and military events. His and military events. His most famous works include most famous works include oil on canvas paintings like oil on canvas paintings like Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Grunwald, paintings of numerous paintings of numerous other battles and court other battles and court scenes. scenes.

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