Michał Rola-Żymierski

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Michał Rola-Żymierski was a Polish military commander and communist politician who served as Marshal of Poland and played a prominent role in the Soviet-backed postwar government.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marshal of Poland
Polish military officer
communist politician
human
awardReceived Order of Lenin
Order of the Builders of People's Poland
Order of the Cross of Grunwald
Order of the Red Banner
countryOfCitizenship Poland
employer Polish People's Army
Polish People's Republic
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Żymierski
givenName Michał
hasOccupation military commander
politician
soldier
ideology Stalinism
communism
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
Polish Workers' Party
militaryRank Marshal of Poland
general
nativeLanguage Polish
nickname Rola
notableFor leading role in Soviet-backed postwar government of Poland
role in the Polish People's Army
service as Marshal of Poland
notableWork organization of the Polish People's Army after World War II
participatedIn Polish–Soviet War
Polish–Soviet friendship and cooperation structures after World War II
World War I
World War II
partOf Soviet-backed provisional government of Poland
postwar communist leadership of Poland
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet
positionHeld Commander-in-chief of the Polish Army (People's Poland)
Marshal of Poland
Minister of National Defence of Poland
residence Warsaw
sexOrGender male
sphereOfInfluence Polish armed forces
defence policy of the Polish People's Republic
workLocation Warsaw


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