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Witold Tryuk
Witold is a masculine Polish given name. This name derives from the Lithuanian “Vytautas” composed of two elements: “vyti” (chase) plus “tauta” (the people), but It is also possible that it is a name of Germanic origin which means "ruling the forest". Notable people with the name include: * Vytautas (c. 1350–1430) (Polish: Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold Aleksander or Witold Wielki), ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, prince of Grodno and prince of Lutsk * Witold, ''nom de guerre'' used by Jan Karski (1914-2000), Polish resistance fighter and professor * Witold Abramowicz (politician) (1874–1940/1941), Lithuanian politician * Witold Abramowicz (scientist), Polish scientist * Witold Balcerowski (1935–2001), Polish chess player * Witold Baran (1939–2020), Polish middle-distance runner * Witold Conti (1908–1944), Polish film actor * Witold Czartoryski (1824–1865), Polish Duke of Klewán and Zuków * Witold Leon Czartoryski (1864–1945), Polish noble * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas (other)
Vytautas (c. 1350–1430) was a Lithuanian medieval king, Grand Duke, Prince of Hrodna and Prince of Lutsk. Vytautas may also refer to: *Vytautas (given name) *Vytautas Magnus University, a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania founded in 1922 *Vytautas the Great Bridge, a bridge in Kaunas, Lithuania that crosses the Nemunas River *Vytautas' the Great Church, a Roman Catholic church in Kaunas, Lithuania consecrated in 1400 *Vytautas the Great War Museum, a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania opened in 1936 *BC Vytautas, basketball team from Prienai, Lithuania {{disambiguation, geo, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Małcużyński
Witold Małcużyński (August 10, 1914July 17, 1977) was a Polish pianist who specialized in the works of Frédéric Chopin. Biography Małcużyński was born in 1914 in Koziczyn (Congress Poland, Russian Empire). He was the older brother of Karol Małcużyński, a Polish politician and journalist. He began playing piano at the age of 5, starting regular lessons four years later. Originally, he intended to study law but his innate love of music overcame his initial decision and he switched to music and enrolled at the Warsaw Conservatory from which he graduated with high honours, studying under Józef Turczyński. In 1936, he received an invitation to study under Marguerite Long and Isidor Philipp in Paris. He won the third prize at the III International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1937. At the same time, he met his future wife, the French pianist Colette Gaveau. When World War II began, he was in France. There, he joined the artistic-propaganda section of the Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Urbanowicz
Witold Urbanowicz (30 March 1908 – 17 August 1996) was a Polish fighter ace of the Second World War. According to the official record, Witold Urbanowicz was the second highest-scoring Polish fighter ace, with 17 confirmed wartime kills and 1 probable, not counting his pre-war victory. He was awarded with several decorations, among others the Virtuti Militari and British Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), Distinguished Flying Cross. He also published several books of memoirs. Biography Urbanowicz was born in Olszanka, Augustów County. In 1930 he entered the Szkoła Podchorążych Lotnictwa cadet flying school in Dęblin, graduating in 1932 as a 2/Lt. Observer. He was then posted to the night bomber squadron of the 1st Air Regiment in Warsaw. Later he completed an advanced pilotage course to become a fighter pilot. In the 1930s he flew with the Polish 113th Fighter Escadrille, 113th and the 111th Fighter Escadrille (Poland), No. 111th "Kościuszko" Squadron. In Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Tomczak
Witold Stanisław Tomczak (5 April 1957 – 11 March 2025) was a Polish far-right politician who was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009. Before his political career, Tomczak worked as a physician. He graduated from the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice in 1987 and specialized in general medicine. He practiced as a family physician in Łęka Opatowska near Kalisz, where he was a local councilman from 1990 through 1998. From 1997 to 2001, he was a Sejm member for the conservative party Christian-National Union (ZChN), which at that time was part of the Solidarity Electoral Action party (AWS). He left the AWS in 1999 to co-found the Polish Agreement party. In 2001, he ran on the ticket of the then newly established League of Polish Families in the Kalisz constituency and won a seat again. Before Poland's EU accession, Tomczak served as a Polish observer to the European Parliament. In 2004, he was elected to the European Parliament in the Greater Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Szyguła
Witold Henryk Szyguła (22 November 1940 – 4 September 2003) was a Polish footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. He signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical in June 1971, alongside fellow Polish internationals Alfred Olek and Roman Strzałkowski. They were "the first players from behind the Iron Curtain ��to play in Britain." The deal was orchestrated by Hamilton's chairman Jan Stepek, who was himself Polish, in return for electronic goods being sent to Poland. Szyguła also played in Poland for Zagłębie. Honours Zagłębie Sosnowiec * Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...: 1961–62, 1962–63 References External links * 1940 births 2003 deaths Footballers from Chorzów Men's association football goalkeepers Polish men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Szabłowski
Witold Szabłowski () (born 1980, in Ostrów Mazowiecka) is a Polish journalist and author. Biography Witold Szablowski was born in Ostrów Mazowiecka. He graduated from the Department of Journalism and Political Science at Warsaw University. Additionally, he pursued studies in political science in Istanbul. While working as an intern at CNN Türk, he traveled throughout Turkey. He initiated his journalistic career with TVN24, one of Poland's premier news channels. In 2006, he began working for ”Gazeta Wyborcza” and its weekly supplement “ Duży Format”, becoming the youngest reporter on its team. He remained there until 2016. Since 2018, he has been affiliated with "Dzień dobry TVN," a Polish morning show broadcast. Starting from April 2019, he has hosted his radio show about traveling on Newonce Radio. In 2006, while in Malatya, he became the first Pole to interview Mehmet Ali Ağca's family, the Turkish gunman who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Rybczynski
Witold Rybczynski (born 1 March 1943) is a Canadian American architect, professor and writer. He is currently the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor Emeritus of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. Early life Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish parentage and raised in Surrey, England, before moving at a young age to Canada. He attended Loyola College in Montreal. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1966) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. Career Rybczynski has written around 300 articles and papers on the subjects of housing, architecture, and technology, many of which are aimed at a non-technical readership. His work has been published in a wide variety of magazines, including '' The Wilson Quarterly'', '' The Atlantic Monthly'', and ''The New Yorker''. From 2004 to 2010, he was architecture critic for '' Slate''. He taught at McGill University (1974–1993) and the University of Pennsylvania (1993–2012), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Rowicki
Witold Rowicki (born ''Witold Kałka'', 26 February 1914 – 1 October 1989) was a Polish conductor. He held principal conducting positions with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra was dedicated to him. Biography Rowicki was born in Taganrog, Russian Empire in 1914. He arrived in Poland in 1923, attending schools in Żywiec and Nowy Sącz before matriculating at the conservatory in Kraków. He studied violin under Artur Malawski and theory under director Michał Piotrowski and made his conducting debut, while still a student, in 1933. Graduating in 1938, he was appointed professor of violin at the conservatory and spent the occupation years in Kraków. After the Soviet expulsion of the Nazis from Poland, Rowicki revived the defunct Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, which had disbanded during the war, in Katowice. Between 1950 and 1955, and again between 1958 and 1977, Rowicki was the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Roter
Witold Kazimierz Roter (September 20, 1932 – June 19, 2015, in Wrocław.) was a mathematician, of the Polish School of Mathematics, expert in differential geometry. Early life and education Witold Kazimierz Roter was born on September 20, 1932, in Zabrze-Pawłów. He attended primary and then secondary school in Zabrze, and next, he studied mathematics at the Wrocław University, University of Wrocław – 1st degree studies in 1950–1953 and 2nd degree studies (extramural) in 1955–1958. In 1958 he obtained a master's degree in mathematics. In 1953, after completing the first cycle of studies, he was ordered to work as a teacher at the Nowa Ruda Primary School No. 1 and in the Secondary School. He worked there until 1961. In the same year, he was accepted as a senior assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Wrocław. Witold Kazimierz Roter died on June 19, 2015, in Wrocław. He is buried at Osobowice Cemetery in Wrocław Academi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Pruszkowski
Witold Pruszkowski (14 January 1846, Bershad - 10 October 1896, Budapest) was a Polish painter and graphic artist in the Symbolism (movement), Symbolist style. Biography He spent his childhood in Odessa and Kiev. The family emigrated to Dieppe in 1860, and he relocated to Paris in 1866, where he had his first drawing lessons with the portrait painter, Tadeusz Gorecki, the son-in-law of Adam Mickiewicz. From 1869 to 1872, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich with Alexander von Wagner then, from 1872 to 1875, at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków Academy of Fine Arts with Jan Matejko.Brief biography and appreciation @ Culture.pl His unique color palette and soft focus led critics to label him as Poland's first impressionist. In 1882, he settled in Mników, Lesser Poland Voivo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Polish Army
Secret Polish Army (, ) was a Polish resistance movement founded in November 1939 in German-occupied Poland, which was active in the voivodeships of Warsaw, Podlasie, Kielce and Lublin. Founders were: * Lieutenant Colonel Jan Henryk Włodarkiewicz "Darwicz" – Chief of the Staff * Cavalry Lieutenant Witold Pilecki "Witold" * Lieutenant Colonel "Stefan" In 1940, it and several other underground organizations merged into the Confederation of the Nation. In 1943, the latter became part of the Polish Home Army The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the .... Bibliography * Kazimierz Malinowski, ''Tajna Armia Polska. Znak. Konfederacja Zbrojna. Zarys genezy, organizacji i działalności'', Warszawa 1986. * Adam Cyra, ''Ochotnik do Auschwitz - Witold Pilecki 1901-1948'', O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Pilecki
Witold Pilecki (; 13 May 190125 May 1948), known by the codenames ''Roman Jezierski'', ''Tomasz Serafiński'', ''Druh'' and ''Witold'', was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader. As a youth, Pilecki joined Polish underground scouting; in the aftermath of World War I, he joined the Polish militia and, later, the Polish Army. He participated in the Polish–Soviet War, which ended in 1921. In 1939, he participated in the unsuccessful defense of Poland against the invasion by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union. Shortly afterward, he joined the Polish resistance, co-founding the Secret Polish Army resistance movement. In 1940, Pilecki volunteered to allow himself to be captured by the occupying Germans in order to infiltrate the Auschwitz concentration camp. At Auschwitz, he organized a resistance movement that eventually included hundreds of inmates, and he secretly drew up reports detailing German atrocities at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
