Kazimierz Piontkowski (, Kazymyr Piontkovskyi; b. — d. 10 August 1938) was a former Soviet and Ukrainian

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player, central midfielder. Piontkowski was a friend of

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who is considered one of the founders of

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.Fate of Piontkowski
20 April 2012 Both of them were executed in 1938. According to journalist Borys Halynskyi, at the end of 1920s the Kiev newspaper "Verchirniy Kyiv" called Piontkowski the "soul of the team". In 1932 Piontkowski debuted for the

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in a home game against the Germany Workers' Team winning 3:2. On 14 October 1937 Piontkowski was arrested by UGB UNKVD (KGB) in

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. On 18 July 1938 he was convicted by the USSR NKVD according to the Article 58-1a of the Russian SFSR Penal Code ("treason of the Motherland"). Piontkowski was executed by a firing squad a month later on 10 August 1938 in Khabarovsk. On 30 June 1989 Piontkowski was rehabilitated on a conclusion of the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Red Banner

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(KDVO) according to the Supreme Soviet Presidium of the Soviet Union (PVS USSR) ukase of 16 January 1989.

Honours

* Odessa Championship ** Winners (1): 1925 * Soviet Union Dynamiade ** Runners-up (1): 1929 * Ukraine Dynamiade ** Winners (1): 1931 ** Runners-up (2): 1929, 1932 * Ukraine championship among cities ** Winners (1): 1931 ** Runners-up (1): 1934

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* 1903 births 1938 deaths Footballers from Warsaw People from Warsaw Governorate Soviet people of Polish descent Ukrainian people of Polish descent Men's association football forwards Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers FC Shkirtrest Odesa players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Executed people from Masovian Voivodeship People executed by the Soviet Union by firing squad Great Purge victims from Poland Soviet rehabilitations {{USSR-footy-forward-stub