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Karol Śliwka
Karol Śliwka (; 13 March 1894 – 19 March 1943) was a Polish people, Polish communist politician. He was one of the most prominent political leaders of the Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority in Trans-Olza region of the First Czechoslovak Republic and a member of National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic from 1925 to 1938. Biography Śliwka was born son of a metallurgy worker in Bystřice (Frýdek-Místek District), Bystrzyca. After finishing five classes of primary school in his native village he entered the Polish gymnasium (school), gymnasium (grammar school) in Cieszyn. After outbreak of World War I he volunteered to army of General Józef Haller but after several months became a prisoner of war in Russia from 1915 to 1918 (mostly in Kaluga). In 1917 he joined the Bolshevik Party. In 1921 he became an Executive Committee member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He was the editor of the newspaper ''Głos Robotniczy'' ('Workers Voice'). Śliwka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bystřice (Frýdek-Místek District)
( pl, , german: Bistrzitz) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants and it is the most populated municipality in the country without the town status. Polish minority makes up 21.3% of the population. Etymology The name is derived from the Slavic word '' bystry, bystrý'', i.e. "fast, rapid" (flow of a river or stream). Geography Bystřice lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The Hluchová Creek flows to the Olza River in the municipality. The southwestern part of the municipality lies in the Jablunkov Furrow and the southeastern part in the Silesian Beskids. In the north the territory extends into the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point of the municipality is near the peak of Loučka, at . History Bystřice was probably founded at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. The first written mention of Bystřice is in a deed of Bolesław I, Duke of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
