Czesław Cywiński
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Czesław Justyn Cywiński (10 March 1926 – 10 April 2010) was the President of the Association of
Armia Krajowa The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, 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) esta ...
Soldiers. He was among those killed in the
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria, ...
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Honours and awards

Polonia Restituta 1st Class ( posthum.)
Polonia Restituta 2nd Class
Polonia Restituta 3rd Class
Polonia Restituta 5th Class
Cross of Valour
Silver Cross of Merit
Partisan Cross The Partisan Cross () was a Polish military decoration awarded to World War II partisans (part of resistance movement fighting in the countryside). It was introduced by the Council of Ministers on October 26, 1945. It was awarded from 1945 unti ...

Gold Medal for Merit for Country Defense


References

* 1926 births 2010 deaths Home Army members Victims of the Smolensk air disaster Military personnel from Vilnius Polish soldiers Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland) {{Poland-mil-bio-stub