Powązki Cemetery (; pl, Cmentarz Powązkowski), also known as Stare Powązki ( en, Old Powązki), is a historic
necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
located in
Wola
Wola (, ) is a district in western Warsaw, Poland, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it underwent a transformation into an office (co ...
district, in the western part of
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. It is the most famous cemetery in the city and one of the oldest, having been established in 1790. It is the burial place of many illustrious individuals from Polish history. Some are interred along the "Avenue of the Distinguished" - ''Aleja Zasłużonych'', created in 1925. It is estimated that over 1 million people are buried at Powązki.
The cemetery is often confused with the newer
Powązki Military Cemetery
Powązki Military Cemetery (; pl, Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach) is an old military cemetery located in the Żoliborz district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. The cemetery is often confused with the older Powązki Cemetery, known colloquial ...
, which is located to the north-west of Powązki Cemetery.
History
Powązki Cemetery was established on 4 November 1790 on land donated by nobleman
Melchior Szymanowski, and consecrated on 20 May 1792. Initially it covered an area of only about 2.5 ha. In the same year Saint
Karol Boromeusz Church, designed by
Dominik Merlini
Domenico Merlini () (22 February 1730 – 20 February 1797) was an Italian-Polish architect whose work was mostly in the classical style.
Life and Style
From 1750 till his death, Merlini lived in Poland. In 1768, he became a nobleman and later ...
, was built on the northern edge of the cemetery. The
catacombs
Catacombs are man-made subterranean passageways for religious practice. Any chamber used as a burial place is a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire.
Etymology and history
The first place to be referred ...
were erected soon thereafter.
Several other cemeteries were founded in the area: the
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
cemetery, and those of the
Calvinist
Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...
,
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
,
Caucasian
Caucasian may refer to:
Anthropology
*Anything from the Caucasus region
**
**
** ''Caucasian Exarchate'' (1917–1920), an ecclesiastical exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Caucasus region
*
*
*
Languages
* Northwest Caucasian l ...
and
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different communities. The Orthodox cemetery is also located in the vicinity.
As in many old European cemeteries, some of the
tombstones
A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. It is traditional for burials in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, among others. In most cases, it has the deceased's name, ...
in Powązki were created by renowned sculptors, both Polish and foreign. Some of the monuments are examples of the then prevailing styles in art and architecture.
On ''
All Saints Day
All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are kno ...
'' (1 November) and ''
Zaduszki
Zaduszki or Dzień Zaduszny is a Polish language, Polish name for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) on 2 November. The word ''Zaduszki'' originating from ''Dzień Zaduszny'', can be roughly translated into Engli ...
'' (2 November) in Warsaw, vigils are held not only in the
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
cemeteries, but in the
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
,
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
,
Jew
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...
ish and
Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
cemeteries as well. At Powązki Cemetery, many graves are lit up by
Votive candle
A votive candle or prayer candle is a small candle, typically white or beeswax yellow, intended to be burnt as a votive offering in an act of Christian prayer, especially within the Anglican, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic Christian denominations, ...
s.
Notable burials
A few of the notables buried here are:
*
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1829/1834 – 29 September 1861) was a Polish composer and pianist. She composed mainly for the piano and is internationally known for her composition '' A Maiden's Prayer''.
Life and death
Bądarzewska was born ...
(1834–1861), composer
* Izabela Barcińska née Chopin, (1811–1881), younger sister of
Fryderyk Chopin
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...
*
Anna Bilińska
Anna Bilińska (pronounced: also known as Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz; 8 December 1854 – 18 April 1893) was a Polish painter, known for her portraits. A representative of realism, she spent most of her life in Paris, and is considered the "fir ...
(1857–1893), painter
*
Wojciech Bogusławski
Wojciech Romuald Bogusławski (9 April 1757 – 23 July 1829) was a Polish actor, theater director and playwright of the Polish Enlightenment. He was the director of the National Theatre, Warsaw, (''Teatr Narodowy''), during three distinct peri ...
(1757–1829), writer, actor, director
*
Stefan Bryla (1886-1943), notable for first welding bridge-Maurzyce Bridge
*
Jan Gotlib Bloch
Jan Gotlib (Bogumił) Bloch (russian: Иван Станиславович Блиох or Блох) (July 24, 1836 – January 7, 1902) was a Polish banker and railway financier who devoted his private life to the study of modern industrial warfar ...
(1836–1902), banker, railroad entrepreneur, philanthropist, economist, economist and social activist
* Emilia Chopin (1812–1827), youngest sister of
Fryderyk Chopin
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...
*
Ludwika Jędrzejewicz
Ludwika Jędrzejewicz (; Chopin; 6 April 1807 – 29 October 1855) was the elder sister of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1807, the daughter of Nicolas Chopin and his wife Justyna.
She was named after her ...
née Chopin (1807–1855), oldest sister of
Fryderyk Chopin
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...
*
Mikołaj Chopin
Nicolas Chopin (in pl, Mikołaj Chopin; 15 April 17713 May 1844) was a teacher of the French language in Partitioned Poland, and father of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.Łopaciński, "Chopin, Mikołaj," p. 426.
Life
Nicolas Chopin was ...
(1771–1844), father of
Fryderyk Chopin
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...
*
Tekla Justyna Chopin
Justyna Krzyżanowska (; c. 14 September 17821 October 1861) was a Polish nanny, amateur musician, and pianist who became the first music teacher of her son, the pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin. She later ran a boarding house for students ...
(1782–1861), mother of
Fryderyk Chopin
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...
*
Gerard Antoni Ciołek (1909–1966), architect and historian of gardens
*
Ignacy Dobrzyński (1807–1867), composer
*
Jerzy Duszyński (1917–1978), actor
*
Józef Elsner
Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner (sometimes ''Józef Ksawery Elsner''; baptismal name, ''Joseph Anton Franz Elsner''; 1 June 176918 April 1854) was a composer, music teacher, and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw. He was one of the firs ...
(1769–1854), composer and conductor. Piano teacher of
Fryderyk Chopin
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...
.
*
Władysław Filipkowski
Władysław Filipkowski (noms de guerre ''Cis'' and ''Janka''; 1 May 1892 – 17 April 1950) was a Polish military commander and a professional officer of the Polish Army. During World War II he was the commanding officer of the Armia Krajowa unit ...
(1892–1950), military commander
*
Pola Gojawiczyńska (1896–1963), writer
*
Józef Gosławski, (1908–1963), sculptor and medallic artist
*
Leopold Janikowski
Leopold Janikowski (14 November 1855 - 8 December 1942) was a Polish people, Polish explorer and ethnographer.
Biography
Leopold Ludwik Janikowski was born on 14 November 1855 in Dąbrówka, now part of Warsaw (Białołęka) in Poland, son of Ja ...
(1855–1942), meteorologist, explorer and ethnographer
*
Stanisław Janikowski
Stanisław Leopold Janikowski (February 17, 1891 – September 23, 1965) was a Polish people, Polish Diplomacy, diplomat and an Etruscologist.
Biography
Stanisław Leopold Janikowski was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Piotrków, southern Poland, ...
(1891–1965), Polish diplomat
*
Stefan Jaracz (1883–1945), actor
*
Jan Kiepura
Jan Wiktor Kiepura (May 16, 1902 – August 15, 1966) was a Polish singer (tenor) and actor.
Life and career
Jan Kiepura was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, the son of Miriam (née Neuman), a former professional singer, and Franciszek Kiepura, a b ...
(1902–1966), singer and actor
*
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Krzysztof Kieślowski (; 27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for ''Dekalog'' (1989), ''The Double Life of Veronique'' (1991), and the ''Three Colours'' trilogy (1993
–1994) ...
(1941–1996), film director
*
Jan Kiliński
Jan Kiliński (1760 in Trzemeszno - 28 January 1819 in Warsaw) was a Polish soldier and one of the commanders of the Kościuszko Uprising. A shoemaker by trade, he commanded the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 against the Russian garrison stationed in W ...
(1760–1819), freedom fighter
*
Stefan Kisielewski
Stefan Kisielewski (7 March 1911 in Warsaw – 27 September 1991 in Warsaw, Poland), nicknames Kisiel, Julia Hołyńska, Teodor Klon, Tomasz Staliński, was a Polish writer, publicist, composer and politician, and one of the members of Znak, one ...
(1911–1991), art critic and writer
*
Stanislava Klimashevskaya
Stanislava Klimashevskaya was a Russian photographer and owner of a photo studio in the city of Astrakhan, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Biography
Stanislava Kruminovic was born in the catholic family of polish nobiles Yana and Al ...
(1851-1939), photographer and studio owner
*
Tomasz Knapik (1943–2021), film, radio and television reader
*
Krzysztof Komeda
Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film music composer and jazz pianist. Perhaps best known for his work in film scores, Komeda wrote the scores for Roman Polanski’s f ...
(1931–1969),
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
composer
*
Alfred Kowalski
Alfred Jan Maksymilian Kowalski (Alfred ''Wierusz''-Kowalski; 11 October 184916 February 1915) was a Polish painter and representative of the Munich School.
Life
He was born on 11 October 1849 in Suwałki to father Teofil Kowalski of the Wieruszo ...
(1849–1915), painter
*
Henryk Kuna
Henryk Kuna (c.1885 – 17 December 1945) was a Polish sculptor, active in the early twentieth century. His long career produced many famous works of arts including several renowned public monuments in his native country of Poland.
Life
Henryk K ...
(1885–1945), sculptor
*
Witold Lutosławski
Witold Roman Lutosławski (; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szyman ...
(1913–1994), composer
*
Józefat Ignacy Łukasiewicz
Józefat Ignacy Łukaszewicz (; 6 November 1789 – 3 January 1850) was a Polish-Lithuanian identity, Polish-Lithuanian painter.
Early life
He was born in Žiežmariai on 6 November 1789 as son of Teodor Jozef Łukaszewicz (1747–1805), noble a ...
(1789 - 1850), painter-artist
*
Maciej Masłowski
Maciej Masłowski (January 24, 1901 – August 17, 1976) was a Polish Art history, art historian.
Biography
Masłowski was born in Warsaw. He was a son of painter Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926) and piano teacher Aniela born Ponikowska (1864 ...
(1901-1976),
art historian
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
*
Stanisław Masłowski
Stanisław Masłowski, born ''Stanisław Stefan Zygmunt Ludgard Masłowski'' (3 December 1853 in Włodawa, – 31 May 1926 in Warsaw) was a Polish painter of realistic style, the author of watercolor landscapes.
Biography
Masłowski was bo ...
(1853–1926), painter-artist
*
Witold Małcużyński
Witold Małcużyński (August 10, 1914July 17, 1977) was a distinguished Polish pianist who specialized in the works of Frédéric Chopin. His playing was marked by great passion and poetry.
Biography
Małcużyński was born in 1914. He was the ...
(1914–1977), classical pianist
*
Stefan Mazurkiewicz (1888–1945), co-founder of the Warsaw school of mathematics
*
Jerzy Mierzejewski
Jerzy Mierzejewski (13 July 1917 – 14 June 2012) was a Polish painter, pedagogue and long-term dean of Cinematography and Directing at the Łódź fim school. He was the son of Jacek Mierzejewski, and brother of Andrzej Mierzejewski, both ...
(1917–2012), artist and pedagogue
*
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko (; May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish–Lithuania ...
(1819–1872), composer
*
Janusz Nasfeter
Janusz Nasfeter (15 August 1920 in Warsaw – 1 April 1998 in Warsaw) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and writer. A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź (1951). Mostly known for films addressed to children but with a universal m ...
(1920–1998) – film director and screenwriter; moved in 2018 from the
Służew Old Cemetery
The Służew Old Cemetery ( pl, Stary cmentarz na Służewie) is a Roman Catholic cemetery in the area of Stary Służew in the Ursynów district of Warsaw, Poland.
The cemetery is located next to the presbytery of St Catherine's Church at 17 ...
*
Ola Obarska (1910–1992), singer and actress
*
Antoni Osuchowski (1849–1928), philanthropist and national activist
*
Piotr Pawlukiewicz
Piotr Pawlukiewicz (10 April 1960 – 21 March 2020) was a Polish people, Polish Latin Church, Roman Catholic priest, doctor of pastoral theology, retreatist, preacher, prelate, canon of the Warsaw Metropolitan Chapter, author of books on religiou ...
(1960–2020), Roman Catholic priest, doctor of pastoral theology
*
Lech Pijanowski
Lech Andrzej Pijanowski (; 26 July 1928 – 6 January 1974) was a Polish film critic, broadcaster, director, screenwriter and populiser of games.
Personal life
Pijanowski was born on 26 July 1928 in Warsaw and died 6 January 1974 aged 45 in Warsaw ...
(1928–1974), film-maker and game designer
*
Bolesław Prus
Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, as well as a distinctive voice in world li ...
(1847–1912), journalist and novelist
*
Grzegorz Przemyk
Grzegorz Przemyk (17 May 1964 – 14 May 1983) was an aspiring Polish poet from Warsaw, who was murdered by members of the Communist police force, the Milicja Obywatelska (Citizens' Militia). His killing was one of many such politically motiv ...
(1964–1983), poet murdered by
Milicja Obywatelska
Milicja Obywatelska (), in English known as the Citizens' Militia and commonly abbreviated to MO, was the national police organization of the Polish People's Republic. It was established on 7 October 1944 by the Polish Committee of National Libera ...
*
Kazimierz Pużak
Kazimierz Pużak (1883–1950) was a Polish socialist politician of the interwar period. Active in the Polish Socialist Party, he was one of the leaders of the Polish Secret State and Polish resistance, sentenced by the Soviets in the infamo ...
(1883–1950), died in the
Communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...
, secretly buried in Powązki
*
Władysław Reymont
Władysław Stanisław Reymont (, born Rejment; 7 May 1867 – 5 December 1925) was a Polish novelist and the 1924 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known work is the award-winning four-volume novel '' Chłopi'' (''The Peasant ...
(1867–1925),
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
-winning novelist
*
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły (11 March 1886 – 2 December 1941; nom de guerre ''Śmigły, Tarłowski, Adam Zawisza''), also called Edward Śmigły-Rydz, was a Polish politician, statesman, Marshal of Poland and Commander-in-Chief of Poland ...
(1886-1941), politician, statesman, Marshal of Poland and Commander-in-Chief of Poland's armed forces
*
Ireneusz Roszkowski
Ireneusz Roszkowski (24 March 1910 – 21 April 1996) was a Polish people, Polish Nobility, nobleman, professor, founder of modern Polish gynaecology and obstetrics, a humanist, precursor of prenatal medicine, a supporter of midwives. He was one ...
(1910-1996), gynaecologist
*
Irena Sendlerowa
Irena Stanisława Sendler (), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, ''nom de guerre'' Jolanta (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resista ...
(1910–2008), head of Children's Section of the
Żegota
Żegota (, full codename: the "Konrad Żegota Committee"Yad Vashem Shoa Resource CenterZegota/ref>) was the Polish Council to Aid Jews with the Government Delegation for Poland ( pl, Rada Pomocy Żydom przy Delegaturze Rządu RP na Kraj), an un ...
*
Wacław Sierpiński
Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński (; 14 March 1882 – 21 October 1969) was a Polish mathematician. He was known for contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and t ...
(1882–1969), mathematician
*
Andrzej Sołtan (1897–1959), physicist
*
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski
Zbigniew Dionizy Ścibor-Rylski (10 March 1917 – 3 August 2018) was a Polish brigadier general and aviator who was a participant of the Warsaw Uprising during the World War II. As a Polish Air Force officer, he fought alongside the resistance ...
(1917-2018), military commander, participant of the
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occ ...
*
Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to:
* Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician
* Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player
* Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel
* Michał Helle ...
(1893–1964), general
*
Jerzy Waldorff
Jerzy Waldorff-Preyss of the Nabram coat of arms (4 May 1910 – 29 December 1999) was a Polish media personality, public intellectual, socialite, music critic and a music aficionado. He wrote over twenty books, mostly on the subject of classi ...
(1910–1999), art critic and one of the benefactors of the Cemetery
*
Melchior Wańkowicz
Melchior Wańkowicz (10 January 1892 – 10 September 1974) was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing ...
(1892–1974), writer
*
Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue who is regarded amongst the greatest violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were al ...
(1835–1870), composer
*
Kazimierz Wierzyński
Kazimierz Wierzyński (Drohobycz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, 27 August 1894 – 13 February 1969, London) was a Polish poet and journalist; an elected member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature in the Second Polish Republic ...
(1894–1969), poet and writer
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Stanisław Wigura
Stanisław Wigura (9 April 1901 – 11 September 1932) was a Polish aircraft designer and aviator, co-founder of the RWD aircraft construction team and lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology. Along with Franciszek Żwirko, he won the in ...
(1901–1932), aircraft designer and aviator
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Stanisław Wojciechowski
Stanisław Wojciechowski (; 15 March 1869 – 9 April 1953) was a Polish politician and scholar who served as President of Poland between 1922 and 1926, during the Second Polish Republic.
He was elected president in 1922, following the assassi ...
(1869–1953), president of Poland
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Aleksander Zelwerowicz
Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher. He received the Order of Polonia Restituta and is one of the Polish Righteous among the Nations. (1877–1955), actor and director, patron of the Warsaw Drama Academy
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Franciszek Żwirko
Franciszek Żwirko nglish pronunciation like: frantsishek zhvirko(16 September 1895 – 11 September 1932) was a prominent Polish sport and military aviator. Along with Stanisław Wigura, he won the international air contest Challenge 1932.
He ...
(1895–1932), aviator
*
Wojciech Żywny
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(1756–1842), first piano teacher of
Fryderyk Chopin
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...
, composer.
Gallery
File:PL Warsaw Stare Powązki aleja zasluzonych.jpg, Avenue of Notables
File:Kosciol sw Boromeusza w Warszawie.jpg, Saint Karol Boromeusz Church
File:PL Warsaw Stare Powązki alejka cmentarza 1.jpg, Old Powązki
File:Grob Edwarda Rydza Smiglego.JPG, Edward Rydz-Śmigły
Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły (11 March 1886 – 2 December 1941; nom de guerre ''Śmigły, Tarłowski, Adam Zawisza''), also called Edward Śmigły-Rydz, was a Polish politician, statesman, Marshal of Poland and Commander-in-Chief of Poland ...
grave
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See also
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Rakowicki Cemetery
Rakowicki Cemetery (English: ; pl, Cmentarz Rakowicki) is a historic necropolis and a cultural heritage monument located on 26 Rakowicka Street in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It lies within the Administrative District No. 1 ''Stare Miasto'' ...
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Lychakiv Cemetery
Lychakiv Cemetery ( uk, Личаківський цвинтар, translit=Lychakivs’kyi tsvyntar; pl, Cmentarz Łyczakowski we Lwowie), officially State History and Culture Museum-Preserve "Lychakiv Cemetery" ( uk, Державний істор ...
References
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Cemeteries in Warsaw
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1790 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth