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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was born on 6 July 1923 in Kurów,<sup>[1]</sup> into a family of Polish gentry.<sup>[1][2]</sup> He was the son of Wanda (née Zaremba) and Władysław Mieczysław Jaruzelski, a Czech-educated agronomist and volunteered soldier who fought in the war against Soviet Russia in 1920and was raised on the family estate near Wysokie (in the vicinity of Białystok). From 1933 until September 1939, he was educated in a Catholic school in Warsaw where he received strict religious education.[[World War II]] commenced on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany, aided by the Soviet invasion of Poland | Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was born on 6 July 1923 in Kurów,<sup>[1]</sup> into a family of Polish gentry.<sup>[1][2]</sup> He was the son of Wanda (née Zaremba) and Władysław Mieczysław Jaruzelski, a Czech-educated agronomist and volunteered soldier who fought in the war against Soviet Russia in 1920and was raised on the family estate near Wysokie (in the vicinity of Białystok). From 1933 until September 1939, he was educated in a Catholic school in Warsaw where he received strict religious education.[[World War II]] commenced on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany, aided by the Soviet invasion of Poland | ||
<nowiki> </nowiki>sixteen days later. These resulted in the complete defeat of Poland by October, and a partition between Soviet and German zones of control. | <nowiki> </nowiki>sixteen days later. These resulted in the complete defeat of Poland by October, and a partition between Soviet and German zones of control. | ||
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* Soviet Union: Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR) | * Soviet Union: Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR) | ||
* Soviet Union: Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR) – 1972 | * Soviet Union: Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR) – 1972 | ||
* Soviet Union: Badge of the 25th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 (USSR) – 1970 | * Soviet Union: Badge of the 25th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 (USSR) – 1970 | ||
* Soviet Union: Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR) – 1975 | * Soviet Union: Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR) – 1975 | ||