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Edward Rydz-Śmigły

1886 - 1941

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Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły [ˈɛdvard ˈrɨdz ˈɕmiɡwɨ] (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's armed forces, as well as a painter and poet. During the interwar period, he was an exceptionally admired public figure in Poland and was regarded as a hero for his exemplary record as an army commander in the Polish Legions of World War I and the ensuing Polish–Soviet War in 1920. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief and Inspector General of the Polish Armed Forces following Marshal Józef Piłsudski's death in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Rydz-Śmigły has received more than 459,326 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Edward Rydz-Śmigły is the 2,337th most popular politician (down from 2,274th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 78th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Edward Rydz-Śmigły was a Polish military commander who was responsible for the defense of Poland in 1939.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Rydz-Śmigły ranks 2,337 out of 15,577. Before him are Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Anund Jacob, Jovanka Broz, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Emperor Xuan of Han, and Michael IX Palaiologos. After him are Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Cevdet Sunay, Romano Prodi, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Sher Shah Suri, and Michael IV the Paphlagonian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Edward Rydz-Śmigły ranks 28. Before him are Theodor Morell, Erich Hoepner, Zhu De, Hermann Broch, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, and Sergo Ordzhonikidze. After him are Jan Masaryk, Hugo Ball, Robert Robinson, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Michael Curtiz, and Edward C. Tolman. Among people deceased in 1941, Edward Rydz-Śmigły ranks 25. Before him are Marina Tsvetaeva, Hans Spemann, Ernst Udet, Werner Mölders, Werner Sombart, and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. After him are Sherwood Anderson, Henri Lebesgue, Prajadhipok, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Günther Prien, and Gottfried Feder.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Edward Rydz-Śmigły ranks 83 out of 1,083. Before him are Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Karl Radek (1885), Vladimir Ivashko (1932), Anacharsis (-700), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), and Sergey Bubka (1963). After him are Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), Clarice Lispector (1920), Nachman of Breslov (1772), Andriy Shevchenko (1976), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), and Bruno Schulz (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Edward Rydz-Śmigły ranks 34. Before him are Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Karl Radek (1885), Vladimir Ivashko (1932), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), and Sergey Bubka (1963). After him are Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Boris Shcherbina (1919), Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030), Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), and Oleksandr Turchynov (1964).

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