Bolesław Bierut Politician

Bolesław Bierut ([bɔˈlɛswaf ˈbjɛrut] (13px ); born Bolesław Rutkowski; 18 April 1892 – 12 March 1956; also known under assumed names Jerzy Bolesław Bielak and Bolesław Birkowski) was a Polish Communist leader, NKVD agent, and a hard-line Stalinist who became President of Poland after the Soviet takeover of the country in the aftermath of World War II.

Personal facts

Bolesław Bierut
Birth dateApril 18, 1892
Birth place
Poland , Lublin , Russian Empire , Rury Jezuickie
Religion
Atheism
Date of deathMarch 12, 1956
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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Office holder

party
Polish United Workers' Party
Communist Party of Poland
Polish Worker's Party
prime minister
successor
Aleksander Zawadzki
President of Poland

Topical connections

Edward GierekPresident
August ZaleskiPresident
Edward OchabPresident
Adam WażykWriter
Bolesław PrusWriter
Henryk JabłońskiPresident
Edward BabiuchPolitician

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