Józef Piłsudski

Battle of Warsaw memorial symbolises solidarity among people - dep PM

The memorial has figures of the Polish inter-war statesman and leader Józef Piłsudski, the then Hungarian Prime Minister Pal Teleki, the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Army and the President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918–1921 Symon Petlura, and Charles de Gaulle. Roman Zawistowski/PAP

A memorial commemorating the role played by international cooperation during the Polish-Bolshevik War is a monument to international solidarity, a senior government minister has said.

‘Some people say this place is unlike any other cinema’: the history and the uncertain future of Warsaw’s famous Atlantic cinema

It survived the Second World War and communism, but will it survive the next few years?

Staged battle: Miracle on the Vistula re-enacted in theatrical spectacle

National stadium converted into giant battlefield to celebrate a victory that saved Poland’s independence 100 years ago.

House and home: Piłsudski’s old manor opens as museum

The new museum reveals in detail both the private and public life of one of the cornerstone figures of Polish history.

President lays wreath at monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski

Polish President Andrzej Duda laid a wreath at a memorial to inter-war Polish strongman Marshal Józef Piłsudski on Saturday to mark both Armed Forces Day and the centenary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

President, PM commemorate Battle of Warsaw

President Andrzej Duda and PM Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday commemorated the centenary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw at a ceremony in front of a memorial to the battle's fallen in Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery.

On 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, TFN’s Stuart Dowell looks back at the ‘battle that saved Europe’

The battle’s importance for Poland and the rest of Europe cannot be overstated. According to British diplomat Lord Edgar Vincent d’Abernon it is 18th in the list of the most important battles in the history of the world, ahead of the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Midway.

Colourful ‘comic-strip’ mural goes up to mark 100th anniversary of Battle of Warsaw

Covering an area of 360 square metres on the side of a ten-floor apartment building, the mural features historical figures associated with the battle, including statesman Józef Piłsudski.

Webber unravels incredible story of a Bolshevik-fighting polar bear adopted by Polish battalion

​Whilst strolling around an old fort in Modlin, Webber encounters the little-known story of a Baśka Murmańska, a polar bear adopted by a Polish battalion that had been fighting the Bolsheviks in Northern Russia.​

Today marks centenary of when Poles seized back Kyiv from Bolsheviks

With the threat from Soviet Russia very real, Józef Piłsudski’s bold excursion deep towards the east was part of his grand idea to create a military and political alliance, a buffer of independent countries allied with Poland, including Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine.

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