Biography
Wanda Wasilewska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvanda vaɕiˈlɛfska]), also known by her Russian name Vanda Lvovna Vasilevskaya (Russian: Ва́нда Льво́вна Василе́вская) (21 January 1905 – 29 July 1964), was a Polish and Soviet novelist and journalist and a left-wing political activist. She was a socialist who became also a devoted communist. She fled the German attack on Warsaw in September 1939 and took up residence in Soviet-occupied Lviv and eventually in the Soviet Union. She was the founder of the Union of Polish Patriots there and played an important role in the creation of the 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division. The division developed into the Polish People's Army and fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. Wasilewska was a trusted consultant to Joseph Stalin and her influence was essential to the establishment of the Polish Committee of National Liberation in July 1944 and to the formation of the Polish People's Republic.
Filmography
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Movies 4
Writer 3
Meeting (1969)
Rainbow (1944)
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1905-01-21
Deathday1964-07-29 (59 years old)
FatherLeon Wasilewski
CitizenshipsPolish People's Republic, Soviet Union
AwardsMedal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class, Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945, Stalin Prize, Partisan Cross (Poland), Order of the Cross of Grunwald, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Work Flag Order, 1st class, Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of Lenin
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