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Skierski, Leonard Wilhelm

Date of birth:
April 26th, 1866 (Stopnica, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
1940 (Kharkiv, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Kharkiv
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

General Leonard Skierski was executed by the KNVD in 1940.

February 1915: Major General (Russian Army)
15 May 1919: Lieutenant General
31 December 1931: Major General
5 October 2007: General (posthumously)

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Awarded on:
1904
Order of St. Stanislaus II class
Awarded on:
1906
Order of St. Anna II class
Awarded on:
1913

With swords
Order of St. Vladimir 3rd Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 3rd, 1915

With swords
Order of St. Vladimir 2nd Class
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
April 30th, 1915

With swords
Order of St. Stanislaus I class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 26th, 1916

With swords
Order of St. Vladimir 1st Class
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
May 28th, 1921
For services during the First World War.
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
May 2nd, 1923
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Awarded on:
November 7th, 1925
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Awarded on:
1930
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1938
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

Second KW received as clasp
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

Third KW received as clasp
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

Third KW received as clasp
Krzyz Walecznych

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