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  • Ján Klinovský

    awarded

    Ján Klinovský
    (1905–1944)

    Ján Klinovský showed interest in Poland already as a teenager. He was from Orava, the region located at the border between Slovak and Polish cultures.

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  • Petro Hrudzewycz

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    Petro Hrudzewycz
    (1939–2022)

    When local Soviet functionaries told him to remove the cross from the grave of soldiers of the Polish Army, he refused. However Petro was punished for his resistance, each year he attends the commemoration of the battle known as the Polish Thermopylae.

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  • Wołodymyr Kryżuk

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    Wołodymyr Kryżuk

    Since the early 2000s, he has been helping Poles who travel to look after the graves of the victims of the massacre carried out by members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists).

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