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Born January 17, 1732 • Poland
Died February 12, 1798 (aged 66) • Russia • St. Petersburg
Title / Office king (1764-1795), Poland

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Hugo Kołłątaj
Polish priest
Potocki, Ignacy
Ignacy Potocki
Polish statesman
Stanisław Małachowski
Stanisław Małachowski
Polish statesman
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Casimir IV
Casimir IV
king of Poland
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa
president of Poland
Jarosław Kaczyński
Jarosław Kaczyński
prime minister of Poland
Lech Kaczyński
Lech Kaczyński
president of Poland
Beata Szydło
Beata Szydło
prime minister of Poland
, Bronisław Komorowski
Bronisław Komorowski
president of Poland
Jerzy Buzek
prime minister of Poland
Paderewski, Ignacy
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
composer and prime minister of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland

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