Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Polish and Soviet Red Army general and statesman. He was a Bolshevik Party member and served in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War and participated in the
"General Walter" (Świerczewski, left) and Vladimir Ćopić in Spain, 1937
Michał Rola-Żymierski, Marian Spychalski and Karol Świerczewski (from left to right)
Świerczewski's monument near his place of death, in Bieszczady mountains. It has since been demolished.
Academic conference on Karol Wacław Świerczewski in Stężnica in Gmina Baligród
The XIV International Brigade was one of several international brigades that fought for the Spanish Second Republic during the Spanish Civil War.
A memorial commemorating the International Brigades