Pieniężno
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Pieniężno is a town in northern Poland, located on the Wałsza River in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is located in Braniewo County and had a population of 2,801 in 2010.
Saints Peter and Paul church in Pieniężno
Pieniężno Castle, Nicolaus Copernicus' home in 1518-19
Historical seminary
Tower of the former Lutheran church
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
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Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky was the youngest-ever Soviet General of the army. For his leadership during World War II he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice. He died from wounds rec
Pieniężno
…War II, Mehlsack, including its castle, was mostly destroyed by the war and was occupied by the Soviet Red Army and the youngest-ever Soviet General, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, died in the area. After German surrender, sovereignty over the town was ceremoniously transferred to Polish authorities on August 11, 1945, by the…
Chernyakhovsky in 1943
Chernyakhovsky and other members of his military council on the eve of the Battle of the Dnieper, 1943
Chernyakhovsky in 1944
Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Chernyakhovsky interrogate captured Lieutenant General Alfons Hitter in Germany, 1944