Renown Polish people born in Ukraine

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Stanislaw Lem. Polish language science fiction author. Born Lviv, 1921. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/slem.htm

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Juliusz Slowacki. 1804-1849. Polish poet. One of his works was entitled "Mazeppa." Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/sl/Slowacki.html

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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Born Lviv, 1923. Conductor of Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Minneapolis Symphony.
http://www.intermusica.co.uk/artist/skrowaczewski.html

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Karol Szymanowski. 1882 - 1937. Born in Ukraine. Composer.
http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/szymanowski.html

[bocian]

No, Polish people born in Poland...at least what was once Poland.

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Originally Posted by Nestor

Juliusz Slowacki. 1804-1849. Polish poet. One of his works was entitled "Mazeppa." Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/sl/Slowacki.html

Kremenetz was at that time in the Russian Empire, but today it is in Ukraine.

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Originally Posted by Nestor

Kremenetz was at that time in the Russian Empire, but today it is in Ukraine.

Krzemieniec was Polish from the 14th century, for over 400 years, even before and up until the partitions.

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Originally Posted by bocian

Krzemieniec was Polish from the 14th century, for over 400 years, even before and up until the partitions.

That it why it has a big Orthodox Lavra near by - one of 2 in Eastern Europe.

The political border changed numerous times. One day it was Kyivan Rus', the next part of Lithuania, then Poland, then the Kozak State, then Mouscovy, then Poland then the Ukrainian state, then Poland, then the UkrSSR then Ukraine. For me what is more important are the people that live there and they are Ukrainian.

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Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Renown English writer

1857 Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski born December 3 in Berdichev (or vicinity) (in Ukraine in Kyiv) to Apollo Nalecz Korzeniowski and Evelina (Ewa) Bobrowska. 1862 May 8, Apollo Korzeniowski exiled to Vologda, Russia, accompanied by his wife and son.

etc

http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Conrad.html

Interesting - despite writting in English - did he cease being Polish or called English. The Russians tend to do this with Gogol. Did Conrad write anythng about Poland?

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Horszowski, Mieczyslaw

Polish-born U.S. pianist (b. June 23, 1892, Lwow, Poland [now Ukraine - but then it was Austo-Hungary]--d. May 22, 1993, Philadelphia, Pa.), had a performing career that spanned more than nine decades; his playing was often praised for its thoughtfulness and beauty of tone. He studied first with his mother (who had studied with Karl Mikuli, a pupil of Chopin) and then, beginning at the age of seven, with the noted teacher Theodor Leschetizky. …

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article...?tocId=9112219

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Major-General Stanislaw Maczek Stanislaw Wladyslaw Maczek, born in Lwòw, Poland, (Now Ukraine but then it was Autro-Hungary) on March 31st, 1892; died in Edinburgh, Scotland, on December 11th, 1994. Polish Army officer.



Between 1910 and 1914, Stanislaw Maczek studied literature and philosophy at Lwòw (Lviv) University. A reserve officer, he was called up to serve in the Austrian infantry during WWI. When Poland proclaimed its independence in 1918, Maczek joined his country's armed forces.

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SALSKY, George (b. 1915) MG 31, D 119
George Salsky was born in Kiev and commissioned in the Polish Air Force in 1936. He escaped to France and later to England in 1939-1940 where he served as a pilot instructor. Discharged in 1948, he immi- grated to Canada in 1951 and worked with CBC International Service. In 1952, he joined the Department of National Defence and served there until his retirement.