Andrzej Przewoźnik
Andrzej Przewoźnik | |
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| Born | Template:Birth date |
| Died | April 10, 2010 (aged 46) Near Smolensk, Russia |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Secretary for the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites |
Andrzej Przewoźnik (born 13 May 1963 – died 10 April 2010) was a distinguished Polish historian who held the position of Secretary for the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. His life tragically ended in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk, Russia.
Przewoźnik was among the passengers aboard the aircraft operated by the 36th Special Aviation Regiment, which was transporting the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński. The plane went down close to the Smolensk-North airfield in Pechersk on 10 April 2010, resulting in the loss of everyone on board.
Awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta awarded posthumously in 2010; he had previously received the Officer's Cross of the same order
- Gold Medal Gloria Artis (posthumous, 2010)
- Commander's Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
- Silver Cross awarded by the Polish Combatants Association in London
- Russian Order of Friendship
- Medal Milito Pro Christo (conferred in 2001)
- "Benemerenti" Diploma presented by Bishop Field Army Maj.-Gen. Sławoj Leszek (2001)