Andrzej Przewoźnik

Andrzej Przewoźnik
Andrzej Przewoźnik at Palmiry in 2009
Born	(1963-05-13)13 May 1963 Palmiry, Poland
Died	10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 46) Russia, near Smolensk
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	historian
Awards

Andrzej Przewoźnik (13 May 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish historian who served as Secretary of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. He died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near the city of Smolensk, Russia.

Przewoźnik was listed on the flight manifest of the plane which belonged to the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński. The plane crashed at the Smolensk-North airport in Pechersk, near Smolensk, on 10 April 2010, killing all on board.

Awards

• Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2010, posthumously; previously awarded the Officer's Cross)
• Gloria Artis Gold Medal (2010, posthumous)
• 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 of the Polish Combatants Association in London
• Order of Friendship (Russia)
• Medal Milito Pro Christo (2001)
• Diploma "Benemerenti", given by the Bishop Field Army Maj.-Gen. Sławoj Leszek (2001)

References

• "Sekretarz Rady Andrzej Przewoźnik" (in Polish). radaopwim.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
• "Rada Muzeum. Andrzej Przewoźnik" (in Polish). muzeum1939.pl. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
• Media related to Andrzej Przewoźnik at Wikimedia Commons