Mariusz Zaruski was a brigadier-general in the Polish Army, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting, an outstanding climber of the winter and caves of Tatra Mountains.
17 Facts About Mariusz Zaruski
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Mariusz Zaruski was a photographer, painter, poet and writer, a seamen and traveler, a conspirator, legionnaire and lancer in Polish cavalry.
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Mariusz Zaruski visited distant regions including Siberia, China, Japan, India, Egypt and Syria.
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For many years, Mariusz Zaruski worked in Zakopane as a mountain guide for tourists and rescues.
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Mariusz Zaruski was the first to ski down from Kozi Wierch and Koscielec mountains.
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Mariusz Zaruski introduced the Polish elite to the sport of yachting.
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Mariusz Zaruski was an organizer of the Inspectorate of Youth Marine Education.
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Mariusz Zaruski helped to establish the Marine Terminology Commission, which included representatives from Marine Academy and universities.
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General Mariusz Zaruski played a leading role as a seamanship instructor for Polish Scouts units in Jastarnia, located on the shore of the Baltic Sea.
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Mariusz Zaruski used to say that the hardship of a sailor's duties strengthened the sailor's moral character.
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Mariusz Zaruski was arrested, then imprisoned by the Soviet NKVD in Lwow after the Red Army invaded Poland in September 1939.
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Mariusz Zaruski died of cholera in a Soviet prison in Kherson on 8 April 1941.
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Mariusz Zaruski were brought to Poland and buried in Zakopane Cemetery.
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Mariusz Zaruski was decorated posthumously by the Polish state with the Grand Cross of Order of Poland's Rebirth in 1997.
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Mariusz Zaruski expressed his passion for horses in several of his poems.
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Mariusz Zaruski gave countless speeches, lectures and published many articles.
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Mariusz Zaruski wrote several textbooks for sailors and first in Polish history textbook of marine navigation.