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Walery Wróblewski
Walery Wróblewski (1836-1908) was a Polish revolutionary-democratic activist and forester who commanded insurgents in the 1863 January Uprising and later served as a general of the Paris Commune of 1871.
Władysław Sikorski
Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943), Polish general and statesman, twice Prime Minister including head of the WWII government-in-exile and Commander-in-Chief; signed the 1941 Sikorski–Majski pact; died in the 1943 Gibraltar Liberator crash.
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014), Polish general and last communist leader of Poland; imposed martial law 13 December 1981 against Solidarity, led the 1989 Round Table, and was elected president by one vote before Wałęsa succeeded him.
Yakov Bruce
Yakov Bruce, also known as Yakov Vilimovich Bruce, was a Russian nobleman of Scottish descent who served Peter the Great as artillery chief, diplomat, and field marshal.
Yurii Tiutiunnyk
Yurii Tiutiunnyk (Юрій Тютюнник, 1891–1930) was a Ukrainian military commander and insurgent otaman who rose to general in the UNR Army, led the Second Winter Campaign of 1921, and was executed in Moscow in 1930.
Zakhary Chepiha
Zakhary Chepiha (Захарій Чепіга, 1726–1797) was a Ukrainian Cossack leader who served as kosh otaman of the Black Sea Cossack Host from 1788 until his death in 1797.
Živojin Mišić
Živojin Mišić (Живојин Мишић), 1855 to 1921, was a Serbian and Yugoslav vojvoda, the highest army rank, who fought in every war Serbia waged from 1876 to 1918.
Zygmunt Berling
Zygmunt Henryk Berling (1896–1980) was a Polish general recruited by the NKWD in Soviet captivity who commanded the 1st Kościuszko Infantry Division and the 1st Polish Army.