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Word: staszewski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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...crucial hours of the October revolt, Warsaw Committee First Secretary Stefan Staszewski backed Gomulka to the hilt, mobilized thousands of Warsaw students and workers into a scratch militia to fight the Russians if necessary. A fortnight ago Staszewski was replaced by a party functionary. Into top ministerial jobs went two other onetime Stalinists who had opposed Gomulka's early program. But the appointment which caused most suspicion was that of blond, poker-faced Zenon Nowak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Sectarians & Revisionists | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

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