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... that with over 40,000 citations in scientific literature, Polish-American polymer chemist Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (pictured) is one of the most cited chemists in the world?
... that Polish and Italian prisoners taken by the Russians after the Battle of Krzykawka were deported to Siberia?
... that the Polish anti-Nazi Pomeranian Griffin resistance organization was persecuted by the Soviets due to its strongly Catholic character?
... that all five compositions for harpsichord by Iannis Xenakis, among them Komboï, were dedicated to the Polish-born harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka?