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Nikodem Sulik-Sarnowski (August 15, 1893 – January 14, 1954; noms de guerre Jodko, Jod, Karol, and Sarnowski) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, and Generał brygady of the Polish Army.
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Nikodem Sulik-Sarnowski (August 15, 1893 – January 14, 1954; noms de guerre Jodko, Jod, Karol, and Sarnowski) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, and Generał brygady of the Polish Army.
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Biography Born August 15, 1893 in the village of Kamienna Stara near Sokółka, Sulik began his military career in the Russian Army, as the part of Poland where he was born belonged to the Russian Empire. In 1918, he became a member of Samoobrona Grodzienska, a Polish organization for Grodnian self-defence; on January 22, 1919, he was named commandant of the Białystok Rifle Regiment of the 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division. Sulik fought in the Polish-Soviet War, and took part in the Żeligowski's Mutiny, which resulted in capturing Wilno in September 1920. In the 1920s, Sulik served in the Polish Army and was frequently transferred between several infantry divisions. In the period September 1927 - February 1929, he was director of the Central School of the Border Guard. Transferred to Regional Office of Military Preparation in Toruń, he finally ended up in the Border Protection Corps (KOP) units located along eastern border of the Second Polish Republic. He served in the KOP in Stolpce, Baranowicze, and Sarny from October 1937 (see Sarny Fortified Area). After the Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland on September 17, 1939, Sulik commanded KOP units in several skirmishes with the advancing Red Army troops. He did not give…
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Promotions Praporshchik (Sergeant major) - 1 November 1915 Podporucznik (Second lieutenant) - 25 January 1919
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Major (Major) - 18 February 1928 Podpułkownik (Lieutenant colonel) - 1 January 1936
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Pułkownik (Colonel) - 1 July 1940 Generał brygady (Brigadier general) - 1 March 1944
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Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari (1922) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumously, 18 January 1954)
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Cross of Independence with Swords Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (10 November 1928)
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Cross of Valour (four times) Gold Cross of Merit with Swords (14 June 1943)
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Gold Cross of Merit Commemorative Medal for the War of 1918–1921 Medal of the 10th Anniversary of Regained Independence
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Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross Cross of the Home Army (posthumously, 15 August 1967)
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Bronze Medal for Long Service Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom) Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
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Sources Krzysztof Filipow, Generał Nikodem Sulik (Kamienna Stara 1893 - Londyn 1954), Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku, Białystok 1996, ISBN 83-86232-70-6. Tadeusz Kryska-Karski i Stanisław Żurakowski, Generałowie Polski Niepodległej, Editions Spotkania, Warszawa 1991, wyd. II uzup. i poprawione, s. 172. Rocznik Oficerski 1924, Ministerstwo Spraw Wojskowych, Oddział V Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa 1924, s. 79, 227, 364.