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Recipients of the Virtuti Militari

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Lviv
Lviv is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the fifth-largest city in Ukraine, officially with a population of 723,403 (2025 estimate). It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia. During its history the city has had several names.
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892−1980)
Verdun
Verdun ( , , ; ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish, Lithuanian and American military leader (1746–1817)
Stanisław August Poniatowski
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1764-1795)
Józef Poniatowski
nephew of King of Poland Stanislaus II; Marshal of France (1763-1813)
Maxime Weygand
French general (1867–1965)
Adam Czartoryski
Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author (1770-1861)
Aleksander Fredro
Polish writer (1793–1876)
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
Polish writer, World War II underground fighter, and political dissident (1919–2000)
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French general and politician (1898-1970)
Adrian Carton de Wiart
recipient of the Victoria Cross (1880–1963)
Maria Wittek
Polish general (1899-1997)
Napoleon Orda
Polish artist (1807-1883)
Józef Bohdan Zaleski
Polish poet (1802–1886)
Oliver Leese
British Army general (1894-1978)
Józef Chłopicki
Polish general (1771–1854)
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
British Army officer (1880-1959)
Oku Yasukata
Japanese general (1847-1930)
Charles Huntziger
General in French Army (1880-1941)
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw
grave (Warsaw, Poland)
Gaston Billotte
French military officer (1875-1940)
ORP Błyskawica
1936 Grom-class destroyer
Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski
Polish general and politician (1881-1942)
Wincenty Pol
Polish writer (1807–1872)
Wacław Sieroszewski
Polish writer (1858-1945)
Leon Sapieha
Prince Leon Sapieha (1803–1878)
Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin
Count of Turin and a member of the House of Savoy (1870-1946)
Maurycy Mochnacki
Polish publicist, critic and independence activist (1803-1834)
Kawamura Kageaki
Japanese general (1850-1926)
Leslie Morshead
Australian soldier with a distinguished career in both world wars (1889-1959)
Pavlo Shandruk
Ukrainian military officer (1889–1979)
Dezydery Chłapowski
Polish general
Zygmunt Mineyko
Polish aristocrat, army officer, scientist and engineer (1840-1925)
Karol Libelt
Polish philosopher, publicist, revolutionary and politician (1807-1875)
Stanisław Jankowski
Polish architect (1911-2002)
Ludomir Benedyktowicz
Polish artist (1844-1926)
Battalion Zośka
military unit
Józef Sowiński
Polish general
Roman Sanguszko
Russian general
Wincenty Krasiński
nobleman, political activist and military leader (1782-1858)
Joanna Żubr
Polish Army officer
Artur Potocki
Polish noble (1787–1832)
Stefan Knapp
Polish artist (1921-1996)
Raoul Magrin-Vernerey
French general (1892–1964)
Jan Kozietulski
Polish noble (1781-1821)
Jan Matuszyński
Polish doctor
Franciszek Dzierżykraj Morawski
Polish poet
Joseph Sulkowski
Polish brigadier
Stanisław Mokronowski
Polish noble and general
Aleksander Sulkiewicz
Tatar revolutionary (1867-1916)
Georgios Iwanow-Szajnowicz
Greek association football player (1911-1943)
Stanisław Starowieyski
Polish officer, social activist, blessed (1895–1941)
Józef Mączka
Polish writer (1888-1918)
Mirosław Iringh
Polish-Slovak lieutenant and a commander of a Slovakian unit - Platoon 535
Marian Chodacki
Polish politician and diplomat (1898-1975)
Karol Marcinkowski
Polish physician (1800-1846)
Antoni Giełgud
Polish general (1792–1831)
Mamert Stankiewicz
Polish naval officer (1889–1939)
Konstantin Golubev
Soviet general (1896–1956)