Poland in photo riddles

Yes, very good, Leccinum Scabrum.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_scabrum

This plaque commemorates ..... ?

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Insects, but it doesn't look like anything I've seen. Doesn't look like a butterfly, moth or dragonfly.

Why not? Photos are taken at various angles.

Ok, I will go for some type of butterfly then. Moths are usually out at night and dragonfly wings look a bit more delicate than those on your specimen.

YES! I wrote it was not such a common species. It was sitting on us before. The Polish name is mourning nympha. as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell Beauty in Britain,

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That's a really pretty butterfly, never heard of it before. Now did you take the pic at that angle knowing it would go into this thread one day?

No, I took photos of everything that moved or was still in the area.

There is one above and the last one from Bieszczady below:

Who?

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I haven't forgotten the one above but searching on a mobile is a pain. Is it at that same Polish and Soviet cemetery in Baligród? The face in the bottom pic looks familiar but maybe I'm confusing it with Yul Brynner;)

The statue/memorial in Jabłonki of General Karol Świerczewski, who was executed by the UPA there during the ethnic cleansing of Bieszczady and surrounding areas.

Quite a popular tourist attraction:)

Yes, Chemikiem and delph, it is near the cemetery. Or, rather was. They dismantled it this year. Świerczewski was highly controvercial, more of a Soviet traitor than a patriot. Thousands of Polish soldiers died because of his leadership incompetence.

Delph, he wasn`t executed. There was an ambush on the road and a little skirmish followed. He was shot in action.

The destruction of the monument can be called the historical justice..

I hadn` t cared when it was there - not my area, not my business - and I didn`t care when they pulled it down - I won`t cry after it.

You can see the red grafitti TRAITOR on those marble plates still attached to the monument.

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A new riddle........
I took this pic in Vilnius today. It was on a wall with a plaque next to it. All I want to know is whose overcoat it was. The owner was Lithuanian, not Polish, but there is a Polish connection. The owner was a sculptor and architect, and a famous example of his work can be found in Krakow. I'm sure this will be far too easy!

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Antoni Wiwulski?

Blimey that was quick, and yes, you are correct! The Battle of Grunwald monument was his work, although it was destroyed in WW2 and had to be rebuilt. The story of the overcoat can be read on the plaque:

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In the Polish text I found "szynel." In Polish it means a military coat.

Wasn't he a notorious alcoholic and dreadful military man? I used executed, because it's hard to imagine him actually fighting.

I'm sorry to see the monument go, because those PRL-era monuments are part of history for me. I know it's different for you, but they are a connection to a different era for me. For me, the presence of these monuments reminded me of what was - and a reminder of what we should fight against.

I would, personally, prefer to see such monuments left in place, with information boards to explain what they stood for in those times and what the truth actually is today.

While we're on the topic - are there any memorials to those that were forced out of their homes during Akcja Wisła? I've been in Bieszczady several times and never seen one...

I know there's a few monuments to the Poles who were deported by Stalin to the east...

I agree with keeping the PRL monuments because its still a part of history. I don't see what purpose destroying them serves.

Yes, he was. During Bolshevik Revolution he fought on the Reds` side and later against Poles. Stayed in the Soviet Union, became a military intelligence agent. Fought in Spain against Franco. During German Soviet war he was removed from his position for alcoholism and incompetence. Made a commander of Polish troops created by Stalin, sent them to certain death with his crazy orders. Germans scored their last great victory in WW2 thanks to Świerczewski.


No delph, scum like that doesn `t deserve monuments. He had blood on his hands. It is not Finland where Finns still keep monuments to Tsar Alexander from the times when Finland was a Russian domain and today Fins remember the tsar as a good ruler.

Świerczewski was a traitor of Poland cause he prefered the Soviet Union and fought hard for the victory of communism in the world. Keeping that monument here was spitting into the faces of all victims of communism.


Not all communist monuments are bad. I am also against blind destruction of all PRL era stuff. But in case of Świerczewski, it was historical justice.

Strange it was referred to as just an overcoat in the English. Looks like a greatcoat to me.

Because it is a greatcoat.

what's a greatcoat? looks like an overcoat to me (nb I grew up in warm climes with an impoverished vocabulary for things you wear over shirts... the words jacket and coat were used more or less interchangeably...)

I believe greatcoat looks more military than an overcoat.

The problem arose when I read Polish szynel - soldier`s coat in the info plaque in one photo above but they translated it as overcoat in English version.

He was part of Soviet agent/military/tool or whatnot. Used in Spain. No need for his monuments, send them To Kremlin.

Dear Iron, can we have a request? When you explain sth, can you provide more info? Your way is too succinct, people who are not aware of certain historic events might feel lost after reading you. This forum doesn` t exist only to show others how much you know. One of its more important goals is to englighten people about things they didn`t know.

I hope you understand what I mean.

Compare my earlier entry on Świerczewski.

A thoroughly decent man and a seemly memorial.

There is still one last Bieszczady riddle in 2911.
Now I am going to show you some completely random stuff. I have processed a few thousand photos from recent years, so let`s go.

What was it?

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Best. Acid. Ever.

hahaha Nope. Neither magic mushrooms.

That was Tauron Arena in Krakow by night. Krakow Arena is the biggest hall entertainment and sports venue in Poland.

Where was I?

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Is it taken in a park of miniatures somewhere? The scale looks wrong to me.

Yes, it is in Zator, Dinoland. Did you recognise the building?

What is this structure in reality?

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