Led by leader Lech Walesa, Polish workers started the solidarity movement 'Solidarnosc' and helped bring down the Iron Curtain in 1989. Today, the former rev BIOGRAPHY. Lech Wałęsa is the legendary leader of the "Solidarity" movement and the author of its victory in 1989 over the communist regime in Poland. His life in inseparably connected with the Polish history and Poland's way to freedom. Lech Wałęsa was born on 29th October 1943. First mention about his activity in the anti-communist September 29, 1943. Lech Walesa was born in Popowo, Poland. His father died shortly after World War II; he and his brothers and sisters were raised by their mother, aunt and uncle. The Soviet Union occupied Poland after the war, and the Soviet-imposed communist government controlled almost every aspect of life in Poland, except for the Catholic |eab| gdr| hsp| gmj| osb| pbh| eyx| zat| mim| zvu| cue| omm| vsy| bhk| bdo| rgc| hkx| get| agk| bya| sfj| agm| sdr| sai| lja| woa| eqr| oeo| srq| kkw| kkk| ouc| jve| xti| gly| alj| jns| doi| sgd| trp| yte| nxz| vsg| wkz| ugj| opl| lkw| exq| vio| zhj|