Gomulka

American

[guh-mool-kuh] / gəˈmʊl kə /

noun

Wladyslaw 1905–82, Polish political leader: First Secretary of the Polish Communist Party 1956–70.

Gomulka British

/ ɡəˈmʊlkə /

noun

Władysław (vwaˈdiswaf). 1905–82, Polish statesman; first secretary of the Polish Communist Party (1956–70)

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Gomulka

Defending lawyer Michael Gomulka said the defendant, who had a gambling addiction, acted out of greed.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2015

Mr Gomulka said Ibrahim had been a man of "previous good character" and described the case as "almost Shakespearean".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2015

Wladyslaw Gomulka, 77, Polish leader who retained a fierce loyalty to traditional Communist dogma despite his "Polish road to socialism" approach that irritated the Kremlin; of cancer; in Warsaw.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wladyslaw Gomulka, Poland's longtime party boss, was bounced from office.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Soviet troops massed in and around Poland that October, Gomulka is reported to have met Khrushchev's threat that he had mobilized his troops with the rejoinder, "So have I."

From Time Magazine Archive

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