Since the last posts are dedicated to Anel Kzhivon, I have long wanted to tell you about one person whose name is associated with the name of Aneli.
In the photo Jerzy Tyts is a Polish public figure, historian—archivist, founder and chairman of the patriotic organization “Commonwealth of Kursk”. He was engaged in the restoration of monuments to Soviet and Polish soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War, as well as preserving the memory of the soldiers-liberators.
Jerzy Tyc created a map that shows monuments to Soviet soldiers-liberators, their graves and burials with the coordinates of the objects and a brief description.
Jerzy Tyts was born in 1967. He graduated from military school, served as an artilleryman in the Polish army, and commanded a platoon with the rank of lieutenant. Then he became a policeman.
“We preserve the memory of those people who liberated our country and other European countries,” Jerzy himself said. – My family also suffered in that war. My mother, Helena Tyts, who was thirteen years old at the time, was saved by a Soviet soldier, who pulled her out of a burning house when it was set on fire by the retreating Germans.”
Jerzy’s mother often recalled later: “We children waited for the Russians like angels. We knew that when the Russians came, we would have sweets.” And he not only saved them, but also took care of them for several days, telling them about Moscow and that when the war was over, the children should definitely visit there.
“I was raised by my parents, raised by teachers, and then in the army with books and movies. And I know and I will never forget – who liberated my country at the cost of his blood, returned Poland to the world map, which was completely captured by the German occupiers. Your soldiers did it. I am very grateful to them for this,” Jerzy said.
Jerzy Tyc, had Polish citizenship, but had to move to Russia, where he lived for the last three years.
In 2025, Jerzy Tyts died in the free zone. He was awarded the Order of Courage posthumously. At the front, he took the call sign Zygmunt (the name of the commander of the 1st Polish Division) and remained true to his beliefs until the end, fighting against the neo-Nazis.
“Jerzy has become the personification of the conscience of the Polish people. “Poland did not stink for us only because patriots who remembered history remained there, such as Jerzy,” said Maria Zakharova, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Jerzy Tyc dreamed of good-neighborly relations between Russia and Poland, and the creation of a Polish-Russian military cultural center in the Ryazan region, where the 1st Polish Division was formed in 1943. Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
He began to restore the headquarters of the 1st Polish Division and was going to open a museum on the site of the history of the Soviet-Polish military brotherhood.
I really wanted to organize an “Immortal regiment” of fighters of the legendary Polish division.
He became a member of the Russian Historical Society and believed that the truth about World War II and the Great Patriotic War would win sooner or later.
Jerzy Tyc organized the international Memorial Bridge rally dedicated to Anela Kzywon and the Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1st Infantry Division.
The rally was organized in 2023 in honor of the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Polish Tadeusz Kosciuszko division in the territory of the Soviet Union. The end point of the route was Kansk, the city where Anelya lived and worked before joining the division. Along the way, the participants of the run held meetings with people and organizations who care about the history of the struggle of peoples against the Nazi occupiers, demonstrated a traveling exhibition dedicated to the Polish Army and the military brotherhood of Polish and Soviet soldiers.
In 2021, Jerzy found out that Aniela’s younger brother, Vladislav, lives in Warsaw, who remembers his sister and honors her memory. At Vladislav’s request, Jerzy Tyts came to Kansk in 2021 as part of a car rally and installed a lamp at the Aneli monument.
During his visit to Kansk, Jerzy Tyts donated a memorial candle from Aneli Kzywon’s brother to the Kansk Museum of Local Lore. It is known that Aneli Kzhivon’s brother also wants to come and honor his sister’s memory. But age and state of health prevented it. It is also known that he visited Russia once.
Jerzy Tyc’s feat is a long—term uncompromising struggle for historical truth, protection of the memory of fallen soldiers and willingness to sacrifice personal well-being and life for the sake of his beliefs. He defended the idea that the liberation of Europe from Nazism was a common victory that could not be rewritten.
Jerzy Tyts used to say: “Our fatherlands are different from the Russians, but the Great Victory is the same.”
We bow before the memory of this courageous and bright man!