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Pilsudski, Józef

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Piłsudski, Józef (Klemens) (1867–1935)

Polish nationalist politician, dictator from 1926. Born in Russian Poland, he founded the Polish Socialist Party in 1892 and was twice imprisoned for anti-Russian activities. During World War I he commanded a Polish force to fight for Germany and evicted the Russians from eastern Poland but fell under suspicion of intriguing with the Allies and was imprisoned by the Germans in 1917–18. When Poland became independent in 1919, he was elected chief of state, and led a Polish attack on invading Soviet forces in 1920, driving the Soviets out of Poland. He retired in 1923, but in 1926 led a military coup that established his dictatorship until his death.



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