Jerzy Tumaniszwili in 2009 Jerzy Tumaniszwili (Georgian : გიორგი თუმანიშვილი Georgian aristocratic descent. A World War II veteran and later an émigré to the United States , he received the rank of rear-admiral from the government of Poland in 2008.
Jerzy Tumaniszwili was born in Moscow in 1916. His father Prince Paul Toumanoff (Tumanishvili , 1872–1935) served as Marshal of Nobility of Georgia in the last years of the Russian Empire . His mother, Jadwiga Szyszko, was a daughter of the Polish general Cezary Szyszko, a commander in Zhytomyr . After the Russian Revolution of 1917 , the family moved to Georgia, which they fled, following the country's takeover by the Bolsheviks in 1921. The family eventually settled in Warsaw , where Paul Toumanoff headed a local Georgian émigré committee from 1924 to 1930.
In 1935, Jerzy Tumaniszwili, through the recommendation of General Alexander Zakariadze , a Georgian in the Polish service, was enrolled in the Polish Naval Academy . In 1938 Tumaniszwili received the rank of second lieutenant of the Polish navy . During World War II, he served as an artillery officer on the ORP Burza , OF Ouragan , ORP Krakowiak , and ORP Piorun . He participated in various combat missions, including the Norwegian Campaign , the Battle at Calais , the Atlantic Convoys , the actions in the Bay of Biscay , and the D-Day operations. He was wounded in combat in 1942 during battle with enemy torpedo boats. In 1944, Tumaniszwili was promoted to captain of the Polish navy.[ 1]
In 1950, Tumaniszwili left Communist Poland for the United States , where he ran an enterprise, producing disposable needles.[ 2] New York City -based Józef Piłsudski Institute of America . In 1990, the president of Poland in exile , Ryszard Kaczorowski , gave him a promotion to lieutenant commander . In 2008 he received the honorary rank of rear admiral from President Lech Kaczyński .[ 1] [ 3] Virtuti Militari , Polonia Restituta and other orders. Tumaniszwili died at age 93 in Florida in 2010.[ 2]
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