Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky ( Russian: Станислав Гилярович Поплавский, Polish: Stanisław Popławski) (April 22, 1902—August 10, 1973) was a general in Soviet and Polish armies.

He was drafted to the Red Army in 1920. Before the Second World War he was an instructor in the Frunze Military Academy (1938-1939) but in February 1939 he was decommissioned and sent to a sovkhoz. Returned to service after Operation Barbarossa, he commanded several units, until in 1944 he was transferred to the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (Polish People's Army) as one of the many Soviet officers who were to ensure that this allied formation remained loyal to the communist ideals. As major general he commanded Polish Second Army and later the Polish First Army. After the war he remained in the Polish army, serving as the commander of Silesian Military District, and later reaching the position of Deputy Minister of National Defence. He was also the deputy to Polish Sejm (1947-1956). In 1956 he was the commander of military forces responsible for brutal supression of the Poznań 1956 protests. Afterwards, with the begining of destalinization era, he together with a significant number of other Soviet officers left the Polish Army which was granted slightly increased independence and returned to the Soviet Union.

Retired in 1963. Buried in the Novodevichi Cemetery, Moscow.

Receipent of many awards, including Polish Virtuti Militari and Soviet Hero of the Soviet Union.

External links

• Comrades in the Struggle, memoirs of Poplavsky Template:Ru icon