United Kingdom
Scotland
South Scotland
Scottish Borders
Duns
Wojtek the Soldier Bear Statue
United Kingdom
Scotland
South Scotland
Scottish Borders
Duns
Wojtek the Soldier Bear Statue
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Location: Duns, Scottish Borders, South Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963; Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjtɛk]; in English, sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek and pronounced as such) was a Syrian brown bear[1][2] (Ursus arctos syriacus) bought, as a young cub, at a railway station in Hamadan, Iran, by Polish II Corps soldiers who had been evacuated from the Soviet Union. In order to provide for his rations and transportation, he was eventually enlisted officially as a soldier with the rank of private, and was subsequently promoted to corporal.
April 15, 2023
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