Ján Golian

Ján Golian
Born(1906-01-26)26 January 1906
Dombóvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died1945 (aged 38–39)
Flossenbürg concentration camp, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Known forFirst chief commander of the Slovak National Uprising
AwardsOrder of the Slovak National Uprising, 1st class (1945, in memoriam)
Order of Ľudovít Štúr, 1st class (1995, in memoriam)

Ján Golian (26 January 1906 – 1945) was a Slovak Brigade General who became famous as one of the main organizers and the commander of the resistance 1st Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia during the Slovak National Uprising.

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