Wacław Iwaszkiewicz-Rudoszański
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Wacław Iwaszkiewicz-Rudoszański | |
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| Born | 26 August 1871 Omsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 25 November 1922 (aged 51) Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire (1891–1917) Second Polish Republic (1918–1921) |
| Service | Imperial Russian Army Polish Army |
| Years of service | 1891–1921 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | Russo-Japanese War First World War Polish–Ukrainian War Polish–Soviet War |
| Awards |  Order of Virtuti Militari Cross of Valour |
Wacław Iwaszkiewicz-Rudoszański (26 August 1871 – 25 November 1922) was a Polish general.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Omsk, then the capital of Akmola Oblast, part of the West Siberian General Government. His father was Witalis Iwaszkiewicz, a Pole exiled to Siberia for his participation in the January Uprising. His mother was Leokadia née Karafa-Korbut. After graduating from military schools in St. Petersburg in 1891, he began his service in the Russian Imperial Army. From 1892 he was an officer of the Russian infantry. In 1900 he took part in the intervention in China against the Boxer Rebellion.
During the Russo-Japanese War he took part in the defense of Port Arthur. During World War I, with the rank of colonel he commanded the 54th Siberian Rifle Regiment then an infantry division. For his participation in the Battle of Łódź in 1914 he was promoted to the rank of major general and awarded the golden saber. He took part in the defense of Warsaw against the German army in 1915. He was wounded near Riga. After the February Revolution and the overthrow of the tsar, he was active in the Military Union of Poles in Russia, becoming a member of Naczpol. From October 21, 1917, he commanded the 3rd Polish Rifle Division as part of the 1st Polish Corps of General Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki. As the commander of the division, he fought his way from Yelnya to Bobruisk and surrendered there on May 21, 1918 to the German army.
As a general of the former 1st Polish Corps and the Russian army, by a rescript of the Regency Council of October 31, 1918, he was assigned to the subordinate Polish Army with the approval of his rank as a Major general. On November 16, 1918, he was appointed commander of the General District "Kielce". He commanded the units suppressing the anti-Jewish riots in Kielce, which lasted on 11 and 12 November.
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References
[edit]- Peter Stawecki, Biographical Dictionary of the Polish Army generals 1918–1939, Bellona Publishing House, Warsaw 1994, ISBN 83-11-08262-6
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