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Mikołaj Bołtuć (21 December 1893 in Saint Petersburg – 22 September 1939 near Łomianki) was a brigadier-general of the Polish Army, commander of the IV Polish infantry Division during World War II.
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Mikołaj Bołtuć (21 December 1893 in Saint Petersburg – 22 September 1939 near Łomianki) was a brigadier-general of the Polish Army, commander of the IV Polish infantry Division during World War II.
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Early life He was the son of Ignacy Bołtuć, General in the Russian Imperial Army of Polish noble descent, and his wife, Anna Łabuńska, of Rzeczyca.
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Career Bołtuć was enlisted in the Russian Cadet officers school in Omsk when he was seven. During World War I, Bołtuć served in the Imperial Russian Army, rising to the rank of captain and distinguishing himself as an officer of the 12th Finnish Rifle Regiment on the Eastern Front. After the Bolshevik Revolution, he joined the Polish III Corps in Russia in December 1917, and in 1918 continued his service in the 4th Polish Rifle Division commanded by General Lucjan Żeligowski. Together with this formation, he took part in the evacuation from the Odessa region before joining the newly organized Polish Army. Upon returning to Poland he commanded units near Kamieniec, Podolski and elsewhere. During the Soviet-Polish war of 1920, he commanded the unit Strzelcy Kaniowscy. Bołtuć, still a captain, commanded the defence of Zamość. Then he took Wyszków, the location of the puppet government organized by the Bolsheviks. During the interwar period, he worked for the General Command and later held command functions in Wilno and Toruń. His nomination to the rank of general was held back for several years, in part because of his anti-religious attitude and his reservations about Poland's military spending patterns. He was known for…
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Monograph: Generał Mikołaj Bołtuć Wizerunek Żołnierza author: Bohdan Królikowski Nakładem Stawarzyszenia Katolików Wojskowych ISBN 83-906281-1-2, Warszawa/Warsaw 1998.