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Wacław Iwaszkiewicz-Rudoszański (26 August 1871 – 25 November 1922) was a Polish general.

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Biography 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…Citește mai mult

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Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari (1920) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (29 December 1921)

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Order of St. George, 4th Class Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd, 4th Class Order of Saint Anna, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Class

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From other countries: Commander of the Legion of Honour (France, 1921) Cross of Liberty, 1st Division, 2nd Class (Estonia, 1922)

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Bibliography Dziennik Personalny Ministerstwa Spraw Wojskowych. Tadeusz Kryska-Karski, Stanisław Żurakowski: Generałowie Polski niepodległej. Warszawa: Editions Spotkania, 1991. Andrzej Suchcitz: Generałowie wojny polsko-sowieckiej 1919-1920. Mały słownik biograficzny. Białystok: Ośrodek Badań Historii Wojskowej Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku, 1993. Piotr Stawecki: Słownik biograficzny generałów Wojska Polskiego 1918-1939. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Bellona, 1994. ISBN 83-11-08262-6. Bogusław Polak (red.): Kawalerowie Virtuti Militari 1792 – 1945. T. 2/1. Koszalin: Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Wyższej Szkoły Inżynierskiej w Koszalinie, 1991. ISBN 83-900510-0-1.