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

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

on 26 August 1871, and served in the Russian Imperial Army until the

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. He was active in the defense of the fortress of Port Arthur during the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

. During

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, he was colonel of the 54th Siberian Infantry Division, and participated in the Battle of Łódź and in the defense of Warsaw against the German Army. In 1915 he was promoted to the rank of general. After the

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in 1917 he joined the forming

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. He commanded the

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of the

Polish I Corps in Russia Polish I Corps in Russia ( pl, I Korpus Polski w Rosji; russian: 1-й Польский корпус) was a military formation formed on 24 July 1917 in Minsk from Polish and Lithuanian personnel serving in the Western and Northern Fronts of the ...

. He took part in the Polish-Ukrainian War of 1918 and 1919 and the Polish-Soviet War of 1918–1921, commanding respectively the 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division,

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, the Galician-Volhynian, Galician and Podolian fronts, 6th Army and the Southern Front. He was decorated with

Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', pl, Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Polish King Stan ...

twice - in 1920 and 1922. He retired after the war. He died in 1922, receiving a state funeral.

References

*Peter Stawecki, Biographical Dictionary of the Polish Army generals 1918–1939, Bellona Publishing House, Warsaw 1994, 1871 births 1922 deaths Military personnel from Omsk People from Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian Empire) People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent Polish generals in the Imperial Russian Army Polish generals Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Russian military personnel of World War I Polish people of the Polish–Ukrainian War Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War Commanders of the Virtuti Militari Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery {{Poland-mil-bio-stub