Baczewski is a name of a Polish

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family, founders of the J. A. Baczewski vodka company. The factory, dating back to late 18th century, was based in

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(Lviv) and until 1939 was one of two most popular Polish export goods. The family of Baczewski was of distant Valachian descent and signed itself with the Sas coat-of-arms. The Baczewski family was one of the most illustrious and wealthiest families in Lwów before World War I and in the interbellum period during the Second Polish Republic. Their residence was at the Lviv

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Family members

Members of the family include: * Leopold Maksymilian Baczewski * Józef Adam Baczewski (1829-1911) * Leopold Baczewski (1859-1930) * Henryk Baczewski (1864-1930) * Stefan Baczewski

External links

* * Magdalena Moraszczyk
J.A. Baczewski - lwowska legenda
gazeta.pl, 2003-04-30 * Irina KOTŁOBUŁATOWA

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