Jerzy Wołkowicki
Jerzy Rusiło-Wołkowicki (1883–1983) was a General of the Polish Army and officer of the Imperial Russian Navy, awarded one of the highest Russian military orders. Childhood Wołkowicki was born on 22 January 1883 in Proszew (a Mazovian village north of Siedlce, in Węgrów County), under Russian Empire occupation lasting since Partitions of Poland. He belonged to higher nobility of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in 1901 he graduated from a high school in Grodno, and soon afterwards joined the Marine Corps school in Saint Petersburg. Imperial Russian Army In 1904 he started service in the Imperial Russian Navy, as a midshipman on the steam-sail battleship ''Imperator Nikolai I'', which belonged to the squadron of Rear Admiral Nikolay Nyebogatov. Together with other ships, ''Imperator Nikolai I'' circumnavigated Africa, to help the besieged Port Arthur, during the Russo-Japanese War (see: Battle of Port Arthur). After the Russian defeat in the Battle of Tsushima, Wołk ...
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Proszew A
Proszew A is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grębków, within Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. References

Villages in Węgrów County, Proszew A {{Węgrów-geo-stub ...
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