Władysław Jędrzejewski
- Birth Date:
- 11.02.1863
- Death date:
- 00.03.1940
- Length of life:
- 77
- Days since birth:
- 58888
- Years since birth:
- 161
- Days since death:
- 30745
- Years since death:
- 84
- Extra names:
- Władysław Jędrzejewski
- Categories:
- General, Victim of repression (genocide) of the Soviet regime, WWI participant, WWII participant
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Bikivņas (Bikovņas) komunistu-nacistu masu slepkavību vieta
Wladyslaw Jedrzejewski (1863 - 1940) was a General of the Polish Army, who was probably murdered by the NKVD in Lwow, in March 1940. He fought in several conflicts, including World War One and the Invasion of Poland.
Jedrzejewski was born on February 11, 1863 in his family’s real estate Nowiny, located near Lepiel, Russian Empire (current Belarus). In 1884, after graduation from a Cadet School in Polotsk, he joined the 93rd Irkutsk Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army. As a professional Russian soldier, he fought in the Russo-Japanese War and World War One. In 1916, Jedrzejewski was promoted to major general.
In December 1918 in Warsaw, he joined the newly created Polish Army. In March 1919, Jedrzejewski was transferred to Lwow, where he commanded the defence of the city in the Polish-Ukrainian War. In August 1919, he became commandant of the 5th Lwow Infantry Division, and on April 21, 1920, was promoted to colonel general. In May - August 1920, during the Polish–Soviet War, Jedrzejewski commanded the Polish First Army. In August - September 1920, he commanded the Polish Sixth Army, and then the Sixth Army Operational Group.
In September 1921, Jedrzejewski was transferred back to Lwow, becoming commandant of the Sixth Military District. On March 3, 1922, he was promoted to general dywizji, and on June 30, 1924 was retired. Jedrzejewski settled in Lwow, and was named manager of the Association of Care of Heroes Graves.
During the 1939 Invasion of Poland, Jedrzejewski volunteered to the army, and formed the Citizens Guard in Lwow. On October 4, 1939, he was arrested by the NKVD, and was shot either in late 1939 or in March 1940. In 2012, he was buried at the Polish Military Cemetery in Kiev. His son, Captain Tadeusz Jedrzejewski, was killed in action during the Siege of Warsaw (1939).
Awards
- Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari (1921),
- Commander Cross of the Polonia Restituta (2 May 1923)
- Cross of Valour (Poland) (four times),
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Romania),
- Commander of the Legion of Honour.
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15.08.1920 | Battle of Warsaw
The Battle of Warsaw refers to the decisive Polish victory in 1920 at the apogee of the Polish–Soviet War. Poland, on the verge of total defeat, repulsed and defeated the invading Red Army. It was, and still is, celebrated as a great victory for the Polish people over Russia and communism. As Soviet forces invaded Poland in summer 1920, the Polish army retreated westward in disorder. The Polish forces seemed on the verge of disintegration and observers predicted a decisive Soviet victory. The battle of Warsaw was fought from August 12–25, 1920 as Red Army forces commanded by Mikhail Tukhachevsky approached the Polish capital of Warsaw and the nearby Modlin Fortress. On August 16, Polish forces commanded by Józef Piłsudski counterattacked from the south, disrupting the enemy's offensive, forcing the Russian forces into a disorganized withdrawal eastward and behind the Neman River. Estimated Russian losses were 10,000 killed, 500 missing, 30,000 wounded, and 66,000 taken prisoner, compared with Polish losses of some 4,500 killed, 10,000 missing, and 22,000 wounded. The defeat crippled the Red Army; Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, called it "an enormous defeat" for his forces.[3] In the following months, several more Polish follow-up victories saved Poland's independence and led to a peace treaty with Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine later that year, securing the Polish state's eastern frontiers until 1939.