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He spent the remainder of the 1920s as an infantry platoon commanding officer in various Red Army regiments. Gradually rising through the ranks, in 1934 he was promoted to the rank of regimental chief of staff. Considered to be a promising officer, in 1938 Waszkiewicz was sent to the Moscow-based
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Uchwała nr XXXII/171/17 Rady Gminy Białowieża z dnia 8 sierpnia 2017 r. w sprawie zmiany nazwy ulicy Generała
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in April 1945. In the course of the battle the division suffered severe casualties and on 21 April 1945 its headquarters was surrounded by a German counter-attack in the village of
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325:(Reformed). He served in that capacity until 23 July 1944, when Waszkiewicz was promoted to the rank of Colonel and became the deputy commander of the
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as commander of the 793rd Rifle
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On 15 August 1942 Waszkiewicz became the commanding officer of the front-line 793rd Rifle
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he managed to evade captivity following his division's destruction at
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and promoted posthumously to the rank of Major
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only on 4 May 1945. He was buried with military honours at Warsaw's
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Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
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on 28 October 1943 for his actions during the crossing of the
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military officer of Polish descent. He served in the
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515:Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
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690:Królikowski, Janusz (2010).
336:Waszkiewicz's gravestone at
319:68th Mountain Rifle Division
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245:of the LWP. He died in the
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345:People's Army of Poland
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327:116th Rifle Division
323:232nd Rifle Division
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157:793rd Rifle Regiment
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285:course. During the
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223:Александр Вашкевич
41:Александр Вашкевич
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565:Międzyrzecz
373:Hohendubrau
369:Stiftswiese
116:(1944–1945)
111:(1919–1944)
37:Native name
716:Categories
571:References
269:in 1919.
259:Białowieża
253:Early life
227:Vashkevich
211:Belarusian
95:Allegiance
60:Białowieża
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