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and other socialist groups advocating workers' rights. The police forced him to flee to
Switzerland where he received engineering education and firefighting training. During World War I, he was
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After 1922, Semashko withdrew from politics and devoted his energy to firefighting. Notably, he did not join any
Belarusian organizations. He established and briefly edited monthly journal
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firefighters during fire. At the same time, he turned away from Polish political activists towards
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in 1898. There he joined workers' organization Borba (fight, struggle), was arrested by the police, and exiled to
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from 1924 to his death. Semashko assisted in organizing firefighter units in Kaunas and elsewhere. For his efforts, he was awarded the
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