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Przy mnie rzucali mu pod nogi (Batce, jak go nazywają) głowy bolszewików ścięte szablami. Jeśli coś mu się nie podoba u jego oficerów lub żołnierzy, to osobiście ich strzela przed frontem, lub każe się samym wieszać. Spełniają to bez oporu, patrzą mu w oczy jak psy. Piłem z nim całą noc dzisiejszą, a rano on z grupą swoją, a ja z pułkiem poszliśmy na wypad. Masakra bolszewików była straszna. Pięciokrotnie większe zmasowane siły bolszewickie rozbiliśmy i zmusiliśmy do ucieczki.
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643:(Saint Petersburg). With his incompletely-formed regiment, he reached the area and pacified the peasant unrest without the use of force. He was immediately called into Saint Petersburg by his superiors but was afraid of being arrested. Because of that, Bułak-Bałachowicz with his cavalry regiment deserted and moved across the Bolshevik lines to the area of
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in the rear. The city was the most important railroad junction in the area and was planned as the last stand of the
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At the time, he had a reputation as a defender of the less fortunate and was often an arbitrator in disputes between the farmers and their landlords. As a result of these activities, he acquired the nickname "Daddy" (Bat'ka). His other nickname —"Bułak"— became part of his surname. It means 'cloud'
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8.8.1920 Przez dwie doby piłem z gen. Bałachowiczem. Jest to człowiek bez ideologii, zbój i morderca i takich samych ma towarzyszy – podkomendnych. Jest to dywizja, która swego czasu przeszła na naszą stronę, składająca się z Rosjan, Szwedów, Finów. Nie znają pardonu i przypominają barbarzyńców...
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On 23 July 1920, during the
Bolshevik offensive towards central Poland, general Bałachowicz's group started an organised retreat as a rearguard of the Polish 3rd Army. During that operation, Bułak-Bałachowicz abandoned the withdrawing Polish troops and stayed with his forces for several days behind
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and various German anti-Bolshevik units. Initially, the unit fought against the Reds on the White side, but soon conflicts with the German officials arose and Bułak-Bałachowicz switched sides yet again. Together with his battle-hardened unit he disarmed the German units surrounding him and broke to
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and focused on both the cultural and economic recovery of the war-impoverished city. He also put an end to censorship of the press and allowed for the creation of several socialist associations and newspapers, which enraged White generals towards him. Finally, Bułak-Bałachowicz entered in contact
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signed only two days before, Bułak-Bałachowicz's unit skirmished with a German unit near the village of
Smolova. Although the enemy unit was severely defeated, forced to retreat and abandon its staff behind, Bułak-Bałachowicz was seriously wounded after being shot in the left lung. Transported to
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and proposed to ally his unit with the Polish Army against the
Bolshevist Russia. As the fame of the general preceded him, Piłsudski agreed and soon afterwards Bułak-Bałachowicz with some 800 cavalrymen set off for yet another of his great odysseys. After leaving Estonia, they outflanked the Red
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railroad, which added greatly to the White
Russian's initial success. On 5 November 1919, his unit yet again entered the area between Pskov and Ostrov and destroyed the three remaining railway lines linking Pskov with the rest of Russia. However, Yudenich's army could not link up with the areas
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disbanded the unit soon after its formation, executed its commander and started to persecute its members. However, with the help of the French military mission, a Polish cavalry detachment was finally created and Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz became its commander. The new unit received
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Yudenich signed an order of dissolution of his badly beaten army. On 28 January 1920, general Bułak-Bałachowicz, together with several Russian officers, was arrested by the Estonian police. A large amount of money was found with him (roughly 227,000
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had been signed, Bułak-Bałachowicz and his men were set free from the internment camps. The general retired from the army and settled in Warsaw. There he became an active member of various veteran societies. Among other functions, he held the post of the head of
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on the Jewish population. There were hundreds of victims of rape and murder in Pinsk and in the vicinity around that time. According to one of his own men, Bałachowicz, who faced accusations of personally murdering Jews, was a "robber and a murderer."
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On 28 November, the last organised unit under his command crossed the Polish border and was subsequently interned. The Soviet
Russian government demanded that General Bułak-Bałachowicz be handed over to them and tried for high treason. The
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agreed to finance Bałachowicz's unit and on 14 November, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz received his
Belarusian citizenship and applied for official service for the Belarusian Democratic Republic. His unit was officially renamed to
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by surprise and on 29 May Bałachowicz entered Pskov. For this action, he was promoted to colonel by General Yudenich. Because of his victories, his subordinates (mostly Belarusian, Cossack, and Polish volunteers) nicknamed him
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After the capitulation of Warsaw, general Bułak-Bałachowicz (formally retired) evaded being captured by the Germans and returned to civilian life. At the same time, he was the main organiser of Konfederacja Wojskowa
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was even halted by these demands for several days, but eventually, these claims were refuted by the Polish government which argued that Bułak-Bałachowicz was a Polish citizen since 1918.
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and former Red Army soldiers, and received the status of an allied army. Because of the composition of his troops, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz is sometimes referred to as a Belarusian.
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Russian lines and rode several hundred kilometres behind the enemy lines to Latvia, where they were allowed to pass through Latvian territory. Finally, by mid-March, they reached
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until the final Russo-Polish peace treaty was signed. Three days later his forces crossed into Russian-held Belarus and started an offensive towards
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after the Battle of Warsaw and volunteered for the service in anti-Bolshevik units. The unit was to re-enter combat in November, but on 12 October a
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The nationality of Bułak-Bałachowicz was a matter of dispute even during the war. Józef Piłsudski described him with the following words:
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of 1939, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz volunteered for the Polish army. He created a Volunteer Group that fought in the
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In 1923, there were false reports of his death in the local Polish press; supposedly, he had been murdered by
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Society of Former Fighters of the National Uprisings
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1195:Cross of Valour of the Bułak-Bałachowicza Army
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1594:Życiorys gen. Stanisława Bułak-Bałachowicza
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