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Aleksander Waszkiewicz

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Polish-Soviet brigadier general

Lived 1901 to 1945 · aged 43
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Major General Aleksander Waszkiewicz was a Soviet military officer of Polish descent. He served in the Red Army as commander of the 793rd Rifle Regiment during 1942-1944 and later as Deputy Commander of the 116th Rifle Division in 1944.

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Awards 8

1943Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Major General Aleksander Waszkiewicz was a Soviet military officer of Polish descent. He served in the Red Army as commander of the 793rd Rifle Regiment during 1942-1944 and later as Deputy Commander of the 116th Rifle Division in 1944. Transferred to Polish LWP in 1944 and assigned as commander of the 5th Infantry Division of the LWP. He died in the Battle of Bautzen (1945). According to some sources, he was captured and tortured before his death.

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Lived 1901 to 1945 · aged 43
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