Walerian Czuma
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Walerian Czuma was a Polish general and military commander. He is notable for his command over a Polish unit in Siberia during the Russian Civil War, and the commander of the defence of Warsaw during
Brigadier General Walerian Czuma
Tomb of Walerian Czuma and his brother at Warsaw's Powązki Military Cemetery
The Polish Legions was a name of the Polish military force established in August 1914 in Galicia soon after World War I erupted between the opposing alliances of the Triple Entente on one side and the
Walerian Czuma
…Civil War, and the commander of the defence of Warsaw during the siege in 1939. At the outbreak of World War I Walerian Czuma joined the Piłsudski's Polish Legions. He was taken POW by the Russian Army and imprisoned in the Butyrka prison. Later he was sentenced to forced resettlement in Siberia. After the Russian…
Col. Józef Piłsudski with his staff in front of the Governor's Palace in Kielce, 1914
Col. Józef Piłsudski and his officers, 1915
Tatar uhlans from Grodno area – soldiers of Polish Army in 1919
The last march of the First Cadre Company, August 6th 1939