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Kowalewski, Aleksander

Date of birth:
March 23rd, 1879 (Moscow, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
1940 (Kharkiv, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Kharkiv
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Major General Aleksander Kowalewski was executed by the NKVD in 1940.

1916: Lieutenant Colonel
1 June 1919: Colonel
1 December 1924: Brigadier General
5 October 2007: Major General (posthumously)

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
October 8th, 1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
May 10th, 1922

No. 6686
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

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