Vladislav Korchits

Władysław Korczyc
Nickname(s)Владислав Викентиевич Корчиц
Born(1893-09-01)1 September 1893
Bogdanowicze, Russian Empire
Died17 October 1966(1966-10-17) (aged 73)
Moscow, USSR
Buried
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
AllegianceRussian Empire, USSR, Polish People's Republic
Service / branchRussian Imperial Army, Red Army, Polish People's Army
Years of service1914-1954
Rank Generał broni (Lieutenant general)
Colonel general
UnitFirst Polish Army
CommandsChief of Staff of the 1st Polish Army
Chief of Polish General Staff
Deputy Minister of National Defence
Battles / warsFirst World War
Russian Civil War
Polish-Soviet War
Second World War
Awards(see below)

Vladislav Vikentyevich Korchits (Polish: Władysław Korczyc) (1 September 1893 in Bogdanowicze, now in Slonim District, Belarus – 17 October 1966, Moscow) was a Soviet and Polish general.

He supported the Bolshevik side during the Russian Revolution, joining the Red Army. He participated in the Polish-Soviet War. In the interwar period he graduated from the Mikhail Frunze Military Academy. He was arrested and placed under investigation during 1938-1940, i.e., during the Great Purge, but the accusations were dropped and he was reinstated afterward.[1] He took part in World War II. From 1944 he was attached to the Polish Armed Forces in the East. After the war he remained in the People's Republic of Poland. He served in the Polish People's Army as the chief of Polish General Staff from 1 January 1945 to 18 January 1954. While in Poland, he joined the Polish Workers' Party, was the Deputy Minister of National Defense (1949/1950-?), and the deputy to the Polish parliament (Sejm) for the term 1952-1956. In 1954 he retired and returned to the Soviet Union. He died in Moscow.

Awards and decorations

References

  1. ^ На изломе судьбы. Репрессированные советские генералы и адмиралы-уроженцы Беларуси
  2. ^ "Decorations of the Generals of the Polish Army by the Presidium of the State National Council". Polska Zbrojna (in Polish). 12 May 1945. p. 1.
  3. ^ Kazimierz Konieczny, Henryk Wiewióra (1971). Karol Świerczewski Walter. Collections of the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo „Nasza Księgarnia”. p. 263.
  4. ^ M.P. z 1947 r. Nr 25, poz. 176
  5. ^ M.P. z 1946 r. Nr 26, poz. 43
  6. ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета no. 220/270 from 21 February 1945
  7. ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета from 9 August 1945
  8. ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета from 04 June 1944
  9. ^ "Decorations of generals and officers of the Polish Army with the orders of the Czechoslovak Republic". Dziennik Zachodni (in Polish). 27 February 1949. p. 2.
  10. ^ "Signing of an agreement on friendship and mutual assistance between Poland and Yugoslavia". Trybuna Robotnicza (in Polish). 19 March 1946. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Signing of an agreement on friendship and mutual assistance between Poland and Yugoslavia". Trybuna Robotnicza (in Polish). 19 March 1946. p. 1.
  • Generał broni Władysław Korczyc 1893-1966, MON 1980


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