Beliniak, ułan, dowódca, jeniec, emigrant Generał bryg. Zygmunt Piasecki „Dublańczyk” (1893–1954)
„Beliniak”, Uhlan, Commander, Prisoner of War, Emigrant. The Life of Brig. Gen. Zygmunt Piasecki „Dublańczyk” (1893–1954)

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the life of Brig. Gen. Zygmunt Piasecki, who was born on 14 December 1893, in Szafarnia, Poland. After finishing school in Włocławek, he went to Lviv and then to Dublany, where he studied at the Agricultural University. After the outbreak of World War I he interrupted his studies and on 28 August 1914 he joined the Polish Legions subordinated to the Austro-Hungarian authorities. Piasecki was initially assigned to the 1st Uhlan Squadron, and later served with the 1st Uhlan Regiment under the command of Władysław Belina-Prażmowski. During his service in the Legions, Piasecki used the pseudonym „Dublańczyk”. After the end of World War I, he joined the Polish Army and 1920–1929 he commanded the 7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment named after Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski. As head of the regiment, he fought in the Polish-Soviet war. In 1929, Piasecki was appointed commander of the 17th Cavalry Brigade, and from 1930 to 1939 he was the commander of the Krakow Cavalry Brigade. He fought in the Polish campaign of 1939 as a brigadier general, during which he was captured by the Germans and imprisoned in Oflag VII at Murnau. After the end of World War II, he moved to France where he lived in exile. He died on 26 January 1954, in Nice. He was one of three officers of the Polish Army to be awarded the Virtuti Militari Order three times.

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