Dembitsky, Mechislav

In March 1944 he joined the 14th regiment of the yazlovian ulans of the Home Army, near Lvov , then the soldiers of the 4th Pomor Infantry Division named. Jan Kilinsky. Passed with fights from Warsaw to Kołobrzeg, wounded in the battles for Kołobrzeg , took part in the battles for the liberation of Warsaw. In 1945 he graduated from the school of infantry officers and served in the 11th Infantry Regiment and the 62nd Infantry Regiment in Ełk .

After graduating from the Infantry Training Center in Rembertov in 1948 , he served in various guard positions in the Border Guard Troops - Assistant Deputy Commandant of the Outpost in the 11th VOG Section, Deputy Chief of Staff of the 23rd Brigade, 5th Brigade, Head of the VOG Command Division, the commander of the 16th brigade in Gdansk , the chief of staff of the brigade in Klodzko . In 1965 he was appointed commander of the Border Guard Forces (in the structure of the INR ) - from October 1965 to September 30, 1971 . Since 1967, Brigadier General .

He graduated from the Academy of the General Staff of the Polish Army. General Karol Sverchevsky in Rembertov in 1959 and the Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party in 1965 . In 1973 he received the degree of Doctor of Military Sciences. From 1971 to December 19, 1983 - Deputy Secretary-Head of the Secretariat of the National Defense Committee. Since 1975, the divisional general . From February 18, 1982 to December 5, 1986, he was the President of Warsaw and the Governor of the Warsaw Province . In 1986 - 1988, the first deputy chief inspector of territorial defense - the head of the Inspectorate of the Territorial Defense and Internal Defense Forces. In 1988 - 1990, authorized by the Polish government on the presence of Soviet troops in Poland . Since May 25, 1991, retired.

For many years he was a member of the leadership of the Union of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy. From 1985 to 1990, he was a member of the Presidium of the Union's Main Council. Since 1990, he also participated in the work of the Union of Veterans of the Republic of Poland and former political prisoners. In 2001, he was among the founders of the Society of Knights of the Military Order of the Grunwald Cross . In 1998 - 2001 - Chairman of the Club of Generals of the Polish Army .

• Order of the Revival of Poland Commander (1978)
• Order of the Revival of Poland Officer (1968)
• Order of the Renaissance of Poland Cavalier (1963)
• Order of the "Banner of Labor" 1st degree (1984)
• Order of the Grunwald Cross, III degree (1973)
• Cross of the Brave
• Golden Cross of Merit (1955)
• Silver Cross of Merit (1947)
• Silver Medal "Honored on the Field of Glory" twice in 1946
• Bronze Medal "Honored on the Field of Glory" (1945)
• Anniversary medal "10 years of People's Poland"
• Commemorative Medal "30th Anniversary of People's Poland"
• Commemorative Medal "40th Anniversary of People's Poland"
• Gold Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Motherland"
• Silver Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Motherland"
• Bronze Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Motherland"
• Gold Medal "For merits in defending the country"
• Silver Medal "For merits in defending the country"
• Bronze Medal "For merits in defending the country"

• Medal "For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth" (USSR)
• Commemorative Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (USSR)
• Commemorative Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (USSR)
• Commemorative medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (USSR)
• Anniversary medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (USSR)
• Honorary Badge of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans (USSR)

• other

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