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Kazimierz Laskowski
Kazimierz Laskowski (7 November 1899 – 20 October 1961) was a Polish fencing, fencer and military officer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre (fencing), sabre event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1916, Laskowski joined the Polish Sokół movement, Polish Gymnastic Society "Sokół" in Warsaw. He trained boxing, athletics and fencing. He won two épée Polish championships (1929, 1931), and one sabre Polish championship (1930). In the 1930s, he was a fencing and boxing coach at the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Central Institute for Physical Exercise in Warsaw. Laskowski served since 1918 in the Polish Army. He commanded a company of the Polish 95th Infantry Regiment during the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II. Afterwards, he was held by the Germans in the Oflag IV-D, Oflag IX-C, Oflag XI-B, Oflag II-C and Oflag II-A German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II, prisoner-of-war camps. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Troitsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the southern Ural Mountains and approximately south of Chelyabinsk on the Kazakhstan–Russia border, border with Kazakhstan. It stands on the east-flowing Uy River (Tobol basin), Uy River, a branch of the Tobol River. Population: 83,862 (Russian Census (2002), 2002 Census); Geography and climate The Uy and Uvelka Rivers merge within the town boundaries and form a water body which serves as a reservoir for the nearby power station. The landscape around the town is flat, although river valleys are hilly. The town is situated on the border of a forest-steppe zone. The climate is continental. The average temperature in January is , and in July. History Troitsk was founded in 1743 by Ivan Neplyuyev as a head fortress of the Orenburg Line of forts during the Bashkir rebellion of 1735–1740, Bashkir War of 1735-1740 and to protect the southern borders of Russia. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
