Władysław Belina-Prażmowski
Władysław Zygmunt Belina-Prażmowski (3 May 1888 in Ruszkowiec – 13 October 1938 in Venice ), was a Polish cavalryman, colonel and politician.
He was a member of Związek Walki Czynnej since 1909, later Związek Strzelecki . Student of Lwów Politechnic in 1919–1913.
Serving under Józef Piłsudski , he became one of the first Polish soldiers - formally under Austrian command - who entered Russian-held Polish territory during the First World War . Member of Polish Legions , organizer and commander of 1st Regiment of Polish Uhlans and later 1st Brigade of Polish Uhlans . Later he fought in the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918–1919) and Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921). In April 1919 his troops were instrumental in taking Wilno . Piłsudski would declare Belina's cavalry action a most exquisite military action carried out by Polish cavalry in this war .
From 1929 he lived in Kraków and retired from the military. In 1931-1933 he was a mayor of Kraków and from 1933 to 1937, voivode of Lwów . In 1938 he retired from public work due to worsening health; he died later that year, aged fifty.
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