Brzustów, Masovian Voivodeship

Brzustów
Village
Monument-mausoleum erected in honor of fallen Legionnaires.
Brzustów
Coordinates: 51°28′26″N 21°34′10″E / 51.47389°N 21.56944°E / 51.47389; 21.56944Coordinates: 51°28′26″N 21°34′10″E / 51.47389°N 21.56944°E / 51.47389; 21.56944
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
Powiat Kozienice
Gmina Garbatka-Letnisko
Sołectwo Brzustów
Government
 • Wójt Tadeusz Molenda
Population (2003) 211
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 26-930
Phone area code(s)
(within Poland)		 48 xxx xx xx
Car plate(s) WKZ

Brzustów [ˈbʐustuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Garbatka-Letnisko, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Garbatka-Letnisko, 13 km (8 mi) south of Kozienice, and 92 km (57 mi) south-east of Warsaw.

History

At the beginning of World War I (Autumn 1914) Kozienice forest became a long-term military audience. During the so-called, Dęblin operation, in the region of Laski-Anielin fought the Polish Legions troops, led by the Józef Piłsudski.

On October 22 the II battalion of Polish Legions led by Major Edward Rydz-Śmigły fought in the woods near the village of Anielin fierce and bloody battle with 3 Russian battalions.

And on October 22–26, 1914, the branch of I Brigade of the Polish Legions, fought heavy battle with Russian troops in the village of Laski.

In 1933 a monument-mausoleum erected in honor of fallen legionnaires, moving in a place with the remains scattered around the graves, the mass grave in Brzustów.
The monument is located near the railway station Żytkowice.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
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