Piotr Skuratowicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Piotr Skuratowicz

Polish general

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1892

Place of Birth: Minsk, Belarus

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1940

Profession: military personnel, military officer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Piotr Skuratowicz (1 August 1891 – 1940) was a Polish military commander and a General of the Polish Army.
A renowned cavalryman, he was arrested by the NKVD and murdered in the Katyn massacre.Piotr Marian Skuratowicz was born 1891 in Minsk, Russian Empire.
He joined the Imperial Russian Army, where he received officer's training.
During World War I he was drafted to the army and served with distinction on the Eastern Front.
In 1917 he joined the 1st Polish Corps being formed in Russia, he was sent to Murmansk and then to France, where he joined Gen.
Józef Haller's Blue Army.
In June 1919 he returned with his unit to the re-established Poland.