Dear all

Thank you for all this information -- I had not been able to read it until just yesterday, as I know neither Polish nor Russian, although my maternal relations came over from Poland not long after my grandfather Zubrzynski was finally discharged from the Tsar's military.

Yesterday, I ...

"Gunner Corporal Edmund Zubzhinsky [Эдмунд Зубжинский], of 2nd fast-firing battery of Guards Rifle Brigade, was awarded the Merit Cross of the Military Order (St. George Cross for men) 4th Class for his gallantry exhibited during the battle at the village of Shiao-Tsan-Cheng, China, on 25 October ...

Thank you! Although I know neither Polish nor Russian, I hope to work on these to find more information. Very kind of you to reply.


Thanks,

Constance

Some records in regard to Conscripts to Russian Army are kept in local State Archives. I could check for you, where the right ones (if exist) are located, but need to know an info, where your grandfather was from. Oops. Missed this - thank you for answering and my apologies for the um tardy ...

Thanks!

Seeking help finding military service records of Polish men (like my grandfather and his brothers) conscripted into Imperial Russian Army and also finding information/general history of Russian conscriptions of Poles from 1870 until the start of WWI.