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Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz

So, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz was a person who lived a long time ago. He was born in 1883 and died in 1940.

Now, Stanisław was from a country called Poland which is in Europe. This was a long time ago when Poland was a separate country, before it joined with some other countries to make what is now called the European Union.

Stanisław grew up and became a soldier. He fought in a war where his country was fighting against another country, called Russia. Stanisław was really good at fighting and he won many battles.

After the war was over, Stanisław became interested in helping people who were living in another country called Belarus. Belarus was part of Russia at the time and many people living there were not happy about it.

So, Stanisław went to Belarus to help these people. He started by training people to be soldiers so that they could fight for their freedom. He also helped them to organize themselves better so that they could work together to achieve their goals.

However, not everyone was happy about what Stanisław was doing. The Russian government did not like it because they wanted to keep control over Belarus. So, they sent soldiers to stop Stanisław.

Stanisław fought very hard against the soldiers, but eventually, he was captured. He was taken to a prison where he was killed by the soldiers.

Now, many people remember Stanisław as a hero because he fought for what he believed was right. He was a brave soldier who wanted to help people who were being treated unfairly.