in the town of Bronislawka. He learned that Soviet commander General Naumov wanted to meet him, and invited him to his headquarters in the nearby village of Zawolcze. Kochański went to the headquarters accompanied by Lieutenant Strzemia, Father Leon Spiewka and an escort of several non-commissioned officers. During the feast at Zawolcze the whole Polish group was disarmed and arrested. The Soviet unit moved out in a hurried march to the east. During a rest stop the soldiers of the escort were shot and Captain Kochański, Lieutenant Strzemia and Father Oboznik were taken to Kiev and later to Moscow. The loss of the commander resulted in the partial break up of Kochański's unit. After his arrest and kidnapping, his unit was significantly reduced with many soldiers going to the self-defense center and others returning home to their families. In Moscow, Bomba was tried and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment as a representative of a "foreign agency". After four years in prison in Moscow, he was sent to the copper mines in Kamchatka. Due to his age and poor health, he was returned to Poland in December 1956. He worked and studied at the Higher School of Economics, graduating in 1963 with a master's degree. He was awarded the Silver Cross of Military Virtue and died on 12 December 1980 at the age of 62 in Cracow. Bibliographies • Michał Fijałka: Oddział "Bomby". [dostęp 24 sierpnia 2009]. • Michał Klimecki, Zbigniew Palski: Samoobrona ludności polskiej na Wołyniu w 1943 roku. [dostęp 24 sierpnia 2009]. • Władysław Siemaszko, Ewa Siemaszko, Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia 1939–1945, Warszawa 2000, . • Jędrzej Tucholski, Cichociemni, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo PAX, 1985, . • Józef Turowski, Pożoga. Walki 27 Wołyńskiej Dywizji AK, Warszawa: PWN, 1990, . • Wiadomości/Wiadomosci-Wypad, Pismo Koła 2 Baonu Grenadierów "Kratkowane Lwiątka" (w późniejszym czasie ... i Komandosów). Kwartalnik wydawany w latach 1962-1996 w Edynburgu na prawach rękopisu. Numer 32, marzec 1970, strona 28. • Kalendarium I batalionu 45 pp 27. Wołyńskiej Dywizji AK. [dostęp 24 sierpnia 2009]. • Cichociemni- Encyklopedia skoczków AK. [dostęp 30 sierpnia 2009]. External links Kpt. Władysław Kochański „Bomba" - "Wujek" (Genealogia rodziny Stankiewiczów) Polish military personnel of World War II 1918 births 1980 deaths Home Army members Cichociemni Polish people detained by the NKVD Foreign Gulag detainees