Brzustów, Masovian Voivodeship
# Brzustów, Masovian Voivodeship

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

    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.

