Józef Bielak

Józef Bielak (c. 1730[1] – 11 June 1794) was a Lipka Tatar general, who fought in the Bar Confederation, the Polish–Russian War of 1792 and the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794.

[3] In 1761 he became a captain in general Czymbaj Murza Rudnicki's regiment, which was assigned to the Royal Saxon army until 1764.

After the fall of the confederation, he returned to Koszoły, which was granted to him by King Augustus III for his war merits in 1763.

He distinguished himself in the War in Defence of the Constitution, commanding the Lithuanian Vanguard corps.

[5] After Józef's death in 1794, his wife Kunegunda married his adjutant, also Tatar, Tupalski.