Władysław Liniarski, alias Mścisław, Wuj, Jan (born November 23, 1897 in Małachowice-Gustawów - April 12, 1984 in Warsaw) was a colonel of the Polish Armed Forces, commander of the Białystok District of the Union of Armed Struggle from February to September 1941,[1] commander of the Białystok District of the Union of Armed Struggle-Home Army (continuously for 5 years), from January 1945 commander of the Białystok District of the Citizens' Home Army.

In 2017 posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general[2] Son of Jan and Józefa née Bielanowicz, owners of a two-morgen farm[3] he was born in Małachowice-Gustawów in the Włoszczowa County of the Kielce Governorate.

During the Polish–Soviet War, he fought as a corporal in the 24th Infantry Regiment, then promoted to officer, and served for many years in chancelleries and commissariats.

From 1940, he was the commander of the Białystok District of the Union of Armed Struggle and then Home Army in the Soviet occupation area.

Liniarski, who was against the planned "Burza" action, in orders addressed to the commanders of inspectorates and districts, emphasized the will to beat the Germans, prepare for self-defense, and in the event of communists taking over the area and hostility towards the Polish population - moving on to further underground activity.

[8] Around July 10, 1944, "Mścisław" issued an order to begin the "Burza" operation in the area of the Łomża inspectorate.

At the beginning of November 1944, the unit was joined by, among others, the officer of the Vilnius District of the Home Army, 2nd Lt. Lech Beynar, pseudonym Nowina, later a well-known historian and publicist, writing under the pen name "Paweł Jasienica".

At the turn of January and February 1945, Lieutenant Colonel Liniarski appointed Zygmunt Szendzielarz as commander of the partisan forces of the Białystok District of the Home Army, and the 5th Vilnius Brigade became a disposable unit of the AKO Headquarters.

In March 1951, during the trial against General August Emil Fieldorf, exhausted by illness and interrogations, he was carried into the courtroom on a stretcher and gave testimony incriminating his former superior from Kedyw.