Career
Student of Lwów Politechnic in 1919-1913. Serving under Józef Piłsudski, he became one of first Polish soldiers - formally under Austrian command - who entered Russian-held Polish territory during the First World War. Later he fought in the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918–1919) and Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921).
In April 1919 his troops were instrumental in taking Wilno.
Piłsudski would declare Belina"s cavalry action a most exquisite military action carried out by Polish cavalry in this war. From 1929 he lived in Krakow and retired from the military.
In 1931-1933 he was a mayor of Krakow and from 1933 to 1937, voivode of LwóWest In 1938 he retired from public work due to worsening health.
He died later that year, aged fifty.
