Martin Lutoslawski was born in Drozdowo, Lomza Governorate, Congress Poland back in 1871 to Franciszek and Paulina. After completing his studies abroad, he founded a factory called Gratif (Graphite) where he produced fire-resistant safes. He later became a lecturer at the Warsaw Polytechnic Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
He was an avid community leader working for the Association of Engineers. He built the first reinforced concrete House in Warsaw, also using reinforced concrete in the construction of the Church of Christ the Savior in current-day Lithuania. In addition to his business activities he was a member of the Polish National Democratic Party. He built the first power station in a residential neighborhood, he also introduced the three-phase current. In 1900, he built the country’s first power plant fueled by a diesel internal combustion engine.
In 1917, the Russian Revolution broke out he was a member of The National Democratic Party. For that reason, he was arrested by the Bolsheviks in Murmansk in 1918 on suspicion of being a counterrevolutionary. He was executed without a trial in a mass execution in 1918.
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