Claim: While Piłsudski dodged the bullets, the Lwów Province Governor, Kazimierz Grabowski, was wounded in the opening ceremony of the first Eastern Trade Fair; which by 1928, could boast some 1,600 exhibitors, and about 400 being foreign firms.
Evidence: While Piłsudski dodged the bullets, the Lwów Province Governor, Kazimierz Grabowski, was wounded. The opening ceremony of the first Eastern Trade Fair held on September 25, 1921, was marred by the failed attempt by a Ukrainian extremist, Stepan Fedak, to assassinate Poland's Chief of State, Józef Piłsudski. By 1928, the Fair could boast some 1,600 exhibitors, about 400 being foreign firms.