Płock, the Glossary
Płock (pronounced) is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship.[1]
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- Former capitals of Poland
- Płock Governorate
Adam Struzik
Adam Krzysztof Struzik (born 1 January 1957 in Kutno, Poland) is a Polish medical doctor and politician, serving as the current Marshal of Masovian Voivodeship since December 2001.
Anna Kochanowska
Anna Kochanowska (May 17, 1922 – May 31, 2019) was a Polish radio journalist, literary director and politician.
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Antoni Gawryłkiewicz
Antoni Gawryłkiewicz (1922-2007) was a Polish farm laborer.
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Antoni Julian Nowowiejski
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (11 February 1858 – 28 May 1941) was a Polish bishop of Płock (1908–1941), titular archbishop of Silyum, first secretary of Polish Episcopal Conference (1918–1919), honorary citizen of Płock and historian.
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts.
Aryeh Leib ben Moses Zuenz
Aryeh Leib ben Moses Zuenz (–1833) was a rabbi and scholar of the 18th and 19th centuries who lived in Pińczów, and later in Plotzk.
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Auxerre
Auxerre is the capital (prefecture) of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Paris.
Łąck
Łąck is a village in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland.
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Bartosz Kwolek
Bartosz Kwolek (born 17 July 1997) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Poland national team.
Bălți
Bălți is a city in Moldova.
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Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
Benedictines
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.
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Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
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Bolesław I the Brave
Bolesław I the Brave (17 June 1025), less often known as Bolesław the Great, was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025, and the first King of Poland in 1025.
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Bolesław III Wrymouth
Bolesław III Wrymouth (Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138.
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Brwilno, Gmina Stara Biała
Brwilno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Biała, within Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.
Casimir III the Great
Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Catholic Mariavite Church
The Catholic Mariavite Church is an independent Old Catholic denomination in Poland resulting from a schism in 1935 within the Old Catholic Mariavite Church.
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Central Europe
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Chełm
Chełm (Kholm; Cholm; Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. Płock and Chełm are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Christianization of Poland
The Christianization of Poland (chrystianizacja Polski) refers to the introduction and subsequent spread of Christianity in Poland.
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Congress Poland
Congress Poland or Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw.
Cross of Valour (Poland)
The Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) is a Polish military decoration.
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Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region).
Death by burning
Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat.
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Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
Divine Mercy (Catholic devotion)
In Catholicism, the Divine Mercy is a devotion to Jesus Christ associated with the reported apparitions of Jesus to Faustina Kowalska.
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Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Płock)
The Divine Mercy Sanctuary is a Roman Catholic chapel, in Poland, dedicated to the Divine Mercy devotion, originated by Faustina Kowalska.
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Duchy of Masovia
Duchy of Masovia was a district principality and a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland, existing during the Middle Ages.
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Duchy of Warsaw
The Duchy of Warsaw (Księstwo Warszawskie; Duché de Varsovie; Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Education in Poland during World War II
During World War II in Poland, education often took place underground.
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Edward Flatau
Edward Flatau (27 December 1868 – 7 June 1932) was a Polish neurologist and psychiatrist.
Ekstraklasa
(meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams.
Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany
The Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany during World War II was a massive operation consisting of the forced resettlement of over 1.7 million Poles from the territories of German-occupied Poland, with the aim of their Germanization (see Lebensraum) between 1939 and 1944.
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Faustina Kowalska
Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic.
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Fief
A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.
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Forced labour under German rule during World War II
The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale.
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Forlì
Forlì (Furlè; Forum Livii) is a comune (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is, together with Cesena, the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano.
Freedom of religion
Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.
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Friedrich von Schrötter
Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Schrötter (February 1, 1743 – June 30, 1815) was a German Junker, Prussian government minister and until 1806 Reichsfreiherr of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
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Georgia (country)
Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gestapo
The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.
Ghetto
A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure.
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Gothic Revival architecture
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.
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Grain trade
The grain trade refers to the local and international trade in cereals such as wheat, barley, maize, and rice, and other food grains.
Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Greater Poland Province (Prowincja Wielkopolska) was an administrative division of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1795.
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Hanging
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.
Herman Kruk
Herman Kruk (הערשל קרוק) (19 May 1897-18 September 1944) was a Polish-Jewish librarian and Bundist activist who kept a diary recording his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto during World War II.
Huai'an
Huai'an, formerly Huaiyin, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province in Eastern China.
Humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.
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I liga
I liga (Pierwsza liga), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/relegation systems.
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Institute of National Remembrance
The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecution service components exercising investigative, prosecution and lustration powers.
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Intelligenzaktion
The Intelligenzaktion, or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) early in the Second World War (1939–45) by Nazi Germany.
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.
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Ireneusz Czop
Ireneusz Czop (born 6 July 1968) is Polish actor best known for his roles in the films Somers Town (2008), Aftermath (2012), Jack Strong (2014), and Broad Peak (2022).
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Jagiellonian Library
Jagiellonian Library (Biblioteka Jagiellońska, popular nickname Jagiellonka) is the library of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and with almost 6.7 million volumes, one of the largest libraries in Poland, serving as a public library, university library and part of the Polish national library system.
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Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University (UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland.
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January Uprising
The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence.
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Józef Piłsudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920).
Józef Pius Dziekoński
Józef Pius Dziekoński (born 5 May 1844, Płock – died 4 February 1924, Warsaw) was a Polish architect and heritage conservator, a representative of the 19th-century historicism.
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Jerzy Pniewski
Jerzy Pniewski (Polish:; June 1, 1913 – June 16, 1989) was a Polish physicist, professor at the University of Warsaw and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
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Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz
Jolanta Dorota Szymanek-Deresz (12 July 1954 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician.
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Julia Pitera
Julia Teresa Pitera, née Zakrzewska, (born 26 May 1953 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician of the Civic Platform.
June 1976 protests
The June 1976 protests were a series of protests and demonstrations in the Polish People's Republic that took place after Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz revealed the plan for a sudden increase in the price of many basic commodities,.
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Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad (p), known as Königsberg until 1946 (ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲerk; Królewiec), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland.
Kamil Syprzak
Kamil Syprzak (born 23 July 1991) is a Polish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Polish national team.
Kazimierz Zalewski
Kazimierz Zalewski (5 December 1849 – 11 January 1919), pseudonym Jerzy Myriel, was a Polish dramatist, literary and theatre critic, one of the leading author of middle-class positivistic drama.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany
During World War II, around 200,000 ethnic Polish children as well as an unspecified number of children of other ethnicities were abducted from their homes and forcibly transported to Nazi Germany for purposes of forced labour, medical experimentation, or Germanization.
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Kielbasa
Kielbasa (from Polish kiełbasa) is any type of meat sausage from Poland and a staple of Polish cuisine.
Killed in action
Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action.
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Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.
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Kraków
(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Płock and Kraków are city counties of Poland, former capitals of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Leon Wetmański
Leon Wetmański (10 April 1886 - 1941) was a Polish Catholic auxiliary Bishop of the Płock diocese who was killed in Soldau concentration camp.
Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi Strauss & Co. is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans.
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List of counties of Poland
The following is an alphabetical list of all 380 county-level entities in Poland.
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List of former national capitals
Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed.
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List of Historic Monuments (Poland)
Historic Monument (pomnik historii) is one of several categories of objects of cultural heritage (in the singular, zabytek) in Poland.
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List of Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland
Ghettos were established by Nazi Germany in hundreds of locations across occupied Poland after the German invasion of Poland. Płock and List of Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland are Holocaust locations in Poland.
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List of Polish monarchs
Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries).
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List of prime ministers of Poland
This is a list of the prime ministers of Poland.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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List of wars between Poland and Sweden
This is a List of wars between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden.
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Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Looting of Poland in World War II
The looting of Polish cultural artifacts and industrial infrastructure during World War II was carried out by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union simultaneously after the invasion of Poland of 1939.
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Loznica
Loznica (Лозница) is a city located in the Mačva District of western Serbia.
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. Płock and Lublin are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Ludwik Krzywicki
Ludwik Joachim Franciszek Krzywicki (21 August 1859 – 10 June 1941) was a Polish Marxist anthropologist, economist, and sociologist.
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Lunch meat
Lunch meats—also known as cold cuts, luncheon meats, cooked meats, sliced meats, cold meats, sandwich meats, delicatessens, and deli meats—are precooked or cured meats that are sliced and served cold or hot.
Lviv
Lviv (Львів; see below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
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Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai (Samogitian: Mažeikē; Mažeiķi; Możejki) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River.
Marcin Bułka
Marcin Bułka (born 4 October 1999) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Poland national team.
Marek Opioła
Marek Opioła (born 24 September 1976 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician.
Maria Franciszka Kozłowska
Feliksa Magdalena Kozłowska, known by the religious name Maria Franciszka and the epithet "Mateczka", was a Polish religious sister, Christian mystic and visionary who founded a movement of renewal in the Roman Catholic church in the Russian Partition of Poland.
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Mariavite Church
The Old Catholic Mariavite Church refers to one of two independent Christian churches, both of which can be dated from 1906 but which became distinct after 1935 as a result of doctrinal differences, and are collectively known as Mariavites.
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Marshal Stanisław Małachowski High School, Płock
Marshal Stanisław Małachowski High School (Liceum Ogólnokształcące im.) is a school in Płock and the oldest school in Poland.
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Marxism
Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis.
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province or Mazowieckie Voivodeship or Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovian Province, etc.
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Mauthausen concentration camp
Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen (roughly east of Linz), Upper Austria.
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Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia (Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland.
Michał Łogosz
Michał Andrzej Łogosz (born 23 November 1977) is a Polish badminton player from Litpol-Malow Suwałki club.
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Miecław
Miecław (10th/11th century – 1047) was a cup-bearer of king Mieszko II Lambert, who in c. 1038 had proclaimed independence of the state that he ruled, from the Duchy of Poland, beginning the rebellion that lasted until his death in 1047.
Mieszko I
Mieszko I (– 25 May 992) was Duke of Poland from 960 until his death in 992 and the founder of the first unified Polish state, the Civitas Schinesghe.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland (Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi) was formed in October 1999 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy of Poland; the ministry can trace its history to 1944.
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Mirosław Koźlakiewicz
Mirosław Koźlakiewicz (born 11 June 1957 in Kunki) is a Polish politician.
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Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.
Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
More Than Life At Stake
More Than Life at Stake (Polish: Stawka większa niż życie), also known as Stakes Larger Than Life and Playing for High Stakes is a Polish black and white TV series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent in Soviet service, captain Hans Kloss (real name Stanisław Kolicki, codename J-23), who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
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Mytishchi
Mytishchi (p) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yaroslavl railway.
Nazi concentration camps
From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (Konzentrationslager), including subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe.
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Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.
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Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity.
November Uprising
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire.
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Novopolotsk
Novopolotsk or Navapolatsk (Новополоцк,; Navapolack) is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
Oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha.
Orlen
Orlen S.A. (formerly lit), commonly known as Orlen, is a Polish multinational oil refiner, petrol retailer and natural gas trader headquartered in Płock, Poland.
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Pale of Settlement
The Pale of Settlement was a western region of the Russian Empire with varying borders that existed from 1791 to 1917 (de facto until 1915) in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish residency, permanent or temporary, was mostly forbidden.
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Paweł Halaba
Paweł Halaba (born 14 December 1995) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Ślepsk Malow Suwałki.
Paweł Włodkowic
Paweł Włodkowic (Latin: Paulus Vladimiri; ca. 1370 – 9 October 1435) was a Polish scholar, jurist, statesman and rector of the Kraków Academy.
Płock
Płock (pronounced) is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. Płock and Płock are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland, former capitals of Poland, Holocaust locations in Poland, Populated places on the Vistula, płock Governorate and Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939).
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Płock Castle
The Castle of the Masovian Dukes in Płock is a Gothic castle built under the reign of Casimir III the Great, becoming a stronghold of the Dukes of Masovia until the fifteenth century.
Płock Cathedral
Płock Cathedral (Katedra Płocka), or the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Masovia, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Płock, in central Poland.
Płock County
Płock County (powiat płocki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland.
Płock Department
Płock Department (Polish: Departament płocki) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Polish Duchy of Warsaw from 1806 to 1815.
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Płock refinery
The Płock refinery is a large oil refinery and petrochemical complex located in Płock, Poland.
Płock Voivodeship (1495–1793)
Płock Voivodeship (Województwo Płockie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1495 until the partitions of Poland in 1795.
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Płock Voivodeship (1975–1998)
Płock Voivodeship (województwo płockie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998 and earlier from the 15th century till 1795.
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
Piast dynasty
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.
Piotr Więcek
Piotr Więcek (born 27 July 1990 in Płock, Poland) is a Polish drifting driver, currently a Worthouse Drift Team member.
Pipeline
A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption.
Plague (disease)
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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Pleven
Pleven (Плèвен) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
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Polish Cup
The Polish Cup in football (Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej) is an annual knockout football competition for Polish football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title.
Polish Military Organisation
The Polish Military Organisation, PMO (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa, POW) was a secret military organization that was formed during World War I (1914–1918).
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Polish resistance movement in World War II
In Poland, the resistance movement during World War II was led by the Home Army.
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Polish Super Cup
The Polish Super Cup is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up.
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Polish Superliga
The Polish Superliga, also known as the Orlen Superliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's handball league in Poland.
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Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War (late autumn 1918 / 14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic before it became a union republic in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution, on territories which were previously held by the Russian Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy following the Partitions of Poland.
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Powiat
A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1) in other countries.
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Privilege (law)
A privilege is a certain entitlement to immunity granted by the state or another authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis.
Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world.
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Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations (חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם) is a title used by Yad Vashem to describe people who, for various reasons, made an effort to assist victims, including Jews, who were being exterminated by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.
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Robert Kołakowski
Robert Jerzy Kołakowski (born 15 March 1963 in Ciechanów) is a Polish politician.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock
The Diocese of Płock (Dioecesis Plocensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Płock in the ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.
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Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Royal city in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
In the history of Poland, a royal city or royal town (miasto królewskie) was an urban settlement within the crown lands (królewszczyzna).
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Rozka Korczak
Rozka or Ruzka Korczak (1921, Płock – 1988) was a Jewish partisan leader during World War II.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.
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Russian Partition
The Russian Partition (zabór rosyjski), sometimes called Russian Poland, constituted the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that were annexed by the Russian Empire in the course of late-18th-century Partitions of Poland.
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Rustavi
Rustavi (რუსთავი) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi.
Ryszard Syski
Ryszard Syski (April 8, 1924 in Płock, Poland - June 11, 2007 in Silver Spring, Maryland) was a Polish-American mathematician whose research was in queueing theory.
Sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.
Satan from the Seventh Grade (film)
Satan from the Seventh Grade (Szatan z siódmej klasy) is a 1960 Polish romance film directed by Maria Kaniewska.
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Słupno, Płock County
Słupno is a village in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
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Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.
Second Partition of Poland
The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
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Sejm
The Sejm, officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
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Seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry.
Serbia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.
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Sicherheitspolizei
The (Security Police), often abbreviated as SiPo, was a term used in Germany for security police.
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Sines
Sines is a town and a municipality in Portugal.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Smoking (cooking)
Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood.
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Smolensk air disaster
On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board.
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Soldau concentration camp
The Soldau concentration camp established by Nazi Germany during World War II was a concentration camp for Polish and Jewish prisoners.
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Solidarity
Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes.
Solidarity Bridge
The Solidarity Bridge (Most Solidarności) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Vistula River in Płock, Poland The bridge is part of the Fr.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Statistics Poland
Statistics Poland (Główny Urząd Statystyczny, popularly called GUS), formerly known in English as the Central Statistical Office, is the Polish government's chief executive agency charged with collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population, and society in Poland, at the national and local levels.
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Stefan Themerson
Stefan Themerson (25 January 1910 – 6 September 1988) was a Polish writer of children's literature, poet and inventor of Semantic Poetry, novelist, script writer filmmaker, composer and philosopher.
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Stutthof concentration camp
Stutthof was a Nazi concentration camp established by Nazi Germany in a secluded, marshy, and wooded area near the village of Stutthof (now Sztutowo) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) in the territory of the German-annexed Free City of Danzig.
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Szymon Marciniak
Szymon Marciniak (Polish:; born 7 January 1981) is a Polish football referee.
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Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Tadeusz Mazowiecki (18 April 1927 – 28 October 2013) was a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist Polish prime minister since 1946, having held the post from 1989 to 1991.
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Temple of Mercy and Charity
The Temple of Mercy and Charity (Świątynia Miłosierdzia i Miłości) is a Mariavite cathedral in Płock in central Poland.
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
The Scar (1976 film)
The Scar (Blizna) is a 1976 Polish film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Franciszek Pieczka.
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Thurrock
Thurrock is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Essex, England.
Toruń
Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Płock and Toruń are city counties of Poland and Populated places on the Vistula.
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Town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.
Traditional food
Traditional foods are foods and dishes that are passed on through generations or which have been consumed for many generations.
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Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka was the second-deadliest extermination camp to be built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
Vehicle registration plates of Poland
Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate.
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Vistula
The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.
Voivodeships of Poland
A voivodeship (województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.
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Volodymyr, Volyn Oblast
Volodymyr (Володимир), previously known as Volodymyr-Volynskyi (label) from 1944 to 2021, is a small city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine.
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Waldemar Pawlak
Waldemar Pawlak (born 5 September 1959) is a Polish politician.
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. Płock and Warsaw are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Warsaw University of Technology
The Warsaw University of Technology (lit) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe.
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Władysław Broniewski
Władysław Kazimierz Broniewski (17 December 1897 – 10 February 1962) was a Polish poet, writer, translator and soldier.
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Władysław I Herman
Władysław I Herman (1044 – 4 June 1102) was the duke of Poland from 1079 until his death.
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Włodzimierz Brus
Włodzimierz Brus (born Beniamin Zylberberg, 23 August 1921 – 31 August 2007) was an economist and party functionary in communist Poland.
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Wisła Płock
Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (Wisła Płock S.A.), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock, is a Polish professional football club, based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship, which plays in I liga, the second tier of the national football league system.
Wisła Płock (handball)
SPR Wisła Płock SA, competing for sponsorship reasons as Orlen Wisła Płock, is a professional men's handball club based in Płock in central Poland, founded in 1964.
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Wojciech Jankowski
Wojciech Jankowski (born 1 April 1963) is a Polish rower.
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Wojciech Jasiński
Wojciech Stefan Jasiński (born 1 April 1948 in Gostynin) is a Polish politician and businessman who last served as chairman of the supervisory board of PKN Orlen from 2020 to 2024.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Wrocław
Wrocław (Breslau; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. Płock and Wrocław are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Yiddish
Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish,,; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr (Житомир; see below for other names) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine.
Zichenau (region)
Regierungsbezirk Zichenau was a Regierungsbezirk, or administrative region, of the Nazi German Province of East Prussia in 1939–45, established in German-occupied Polish territory during World War II.
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Zygmunt Padlewski
Zygmunt Padlewski (1836–1863) was a Polish insurgent who participated in the January Uprising.
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108 Martyrs of World War II
The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs (108 błogosławionych męczenników), were Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany.
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2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 19th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body.
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See also
Former capitals of Poland
Płock Governorate
- Battle of Ciołków
- Bielsk, Masovian Voivodeship
- Bobrowniki
- Chrostkowo
- Ciółkowo
- Ciechanów
- Czarne, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Dobrzyń nad Wisłą
- Drobin
- Dziewanowo
- Dębsk, Mława County
- Kikół
- Kleniewo, Masovian Voivodeship
- Kuczbork-Osada
- Lipno, Lipno County
- Lipowiec Kościelny
- Mostowo, Mława County
- Mława
- Obrowo, Toruń County
- Płock
- Płock Governorate
- Płońsk
- Radzanowo
- Rogozino
- Skępe
- Staroźreby
- Strzegowo
- Stupsk
- Szreńsk
- Szydłowo, Masovian Voivodeship
- Turza Mała, Mława County
- Tłuchowo
- Wieczfnia Kościelna
- Wielgie, Lipno County
- Wiśniewo, Mława County
- Wyszogród
- Zdziar Wielki
- Zielona, Żuromin County
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Płock
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