Warsaw, the Glossary
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.[1]
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A2 autostrada (Poland)
The autostrada A2 in Poland, officially named the Motorway of Freedom (Autostrada Wolności), is a motorway which runs from the Polish-German border (connecting to A12 autobahn near Świecko/Frankfurt an der Oder), through Poznań and Łódź to Warsaw and, in the future, to the Polish-Belarusian border (connecting to M1 highway near Terespol/Brest).
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A50 autostrada (Poland)
The autostrada A50 is a planned motorway in Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship.
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Abstract art
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.
Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie) is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital.
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Acmeist poetry
Acmeism, or the Guild of Poets, was a modernist transient poetic school, which emerged or in 1912 in Russia under the leadership of Nikolay Gumilev and Sergei Gorodetsky.
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Warsaw
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza) is a monument dedicated to Adam Mickiewicz at the Krakowskie Przedmieście in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
Aeolian processes
Aeolian processes, also spelled eolian, pertain to wind activity in the study of geology and weather and specifically to the wind's ability to shape the surface of the Earth (or other planets).
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Agencies of the European Union
The agencies of the European Union (formally: Agencies, decentralised independent bodies, corporate bodies and joint undertakings of the European Union and the Euratom) are bodies of the European Union and the Euratom established as juridical persons through secondary EU legislation and tasked with a specific narrow field of work.
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Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art
The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw (Akademia Teatralna im.) is a public higher education institution in Warsaw, Poland.
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Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III (r; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894.
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All Saints Church, Warsaw
All Saints Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 3/5 Grzybowski Square in Warsaw, the seat of the parish of All Saints in Warsaw.
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American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
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Andreas Schlüter
Andreas Schlüter (1659 – c. June 1714) was a German baroque sculptor and architect, active in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Tsardom.
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Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola, SJ (Andrzej Bobola; 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls".
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director.
Anti-communism
Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.
Arable land
Arable land (from the arabilis, "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.
ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal S.A. is a Luxembourg-based multinational steel manufacturing corporation headquartered in Luxembourg City.
Architecture of Warsaw
The architecture of Warsaw has influenced and reflected the history of Polish architecture.
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Arena COS Torwar
The Central Sports Centre Torwar (formerly known as Hala Torwar, commonly referred to as the Arena COS Torwar) is an indoor arena in Warsaw, Poland.
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Armistice of 11 November 1918
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany.
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Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.
Asphalt concrete
Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.
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Aspic
Aspic or meat jelly is a savory gelatin made with a meat stock or broth, set in a mold to encase other ingredients.
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Astana
Astana, formerly known as Nur-Sultan, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
Augustus II the Strong
Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733.
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Augustus III of Poland
Augustus III (August III Sas, Augustas III; 17 October 1696 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (Friedrich August II).
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Île-de-France
The Île-de-France is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023.
Łazienki Park
Łazienki Park or Royal Baths Park (Park Łazienkowski, Łazienki Królewskie) is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center.
Łazienki Street
The Łazienki Street (Ulica Łazienkowska) is a street in the Warsaw's Śródmieście district, running from Czerniakowska Street to Stanisław Sedlaczek roundabout and Rozbrat Street.
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Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. Warsaw and Łódź are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Śródmieście, Warsaw
Śródmieście (literally 'City centre') is the central district of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland.
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Żelazowa Wola
Żelazowa Wola is a village in Gmina Sochaczew, Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
Żoliborz
Żoliborz is one of the northern districts of the city of Warsaw.
Żyrardów
Żyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). Warsaw and Żyrardów are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Bagel
A bagel (translit; bajgiel; also spelled beigel) is a bread roll originating in the Jewish communities of Poland.
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Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
Bank Square, Warsaw
Plac Bankowy ('Bank Square', formerly Plac Dzierżyńskiego) is one of Warsaw's principal squares.
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Bar mleczny
A bar mleczny (literally translated as "milk bar" from Polish) is a Polish cafeteria which during the Communist era provided government-subsidized traditional Polish cuisine at low cost.
Baroque
The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe.
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Battle of Lemberg (1918)
The Battle of Lemberg (Lviv, Lwów) (in Polish historiography called obrona Lwowa, the Defense of Lwów) took place from November 1918 to May 1919 and was a six-month long conflict in the region of Galicia following the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Battle of Warsaw
Battle of Warsaw may refer to.
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Battle of Warsaw (1920)
The Battle of Warsaw (Bitwa Warszawska; Варшавская битва, Varshavskaya bitva), also known as the Miracle on the Vistula (Cud nad Wisłą), was a series of battles that resulted in a decisive Polish victory in 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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Belarusians
Belarusians (biełarusy) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus.
Belweder
Belweder (from the Italian belvedere, "beautiful view") is a neoclassical palace in Warsaw, Poland.
Bemowo
Bemowo is a district of Warsaw located in the western part of the city.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) (אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev) is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel.
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Benoit Mandelbrot
Benoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life".
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Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population. Warsaw and Berlin are capitals in Europe and populated places established in the 13th century.
Białołęka
Białołęka (lit. White Meadow) is one of 18 districts of Warsaw, located in the northern part of the city.
Biblical Magi
In Christianity, the Biblical Magi (or; singular), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished foreigners who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him.
Bicycle-sharing system
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
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Bielany
Bielany is a district in Warsaw located in the north-western part of the city.
Bona Sforza
Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.
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Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.
Bródno
Bródno is a neighborhood in the Warsaw borough of Targówek, located on the eastern side of the Vistula river.
Bródno Cemetery
Bródno cemetery (Cmentarz Bródnowski) is an old cemetery in the Targówek district, in the eastern part of Warsaw, Poland.
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Brühl Palace, Warsaw
The Brühl Palace (Pałac Brühla), formerly known as Sandomierski Palace, was a palatial residence standing at Piłsudski Square, in central Warsaw, Poland.
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Brick Gothic
Brick Gothic (Backsteingotik, Gotyk ceglany, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resources of standing rock (though glacial boulders are sometimes available).
Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. Warsaw and Budapest are capitals in Europe.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
Burger King
Burger King Corporation (BK, stylized in all caps) is an American multinational chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.
Bus transport in Warsaw
Bus transport in Warsaw was introduced in 1920.
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C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a group of 96 cities around the world that represents one twelfth of the world's population and one quarter of the global economy.
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Caffè Nero
Caffè Nero is a coffeehouse company headquartered in London, England, established in 1997 by Gerry Ford.
Canal+ (Polish TV provider)
Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ (Canal+ Cyfrowy), nc+, Platforma Canal+) is a Polish satellite platform, owned and operated by French media company Canal+ Group.
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Canal+ Premium
Canal+ Premium (formerly Canal+) is Poland's variation of the French television network Canal+.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW; Universitas Cardinalis Stephani Wyszyński Varsoviae) is a Polish state university created on the basis of the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw.
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Carmelite Church, Warsaw
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and of St.
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Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.
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Casimir Funk
Casimir Funk (Kazimierz Funk; February 23, 1884 – November 19, 1967) was a Polish biochemist generally credited with being among the first to formulate the concept of vitamins after publishing a landmark medical writing in 1912.
Casimir Palace
The Casimir Palace (Pałac Kazimierzowski), formerly known as Villa Regia, is a reconstructed palace located in Warsaw, Poland.
Casimir Pulaski
Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski (anglicized Casimir Pulaski; March 4 or March 6, 1745Makarewicz, 1998 October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier, and military commander who has been called "The Father of American cavalry" or "The Soldier of Liberty".
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Castellan
A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe.
Castle Square, Warsaw
Castle Square (plac Zamkowy) is a historic square in front of the Royal Castle – the former official residence of Polish monarchs – located in Warsaw, Poland.
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Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, Warsaw
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (Sobór metropolitalny Świętej Równej Apostołom Marii Magdaleny w Warszawie; Собор Святой Равноапостольной Марии Магдалины) is a Polish Orthodox cathedral, located at al.
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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.
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Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.
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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Chamber opera
Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra.
Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (Kancelaria Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, KPRP) is an institution that assists the President of Poland with fulfilling his tasks as head of state.
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Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland (Polish: Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów - lit. Chancellery of the President of the Council of Ministers), or KPRM, is the executive office for the Prime Minister of Poland.
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Charles Borromeo
Charles Borromeo (Carlo Borromeo; Carolus Borromeus; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was the Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584 and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chopin University of Music
The Chopin University of Music (Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland.
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Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Downtown, Warsaw)
The Church of St.
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Church of St. Francis, Warsaw
The Church of St.
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Church of the Holiest Saviour
Church of the Holiest Saviour (Kościół Najświętszego Zbawiciela) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Warsaw
The Church of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny), otherwise known as St.
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City with powiat rights
A city with powiat rights (miasto na prawach powiatu) is in Poland a designation denoting 66 of the 107 cities (the urban gminas which are governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta) which exercise also the powers and duties of a county (powiat), thus being an independent city. Warsaw and city with powiat rights are city counties of Poland.
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Civic Coalition (Poland)
The Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska, KO) is a catch-all political alliance currently ruling in Poland.
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Classicism
Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate.
Clay pit
A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement.
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
Coat of arms of Warsaw
The coat of arms of Warsaw consists of a syrenka ("little mermaid") in a red field.
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Colonnade
In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.
Color field
Color field painting is a style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s.
Commemorative plaque
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing.
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Common pheasant
The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae).
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Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
Concentric zone model
The concentric zone model, also known as the Burgess model or the CCD model, is one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures.
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Concurrency (road)
A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers.
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Congress Hall (Warsaw)
The Congress Hall (Sala Kongresowa) is a 2,880-seat theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.
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Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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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.
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Consommé
In cooking, a consommé is a type of clear soup made from richly flavoured stock or broth that has been clarified, a process that uses egg whites to remove fat and sediment.
Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (Konstytucja Królestwa Polskiego) was granted to the 'Congress' Kingdom of Poland by King of Poland Alexander I of Russia in 1815, who was obliged to issue a constitution to the newly recreated Polish state under his domain as specified by the Congress of Vienna.
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Constitution Square, Warsaw
The Constitution Square is a major square situated in the central Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions.
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Constitutional Tribunal (Poland)
The Constitutional Tribunal (Trybunał Konstytucyjny) is the constitutional court of the Republic of Poland, a judicial body established to resolve disputes on the constitutionality of the activities of state institutions; its main task is to supervise the compliance of statutory law with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.
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Consumerism
Consumerism is a social and economic order in which the aspirations of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those necessary for survival or traditional displays of status.
Contemporary architecture
Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century.
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area. Warsaw and Copenhagen are capitals in Europe.
Copernicus Science Centre
Copernicus Science Centre (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) is a science museum standing on the bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland.
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Cornelis van Haarlem
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist.
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Costa Coffee
Costa Limited, trading as Costa Coffee, is a British coffeehouse chain with headquarters in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England.
Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation, also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to, the Protestant Reformations at the time.
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Coventry
Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne.
Crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters.
Cross-City Bridge
The Cross-City Bridge (Polish: Most średnicowy) is a rail bridge over the Vistula River in Warsaw, north of the Poniatowski Bridge.
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Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.
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Czapski Palace
The Czapski Palace (Pałac Czapskich,, formerly also known as the Krasiński, Sieniawski or Raczyński Palace) is a palatial complex in the center of Warsaw, located at 5 Krakowskie Przedmieście.
Czartoryski
The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy; Čartoriskiai) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian-Ruthenian origin, also known as the Familia.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
Czerniaków
Czerniaków is a neighbourhood of the city of Warsaw, located within the borough of Mokotów, between the escarpment of the Vistula river and the river itself.
Daewoo
Daewoo (literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "dae" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerate) and automobile manufacturer.
Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish-American architect, artist, professor and set designer.
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Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
Dekalog
Dekalog (also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner.
Deluge (history)
The Deluge (potop szwedzki; švedų tvanas) was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Demography
Demography is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration.
Depression (geology)
In geology, a depression is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area.
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Destruction of Warsaw
The destruction of Warsaw was Nazi Germany's razing of the city in late 1944, after the 1944 Warsaw Uprising of the Polish resistance.
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Districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw
Warsaw is a city with powiat rights, and is further divided into 18 districts (dzielnica), auxiliary units which are legally integral parts of the city as an entity, but with some limited powers devolved to their own local governments (or ‘self-governments’ as they are typically referred to in Polish).
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Domenico Merlini
Domenico Merlini (22 February 1730 – 20 February 1797) was an Italian-Polish architect whose work was mostly in the classical style.
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Dresden
Dresden (Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and it is the second most populous city after Leipzig.
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.
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Duke of Masovia
Duke of Masovia (Książę Mazowsza) was a title borne by the sons and descendants of the Polish Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth.
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Dzielnica
In the Polish system of local administration, a dzielnica (Polish plural dzielnice) is an administrative subdivision or quarter of a city or town.
Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat
Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat (Daily Poland-Europe-World) was a Polish nationwide daily newspaper published by Ringier Axel Springer, a joint venture between Germany's Axel Springer Verlag publishing company and Swiss media company Ringier.
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East End of London
The East End of London, often referred to within the London area simply as the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames.
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East-Central Europe
East-Central Europe is the region between German-, Hungarian-, and West Slavic-speaking Europe and the East Slavic countries of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
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Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
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Economy of Poland
The economy of Poland is a high-income, industrialized, developed market with a mixed economy that serves as the sixth-largest in the European Union by nominal GDP and fifth-largest by GDP (PPP).
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
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English landscape garden
The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (Jardin à l'anglaise, Giardino all'inglese, Englischer Landschaftsgarten, Jardim inglês, Jardín inglés), is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical French formal garden which had emerged in the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe.
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Enrico Marconi
Enrico Marconi, known in Poland as Henryk Marconi (7 January 1792 in Rome – 21 February 1863 in Warsaw), was an Italian-Polish architect who spent most of his life in Congress Poland.
Epiphany (holiday)
Epiphany, or Eid al-Ghitas (عيد الغِطاس), also known as "Theophany" in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana.
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Eurasian beaver
The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020.
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Eurasian otter
The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and Maghreb.
EuroBasket 2009
The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe.
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
Eurostat
Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Evangelical Reformed Cemetery, Warsaw
The Evangelical Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw (Cmentarz ewangelicko-reformowany) is a historic Calvinist Protestant cemetery in Wola, a district in the west of Warsaw, Poland.
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Evangelical Reformed Parish, Warsaw
Evangelical Reformed Parish in Warsaw (in full, Parafia Ewangelicko-Reformowana w Warszawie) is a Polish Reformed church in Warsaw at Aleja Solidarności 76a.
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Evangelical–Augsburg Cemetery, Warsaw
The Evangelical–Augsburg Cemetery (Cmentarz ewangelicko-augsburski w Warszawie), is a historic Lutheran Protestant necropolis located in the western Wola district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Exporting the revolution
Export of the revolution is actions by a victorious revolutionary government of one country to promote similar revolutions in unruled areas or other countries as a manifestation of revolutionary internationalism of certain kind, such as the Marxist proletarian internationalism.
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Expressway S17 (Poland)
Expressway S17 or express road S17 (pl. Droga ekspresowa S17) is a Polish highway which, when completed, will run from Warsaw through Lublin to the border crossing with Ukraine at Hrebenne/Rava-Ruska.
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Expressway S2 (Poland)
Expressway S2 is a short highway in Poland, serving as the southern section of the (partially completed) Warsaw Express Ring Road.
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Expressway S50 (Poland)
The S50 expressway is a planned expressway in Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship.
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Expressway S7 (Poland)
Expressway S7 or express road S7 (Droga ekspresowa S7) is a Polish highway which has been planned to run from Gdańsk on the Baltic coast through Elbląg, Warsaw, Radom, Kielce and Kraków to Rabka near the border with Slovakia.
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Expressway S8 (Poland)
Expressway S8 or express road S8, officially named The Route of the Heroes of the Battle of Warsaw 1920 (pl. droga ekspresowa S8, Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r.) is a Polish highway which connects Wrocław via Łódź and Warsaw to Białystok.
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Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych
Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych, commonly known as FSO, is a Polish automobile parts manufacturer, and formerly an automobile producer of historic significance, located in Warsaw.
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False etymology
A false etymology (fake etymology or pseudo-etymology) is a false theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase.
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Fast food
Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service.
Fat Thursday
Fat Thursday is a Christian tradition in some countries marking the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival.
Feminization
Feminization most commonly refers to.
Fern flower
The fern flower is a magic flower in Baltic mythology (paparčio žiedas, papardes zieds), in Estonian mythology (sõnajalaõis) and in Slavic mythology (папараць-кветка, kwiat paproci, цветок папоротника, цвіт папороті).
Field Cathedral of the Polish Army
The Field Cathedral of the Polish Army (Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego, also known as the Church of Our Lady Queen of the Polish Crown) is the main garrison church of Warsaw and the representative cathedral of the entire Polish Army.
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Film studio
A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company that makes films.
Final Solution
The Final Solution (die Endlösung) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (Endlösung der Judenfrage) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II.
First Polish Army (1944–1945)
The Polish First Army (Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego, 1 AWP for short, also known as Berling's Army) was an army unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the East.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frascati, Warsaw
Frascati (Polish) is a historic neighbourhood and inner-suburb in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
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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.
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Frédéric Chopin Monument, Warsaw
The Frédéric Chopin Monument in Warsaw (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie) is a large bronze statue of Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) that now stands in the upper part of Warsaw's Royal Baths Park (also known as Łazienki Park), adjacent to Aleje Ujazdowskie (Ujazdów Avenue).
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Free market
In economics, a free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers.
French cuisine
French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France.
French formal garden
The French formal garden, also called the garden in the French manner, is a style of "landscape" garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature.
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Frikadelle
A frikadelle is a rounded, flat-bottomed, pan-fried meatball of ground meat, often likened to the German version of meatballs.
Frontex
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, commonly known as Frontex, is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.
Fryderyk Chopin Museum
The Fryderyk Chopin Museum (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, established in 1954 and dedicated to Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.
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FSO Polonez
The FSO Polonez is a motor vehicle that was developed in Poland in collaboration with Fiat and produced by Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych from 1978 to 2002.
FSO Syrena
The Syrena was a Polish automobile model first exhibited at the Poznań Trade Fair in 1955 and manufactured from 1957 to 1972 by the Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych (FSO) in Warsaw and from 1972 until 1983 by Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych (FSM) in Bielsko-Biała.
FSO Warszawa
FSO Warszawa (from Polish: Warsaw) is an automobile manufactured in FSO factory in Warsaw, Poland between 1951–1973, based on GAZ-M20 Pobeda.
Gazeta Wyborcza
(The Electoral Gazette in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland.
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General Government
The General Government (Generalgouvernement; Generalne Gubernatorstwo; Генеральна губернія), formally the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete), was a German zone of occupation established after the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Slovakia and the Soviet Union in 1939 at the onset of World War II.
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Geological Museum of the State Geological Institute
The Geological Museum of the State Geological Institute (Muzeum Geologiczne Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland.
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German minority in Poland
The registered German minority in Poland (Niemcy w Polsce) at the Polish census of 2021 were 144,177.
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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.
Global city
A global city, also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center, is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that globalization has created a hierarchy of strategic geographic locations with varying degrees of influence over finance, trade, and culture worldwide.
Gmina
The gmina (Polish:, plural gminy) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality.
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Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.
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Government budget
A government budget or a budget is a projection of the government's revenues and expenditure for a particular period of time often referred to as a financial or fiscal year, which may or may not correspond with the calendar year.
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Grand Theatre, Warsaw
The Grand Theatre in Warsaw (Teatr Wielki w Warszawie), known in full as the Grand Theatre–National Opera, is a theatre and opera complex situated on the historic Theatre Square in central Warsaw, Poland.
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Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
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Great Retreat (Russia)
The Great Retreat was a strategic withdrawal and evacuation on the Eastern Front of World War I in 1915.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Grozny
Grozny (Groznyy,; translit) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.
Hamamatsu
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Hanna Beata Gronkiewicz-Waltz (born 4 November 1952) is a Polish politician and lawyer, Professor of Jurisprudence and politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw between 2006 and 2018.
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Hanoi
Hanoi (Hà Nội) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam.
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Harbin
Harbin is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China.
Haute cuisine
Haute cuisine or grande cuisine is a style of cooking characterised by meticulous preparation, elaborate presentation, and the use of high quality ingredients.
Heavy industry
Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes.
Herring
Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae.
High-speed rail
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.
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Highways in Poland
Controlled-access highways in Poland are part of the national roads network and they are divided into motorways and expressways.
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History of Poland
The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, expansionism and becoming one of the largest European powers; to its collapse and partitions, two world wars, communism, and the restoration of democracy.
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History of the Jews in Poland
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years.
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Holy Cross Church, Warsaw
The Church of the Holy Cross (Bazylika Świętego Krzyża) is a Roman Catholic house of worship in Warsaw, Poland.
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Holy Trinity Church, Warsaw
The Holy Trinity Church (Kościół Świętej Trójcy), also known as Zug's Protestant Church (Zbór Zuga), is a Lutheran church in central Warsaw, Poland, and one of two Augsburg Evangelical temples in the city.
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Home Army
The Home Army (Armia Krajowa,; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
Hotel Europejski
Raffles Europejski Warsaw, commonly known as Hotel Europejski (The European Hotel), is a historic five-star luxury hotel located in the city centre of Warsaw, Poland.
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Hotel Polonia Palace
The Polonia Palace Hotel is a historic four-star hotel opened in 1913 and located in the heart of Warsaw on Jerusalem Avenue.
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Hugo Kołłątaj
Hugo Stumberg Kołłątaj, also spelled Kołłątay (1 April 1750 – 28 February 1812), was a prominent Polish constitutional reformer and educationalist, and one of the most prominent figures of the Polish Enlightenment.
Human migration
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region).
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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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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
IATA airport code
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code, or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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Iga Świątek
Iga Natalia Świątek (born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player.
Indian peafowl
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), also known as the common peafowl or blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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International airport
An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world.
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International Artists
International Artists (IA) was an American independent record label based in Houston, Texas, United States, that originally existed from 1965 to 1970.
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International Chopin Piano Competition
The International Chopin Piano Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im.), often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland.
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Interwar period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11November 1918 to 1September 1939 (20years, 9months, 21days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII).
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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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Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer (יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; 1904 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish-American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator.
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Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.
Italian architecture
Italy has a very broad and diverse architectural style, which cannot be simply classified by period or region, due to Italy's division into various small states until 1861.
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Jabłonowski Palace
The Jabłonowski Palace (Pałac Jabłonowskich) is a historic palace on Theatre Square in the Downtown (Śródmieście) district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Jakub Fontana
Jakub Fontana (born 1710 in Szczuczyn, died 13 April 1773 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect of Swiss Italian origin, a practitioner of the Baroque and Neoclassical styles.
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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Janusz III of Masovia
Janusz III of Masovia (pl: Janusz III mazowiecki; ca. 27 September 1502 – 9/10 March 1526), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch.
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Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor ("Mr. Doctor") or Stary Doktor ("Old Doctor").
Janusz Korczak Monument, Warsaw
Janusz Korczak Monument in Warsaw at Świętokrzyski Park has been unveiled in 2006.
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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).
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Józef Piłsudski Monument, Warsaw
The Józef Piłsudski Monument in Warsaw was erected to honor Józef Piłsudski, a military leader, Marshal of Poland and one of the main figures responsible for Poland's regaining its independence.
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Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw
Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw (lit) is a public institution of higher learning in Warsaw, Poland.
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Jesuit Church, Warsaw
The Jesuit Church (Kościół Jezuitów), also known as Church of the Gracious Mother of God (Kościół Matki Bożej Łaskawej), is an ornate church within the Old Town precinct in Warsaw, Poland.
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Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw
The Warsaw Jewish Cemetery is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe and in the world. Warsaw and Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw are Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Jewish Combat Organization
The Jewish Combat Organization (Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa, ŻOB; ייִדישע קאַמף אָרגאַניזאַציע Yidishe Kamf Organizatsie; often translated to English as the Jewish Fighting Organization) was a World War II resistance movement in occupied Poland, which was instrumental in organizing and launching the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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Jewish cuisine
Jewish cuisine refers to the worldwide cooking traditions of the Jewish people.
Jewish culture
Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, from its formation in ancient times until the current age.
Jewish Theatre, Warsaw
The Ester Rachel and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theater (Teatr Żydowski im.) is a state theatrical institution in Warsaw, Poland.
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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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John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa (Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660.
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John III Sobieski
John III Sobieski (Jan III Sobieski; Jonas III Sobieskis; Ioannes III Sobiscius 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
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Joseph Rotblat
Sir Joseph Rotblat (4 November 1908 – 31 August 2005) was a Polish and British physicist.
Jurydyka
Jurydyka (plural: jurydyki, improperly: jurydykas), is a legal entity in the Polish legal system from bygone centuries (originating from Latin: iurisdictio, jurisdiction), denoting a privately owned tract of land within a larger municipality, often right outside the royal city, or as an autonomous enclave within it.
Jusepe de Ribera
Jusepe de Ribera (1591 – 1652) was a Spanish painter and printmaker.
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Kabaty Woods
The Stefan Starzyński Kabaty Woods Nature Reserve (Rezerwat przyrody Las Kabacki im.) is a woodland park located in southern Warsaw, between two major arteries, Puławska and Łukasz Drewny Streets.
KADR (studio)
KADR (since 1989 Studio Filmowe Kadr) is a major Polish film production and distribution company, founded in 1955 and still producing films as of 2016.
Kamionek, Warsaw
Kamionek is a neighbourhood in Warsaw, located on the right bank of the Vistula river.
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Kampinos Forest
Kampinos Forest is a large forest complex located in Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw in Poland.
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Kanał
Kanał (Sewer) is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda.
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Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000 defenceless Polish military and police officers, border guards, and intelligentsia prisoners of war carried out by the Soviet Union, specifically the NKVD (the Soviet secret police), at Stalin's order in April and May 1940.
Kazimierz Górski National Stadium
The Kazimierz Górski National Stadium (Stadion Narodowy im.), known for sponsorship reasons as the PGE Narodowy since 2015 (with patron being added in 2021), is a retractable roof football stadium located in Warsaw, Poland.
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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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Kürtőskalács
Kürtőskalács (sometimes improperly rendered as Kurtosh Kolach; colac/cozonac secuiesc; Baumstriezel) is a spit cake specific to Hungarians from Transylvania (now Romania), more specifically the Székelys.
KFC
KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
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Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland (Królestwo Polskie; Latin: Regnum Poloniae) was a monarchy in Central Europe during the medieval period from 1025 until 1385.
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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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Kolonia Lubeckiego
Kolonia Lubeckiego (English: Lubecki Colony) is a historical housing estate in the Ochota district of Warsaw, Poland, bordered by the streets Fitrowa, Krzywickiego, Wawelska, Grójecka and Plac Narutowicza.
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Korczak (film)
Korczak is a 1990 black-and-white biographical war film directed by Andrzej Wajda and written by Agnieszka Holland, about Polish-Jewish humanitarian Janusz Korczak.
Kozminski University
Kozminski University (formerly known as Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management; in Polish, Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego) is a private, nonprofit business school in Warsaw, Poland; according to the Financial Times, it is considered to be "Poland’s highest rated private university".
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Kraków
(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Warsaw and Kraków are city counties of Poland, Holocaust locations in Poland and world Heritage Sites in Poland.
Krakowskie Przedmieście
Krakowskie Przedmieście is one of the best known streets of Poland's capital Warsaw, surrounded by historic palaces, churches and manor-houses.
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Krasiński Palace
The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich), also known as the Palace of the Commonwealth, is a reconstructed Baroque palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Krasiński Square (Plac Krasińskich).
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Krasiński Square
Krasiński Square (plac Krasińskich) is a square in the central district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Królikarnia
Królikarnia (in English, "The Rabbit House") is a historic classicist palace in Warsaw, Poland; and a neighborhood in the Mokotów district of Warsaw.
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Krzysztof Kieślowski (27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter.
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Kyiv
Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Warsaw and Kyiv are capitals in Europe.
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L. L. Zamenhof
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Ladislas of Gielniów
Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów (c. 1440 – 4 May 1505) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor.
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Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes.
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Large panel system building
The large panel system building is a building constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010.
Legia Warsaw
Legia Warszawa, commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland.
Legia Warsaw (basketball)
Legia Warszawa Sekcja Koszykówki (in English: Legia Warsaw Basketball Section) is a Polish men's basketball club, based in Warsaw.
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Legia Warsaw Museum
The Legia Warsaw Museum is a museum and stadium tour dedicated to Legia Warsaw club history in Warsaw in Poland.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
Leon Schiller
Leon Schiller or Leon Schiller de Schildenfeld (14 March 1887 – 25 March 1954) was a Polish theatre and film director, as well as critic and theatre theoretician.
Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg
Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg (born 24 March 1812 in Warsaw, Poland, died 5 April 1878 in Nice, France) was a Polish banker, investor, and financier, and a leader of the 1863 January uprising against the Russian Empire.
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Light rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.
List of cities and towns in Poland
This is a list of cities and towns in Poland, consisting of four sections: the full list of all 107 cities in Poland by size, followed by a description of the principal metropolitan areas of the country, the table of the most populated cities and towns in Poland, and finally, the full alphabetical list of all 107 Polish cities and 861 towns combined.
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List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
This is a list of the largest cities in the European Union according to the population within their city boundary.
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List of city mayors of Warsaw
The Mayor of Warsaw (officially in) is the head of the executive of the capital of Poland elected directly during local elections for a term of five years.
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List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP
A metropolitan area's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy.
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List of honorary citizens of Warsaw
Recipients of the honorary citizenship of Warsaw (Honorowi Obywatele miasta stołecznego Warszawy), in order of date of presentation.
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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 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 tallest buildings in Warsaw
Warsaw is the largest city in Poland and its economic and business centre.
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List of time periods
The categorisation of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization.
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Lists of World Heritage Sites
This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.
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Little Insurrectionist
The Little Insurrectionist (Polish: Mały Powstaniec) is a statue in commemoration of the child soldiers who fought and died during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
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Logo
A logo (abbreviation of logotype) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in. Warsaw and London are capitals in Europe.
London Docklands
London Docklands is the riverfront and former docks in London.
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Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.
Lower house
A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where second chamber is the upper house.
Lutheran Diocese of Warsaw
The Lutheran Diocese of Warsaw is one of the six dioceses of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (Poland's only Lutheran church), covering most of central and eastern Poland.
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Luxury goods
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a more significant proportion of overall spending.
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. Warsaw and Madrid are capitals in Europe.
Manila
Manila (Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.
Mannerism
Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it.
Margraviate of Brandenburg
The Margraviate of Brandenburg (Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe.
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Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, devoted to the life and work of Polish double Nobel laureate Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934), who discovered the chemical elements polonium and radium.
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Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im., until 2020 Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology, Centrum Onkologii–Instytut im.) is a specialized research institute and hospital of the Polish Ministry of Health.
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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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Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
Marki
Marki is a town in central Poland, in the Warsaw metropolitan area in the Masovian Voivodeship, just to the north-east of the Polish capital Warsaw. Warsaw and Marki are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship.
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Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw
Marszałkowska Street (Polish: ulica Marszałkowska), also known by its English name Marshall Street, is one of the main thoroughfares of Warsaw, Poland, located in the district of Downtown (Śródmieście).
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Martyr
A martyr (mártys, 'witness' stem, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party.
Masovian Railways
Masovian Railways, in Polish Koleje Mazowieckie, is a regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.
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Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province or Mazowieckie Voivodeship or Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovian Province, etc.
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Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people.
Mayor–council government
A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.
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Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia (Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland.
Mazovian Lowland
The Mazovian Lowland (Nizina Mazowiecka), also known as the Masovian Plain, is the largest geographical region in central Poland, roughly covering the historical region of Masovia.
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Młynów, Warsaw
Młynów is a neighbourhood of the western borough of Wola in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.
Meadow
A meadow is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants.
Medical University of Warsaw
The Medical University of Warsaw (Polish name: Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny) is one of the oldest and the largest medical schools in Poland.
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Member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.
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Member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
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Meringue
Meringue is a type of dessert or candy, of French origin, traditionally made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream of tartar.
Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny
Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny (The Polish Mercury Ordinary; original 17th-century Polish spelling: Merkuryusz Polski Ordynaryiny; full title: Merkuriusz Polski dzieje wszystkiego świata w sobie zamykający, dla informacji pospolitej: The Polish Mercury, Encompassing All the World's Affairs, for the Common Knowledge) was the first Polish newspaper (actually, a weekly), published from 1661, first in Kraków, then in Warsaw.
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Mermaid of Warsaw
The Mermaid of Warsaw (Syrenka Warszawska) is a symbol of Warsaw, represented on the city's coat of arms as well as in a number of statues and other imagery.
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Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.
Metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which are sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing.
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Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (12 October 1736 – 12 August 1794) was a Polish nobleman.
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Michał Kazimierz Ogiński
Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (–) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, politician, musician, composer and military officer.
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Michael Schudrich
Michael Joseph Schudrich (born June 15, 1955) is an American rabbi and the current Chief Rabbi of Poland.
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Michelin Guide
The Michelin Guides are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900.
Middle class
The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.
Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Military University of Technology
Military University of Technology (WAT, – WAT) is the civil-military technical academic institution in Poland, located at Bemowo, Warsaw.
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Milk bar
In Australia, a milk bar is a suburban local general store which can include delicatessens or "delis" and corner shops or corner stores.
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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Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland)
The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a ministry within Polish government led by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage responsible for national heritage preservation and Polish culture promotion.
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Ministry of Finance (Poland)
Poland's Ministry of Finance (Ministerstwo Finansów), headed by the Minister of Finance (Minister Finansów), is part of the government of Poland.
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Ministry of Health (Poland)
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Poland (Ministerstwo Zdrowia Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is one of the Ministries of the Republic of Poland.
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Ministry of Infrastructure (Poland)
The Ministry of Infrastructure (Ministerstwo Infrastruktury) is a ministry within government of Poland currently responsible for transport, inland navigation, water and maritime resources and exploatation.
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Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education (Poland)
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education (Ministerstwo Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego) was a Polish ministry that existed in the years 1918-1939.
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Mizeria
Mizeria is a salad which originated in Poland and consists of thinly sliced or grated cucumbers, often with sweet sour cream or kefir and vinegar, although in some cases oil.
Modern art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era.
Modernism
Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience.
Mokotów
Mokotów is a city quarter of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
Mokotów Field
Mokotów Field (Polish: Pole Mokotowskie) is a large park in Warsaw, Poland.
Monument to the Ghetto Heroes
The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes (Pomnik Bohaterów Getta) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War.
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Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw
The Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw, also known as the Warsaw Nike, is a statue located at the intersection of Nowy Przejazd (the New By-pass) and Aleja Solidarności (Solidarity Avenue) in Warsaw.
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Monument to the Polish Underground State and Home Army
The Monument to the Polish Underground State and Home Army is located on Wiejska Street at the intersection with Jana Matejki Street opposite the Sejm, the Polish parliament.
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Moraine
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. Warsaw and Moscow are capitals in Europe.
Moshe Prywes
Moshe Prywes (משה פריבס; January 3, 1914 - March 1998) was a Polish-Israeli physician and educator.
Moshe Wilensky
Moshe Wilensky (משה וילנסקי, also, "Vilensky"; 17 April 1910 – 2 January 1997) was a Polish-Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist.
Mosque
A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.
Mostowski Palace
Mostowski Palace (Pałac Mostowskich) is an 18th-century palace in Warsaw, Poland, located at ul.
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MTV (Polish TV channel)
MTV Polska is the Polish-language version of the general entertainment channel MTV.
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Multikino
Multikino is the second largest multiplex chain in Poland.
Municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.
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Muranów
Muranów is a neighbourhood in the districts of Śródmieście (Downtown) and Wola in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Warsaw and Muranów are Holocaust locations in Poland.
Museum of Caricature, Warsaw
Museum of Caricature (Muzeum Karykatury) (also known as the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland.
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Museum of Communism, Warsaw
The Museum of Communism was a planned museum focusing on the communist period of Polish history, located in the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.
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Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences
The Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences (Muzeum Ewolucji Instytutu Paleobiologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk) is the display area of the natural history museum in Warsaw, Poland.
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Museum of Independence
The Museum of Independence (Muzeum Niepodległości) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland.
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Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński
The Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński (Muzeum Jana Pawła II i Prymasa Wyszyńskiego) is a Roman Catholic cultural and educational institution affiliated with the Archdiocese of Warsaw, honoring two prominent Polish Catholic leaders: Saint John Paul II, the first Polish Pope, and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, the Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno and Primate of Poland.
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Museum of John Paul II Collection
The Museum of John Paul II Collection (Muzeum Kolekcji im.) in Warsaw, also known as the Porczyński Gallery or Carroll-Porczyński Collection, is a museum dedicated to its painting collection, which is housed in the building of the former stock exchange and Bank of Poland.
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Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie is a museum in Warsaw, Poland.
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Museum of Polish History
The Museum of Polish History or the Polish History Museum (Muzeum Historii Polski) is a museum and national cultural institute in Warsaw, Poland.
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Museum of Sport and Tourism
Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki w Warszawie (Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki, MSiT) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland.
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Museum of the Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences
The Museum of the Earth in Warsaw (pol. Muzeum Ziemi PAN w Warszawie), established in 1948 and continuing a tradition initiated by Earth Museum Society back in 1932, has been operating within the structure of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 1959.
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Museum of Warsaw
Museum of Warsaw (Muzeum Warszawy) (in 1948–2014 Historical Museum of Warsaw, Muzeum Historyczne m.st.) is a museum in the Old Town Market Place in Warsaw, Poland.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Narutowicz Square
Narutowicz Square (Polish: Plac Narutowicza) is a city square located in the Ochota district in Warsaw, Poland.
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Nathan Alterman
Nathan Alterman (נתן אלתרמן; August 14, 1910 – March 28, 1970) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator.
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National Defence University of Warsaw
The National Defence University of Warsaw (– AON) was the civil-military highest defence academic institution in Poland, located in Warszawa–Rembertów.
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National Development Bank (Poland)
The National Development Bank (Polish: Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, BGK) is a Polish national development bank with headquarters in Warsaw, is a state-owned bank in Poland, operating under a dedicated bill of law.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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National Library of Poland
The National Library (Biblioteka Narodowa) is the central Polish library, subject directly to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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National Philharmonic, Warsaw
The National Philharmonic in Warsaw (Polish: Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie) is a Polish cultural institution, located at 5 Jasna Street in Warsaw.
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National Theatre, Warsaw
The National Theatre (Teatr Narodowy) in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski.
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Natolin, Warsaw
Natolin is a residential neighborhood in Ursynów, the southernmost district of Warsaw.
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Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.
Necropolis
A necropolis (necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments.
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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Neon Museum, Warsaw
Neon Museum, also the Museum of Neon (Muzeum Neonów) is a museum located in Warsaw's Praga-Południe.
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New Town Market Place, Warsaw
New Town Market Place (Rynek Nowego Miasta) is the main square of the New Town of Warsaw, Poland.
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New Town, Warsaw
New Town, historically known as New Warsaw, is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Śródmieście.
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New World Street, Warsaw
Nowy Świat, known in English as New World Street, is one of the main historic thoroughfares of Warsaw, Poland.
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New Year
The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Warsaw is one of the Polish capital's notable landmarks.
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No. 651 Squadron AAC
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Nożyk Synagogue
The Nożyk Synagogue (Synagoga Nożyków) is the only surviving prewar Jewish house of prayer in Warsaw, Poland.
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Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect and designer.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Northern Communal Cemetery
Northern Communal Cemetery (Cmentarz Komunalny Północny) is one of the largest cemeteries in Poland and Europe, located in Młociny and Wólka Węglowa in the Bielany district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
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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Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet metro station
Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet is a station on the central part of Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro.
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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.
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Ochota
Ochota is a district of Warsaw, Poland, located in the central part of the city's urban agglomeration. Warsaw and Ochota are populated places established in the 13th century.
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is the principal institution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) dealing with the "human dimension" of security.
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Old Polish
The Old Polish language (język staropolski, staropolszczyzna) was a period in the history of the Polish language between the 10th and the 16th centuries.
Old Town Market Place, Warsaw
Warsaw's Old Town Market Place (Rynek Starego Miasta) is the center and oldest part of the Old Town of Warsaw, Poland.
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Old Town, Warsaw
Warsaw Old Town, also known as Old Town, and historically known as Old Warsaw,Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw and Old Town, Warsaw are populated places established in the 13th century and world Heritage Sites in Poland.
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Old-growth forest
An old-growth forest (also referred to as primary forest) is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance.
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Op art
Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions.
Operation Reinhard
Operation Reinhard or Operation Reinhardt (Aktion Reinhard or Aktion Reinhardt; also Einsatz Reinhard or Einsatz Reinhardt) was the codename of the secret German plan in World War II to exterminate Polish Jews in the General Government district of German-occupied Poland.
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Orange Warsaw Festival
Orange Warsaw Festival is a Polish annual music festival.
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization comprising member states in Europe, North America, and Asia.
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Ornament (art)
In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object.
Orthodox Cemetery, Warsaw
The Orthodox Cemetery in Warsaw (Cmentarz Prawosławny w Warszawie) is an historic Eastern Orthodox cemetery located in the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.
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Osip Mandelstam
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам,; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet.
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Oslo
Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. Warsaw and Oslo are capitals in Europe.
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Ostrogski Palace
Ostrogski Palace, or Ostrogski Castle (Pałac Ostrogskich, or Zamek Ostrogskich), is a fortified mansion in the city center of Warsaw, Poland, on Tamka Street.
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Otrębusy
Otrębusy is a village in Poland, in Masovian Voivodship, to the west of Warsaw in the Gmina Brwinów.
Overpass
An overpass, called an overbridge or flyover (for a road only) in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that is over another road or railway.
Oxbow lake
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water.
Paganism
Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.
Palace of Culture and Science
The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki; abbreviated PKiN) is a notable high-rise building in central Warsaw, Poland.
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Palace of the Four Winds
The Palace of the Four Winds (Pałac Pod Czterema Wiatrami), also known as the Tepper Palace, is a rococo palace in Warsaw located at ulica Długa (Long Street) 38/40.
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Palace of the Ministry of Revenues and Treasury
The Palace of the Ministry of Revenues and Treasury (Pałac Komisji Rządowej Przychodów i Skarbu) is located at 3/5 Bank Square in Warsaw.
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Palace on the Isle
The Palace on the Isle (Pałac Na Wyspie), also known as the Baths Palace (Pałac Łazienkowski), is a classicist palace in Warsaw's Royal Baths Park, the city's largest park, occupying over 76 hectares of the city center.
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Palais Garnier
The italic (Garnier Palace), also known as italic (Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102.
Palm house
Palm house is a term sometimes used for large and high heated display greenhouses that specialise in growing palms and other tropical and subtropical plants.
Panathinaikos F.C.
Panathinaikos Football Club (ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο.), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος; Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos), is a Greek professional football club based in Athens, Greece.
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Parade Square
The Parade Square (Plac Defilad) is a square in downtown Warsaw, laying between Świętokrzyska Street to the north, Aleje Jerozolimskie to the south, Marszałkowska Street to the east and the monumental Palace of Culture and Science to the west.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France. Warsaw and Paris are capitals in Europe.
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Paris Bordone
Paris Bordone (Paris Paschalinus Bordone; 5 July 1500 – 19 January 1571) was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance who, despite training with Titian, maintained a strand of Mannerist complexity and provincial vigor.
Paris of the East
The description Paris of the East has been applied to a large number of locations, including.
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Parisian café
Parisian cafés are a type of café found mainly in Paris, where they can serve as a meeting place, neighborhood hub, conversation matrix, rendez-vous spot, and a place to relax or to refuel for Parisian citizens.
Parliament of Poland
The parliament of Poland is the bicameral legislature of Poland.
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Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.
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Pawiak
Pawiak was a prison built in 1835 in Warsaw, Congress Poland. Warsaw and Pawiak are Holocaust locations in Poland.
Pączki
Pączki (pączek,; pùrcle; Old Polish and kreple) are filled doughnuts found in Polish cuisine.
Płock
Płock (pronounced) is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. Warsaw and Płock are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.
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Pendolino
Pendolino (from Italian pendolo "pendulum", and -ino, a diminutive suffix) is an Italian family of high-speed tilting trains (and non-tilting) used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia (Czech railways are operating) the UK, the US, Switzerland, China, and Greece.
Personal union
A personal union is a combination of two or more monarchical states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct.
Personal union of Poland and Saxony
The personal union of Poland and Saxony, or Saxony-Poland, was the personal union that existed from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 to 1763 between the Electorate of Saxony under the House of Wettin and the aristocratic republic/elective monarchy of Poland-Lithuania.
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Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Piaseczno
Piaseczno is a town in east-central Poland with 47,660 inhabitants. Warsaw and Piaseczno are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Piazza della Repubblica, Rome
Piazza della Repubblica is a circular piazza in Rome, at the summit of the Viminal Hill, next to the Termini station.
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Piłsudski Square
Piłsudski Square (plac marsz.), previously Victory Square (1946–1990) and Saxon Square (1814–1928), is the largest city square of Poland's capital, located in the Warsaw city centre.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.
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Planetarium
A planetarium (planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation.
Planned economy
A planned economy is a type of economic system where the distribution of goods and services or the investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economic plans that are either economy-wide or limited to a category of goods and services.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich) is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.
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Polish Academy of Sciences
The Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning.
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Polish Army Museum
Museum of the Polish Army (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) is a museum in Warsaw documenting the military history of Poland.
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Polish Army Stadium
The Polish Army Stadium (Stadion Wojska Polskiego), official named the Marshall Józef Piłsudski Legia Warsaw Stadium (Stadion Legii Warszawa im.), is an all-seater, highest fourth category football-specific stadium located at 3 Łazienkowska Street in the Śródmieście district, Powiśle area, within the square of the streets: Łazienkowska, Czerniakowska, Kusocińskiego and Myśliwieck.
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Polish Basketball League
Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland.
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Polish cuisine
Polish cuisine (kuchnia polska) is a style of food preparation originating in and widely popular in Poland.
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 government-in-exile
The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Poland of September 1939, and the subsequent occupation of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic, which brought to an end the Second Polish Republic.
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Polish language
Polish (język polski,, polszczyzna or simply polski) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group within the Indo-European language family written in the Latin script.
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Polish National Government (January Uprising)
The Polish National Government of 1863–64 was an underground Polish supreme authority during the January Uprising, a large scale insurrection during the Russian partition of the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Polish people
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.
Polish People's Republic
The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland.
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Polish Reformed Church
The Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the Republic of Poland (Polish: Kościół Ewangelicko-Reformowany w RP) is a historic Calvinistic Protestant church in Poland established in the 16th century, still in existence today.
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Polish Scientific Publishers PWN
Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (Polish Scientific Publishers PWN; until 1991 Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe - National Scientific Publishers PWN, PWN) is a Polish book publisher, founded in 1951, when it split from the Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne.
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Polish State Railways
The Polish State Railways (Polish: Polskie Koleje Państwowe, abbr.: PKP S.A.) is a Polish state-owned holding company (legally a sole-shareholder company of the State Treasury) comprising the rail transport holdings of the country's formerly dominant namesake railway operator.
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Polish United Workers' Party
The Polish United Workers' Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza), commonly abbreviated to PZPR, was the communist party which ruled the Polish People's Republic as a one-party state from 1948 to 1989.
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Polish złoty
The Polish złoty (alternative spelling: zloty; Polish: polski złoty,;The nominative plural, used for numbers ending in 2, 3 and 4 (except those in 12, 13 and 14), is złote; the genitive plural, used for all other numbers, is złotych abbreviation: zł; code: PLN)Prior to 1995, code PLZ was used instead.
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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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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Polonia Warsaw
Polonia Warsaw (Polonia Warszawa), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing sports club in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, best known for its football and basketball teams.
Polsat
Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak.
Polski Fiat 125p
Polski Fiat 125p is a motor vehicle manufactured between 1967 and 1991 in Poland under a Fiat license by the state-owned manufacturer Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych (FSO).
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Polskie Radio
The Polish Radio (PR; Polish: Polskie Radio, PR) is a national public-service radio broadcasting organization of Poland, founded in 1925.
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
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Poster
A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration.
Poster Museum, Wilanów
The Poster Museum at Wilanów (Muzeum Plakatu w Wilanowie) is the world's oldest poster museum.
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Potocki Palace, Warsaw
The Potocki Palace (Pałac Potockich) is a large baroque palace in Warsaw, located at Krakowskie Przedmieście 15, directly opposite the Presidential Palace.
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Powązki Cemetery
Powązki Cemetery (Cmentarz Powązkowski), also known as Stare Powązki (Old Powązki), is a historic necropolis located in Wola district, in the western part of Warsaw, Poland.
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Powązki Military Cemetery
Powązki Military Cemetery (Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach) is an old military cemetery located in the Żoliborz district, western part of Warsaw, 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.
Powiśle, Warsaw
Powiśle (literally along-the-Vistula) is a neighbourhood in Warsaw's borough of Śródmieście (Downtown).
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Poznań
Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. Warsaw and Poznań are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Praga
Praga is a district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Praga Koneser Center
Praga Koneser Center is a complex of residential, office, cultural and entertainment facilities located on the premises of the former Warsaw Vodka Factory "Koneser".
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Praga Park
Soldiers of the Polish First Army Park otherwise known as Praga Park (park Praski) is a park in Warsaw, Poland.
Praga-North
Praga-North (Polish: Praga-Północ), also known as North Praga, Praga North, is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland, located in the central part of the city.
Praga-Południe
Praga-Południe, also known by its anglicized names Praga-South, Praga South, and South Praga, is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland located on the east bank of the Vistula River.
President of Poland
The president of Poland (Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of the Republic of Poland.
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Presidential Palace, Warsaw
The Presidential Palace (Pałac Prezydencki) is the official residence of the Polish head of state and president alongside the Belweder Palace, located in Warsaw, Poland.
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Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski Monument, Warsaw
The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument in Warsaw (Pomnik księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego w Warszawie) is a monument currently located at 46/48 Krakowskie Przedmieście in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace.
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Procession
A procession is an organized body of people walking in a formal or ceremonial manner.
Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
Pruszków
Pruszków (פּרושקאָוו Prushkov) is a city in east-central Poland, capital of Pruszków County in the Masovian Voivodeship. Warsaw and Pruszków are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship and Holocaust locations in Poland.
The Public Transport Authority (Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie, ZTM) is a local government body organising public transport in Warsaw and surrounding metropolitan area.
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Pyzy (dish)
Pyzy (singular: pyza) are a type of dumpling (kluski).
Queen's Royal Hussars
The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (QRH) is a British armoured regiment.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Rafał Trzaskowski
Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski (born 17 January 1972) is a Polish politician and the current city mayor of Warsaw.
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Rainer Mahlamäki
Rainer Mahlamäki (born 12 June 1956) is a Finnish architect, president of the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA) from 2007 to 2011, Professor of Contemporary Architecture at the University of Oulu, and joint partner with Ilmari Lahdelma of the Helsinki-based architecture firm Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, one of the most prolific such firms in Finland.
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
Rate of natural increase
In Demography, the rate of natural increase (RNI), also known as natural population change, is defined as the birth rate minus the death rate of a particular population, over a particular time period.
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Reaktion Books
Reaktion Books is an independent book publisher based in Islington, London, England.
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.
Red squirrel
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia.
Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
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Regional rail
Regional rail is a term used for passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities.
Relic
In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past.
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Rembertów
Rembertów is a district of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
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Retail
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers.
Riga
Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States. Warsaw and Riga are capitals in Europe.
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Ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski (born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw
The Archdiocese of Warsaw (Archidioecesis Varsaviensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland encompassing the Polish capital.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Warsaw-Praga
The Diocese of Warszawa-Praga (Dioecesis Varsaviensis-Pragensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the east part of Warsaw (Praga) in the ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.
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Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (born 18 August 1933) is a French and Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and convicted sex offender.
Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy. Warsaw and Rome are capitals in Europe.
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Rondo 1
Rondo 1 is an office skyscraper with a total height of 192 m located in Warsaw, Poland at Rondo ONZ.
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg (Róża Luksemburg,;; born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-War activist during the First World War.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
The Royal Castle in Warsaw (Zamek Królewski w Warszawie) is a state museum and a national historical monument, which formerly served as the official royal residence of several Polish monarchs.
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Royal Route, Warsaw
The Royal Route (Trakt Królewski) in Warsaw, Poland, is a former communication route that led southward from the city's Old Town.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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 Empire census
The Russian Empire census, formally the First general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897, was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire.
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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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Russians
Russians (russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe.
Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)
Rzeczpospolita is a Polish nationwide daily economic and legal newspaper, published by Gremi Media.
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (Franco-Provencal: Sant-Etiève) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed but most likely July 1879) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produced Hollywood’s first major-motion picture.
Saviour Square
The Saviour Square (Polish: Plac Zbawiciela) is an urban square and a roundabout in Warsaw, Poland, within the Downtown district.
Saxon Axis
The Saxon Axis (Oś Saska) is a feature of the historical city centre of Warsaw.
Saxon Garden
The Saxon Garden (Ogród Saski) is a 15.5–hectare public garden in central (Śródmieście) Warsaw, Poland, facing Piłsudski Square.
Saxon Palace
The Saxon Palace (pałac Saski w Warszawie) was one of the most distinctive buildings in Warsaw, Poland before World War II.
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Służew New Cemetery
The Służew New Cemetery (Nowy cmentarz na Służewie) is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Warsaw's Mokotów district, Poland.
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Służew Old Cemetery
The Służew Old Cemetery (Stary cmentarz na Służewie) is a Roman Catholic cemetery in the area of Stary Służew in the Ursynów district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Schnitzel
Schnitzel is a thin slice of meat.
Sea monster
Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and are often imagined to be of immense size.
Seat of government
The seat of government is (as defined by Brewer's Politics) "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority".
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.
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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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Sejm and Senate Complex
Sejm and Senate Complex (Kompleks budynków Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) are a complex of buildings located in central Warsaw, which house the bicameral Polish parliament – the Sejm and Senate of Poland.
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Sejm Constituency no. 19
Warsaw I (Warszawa I), officially known as Constituency no.
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Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature.
Senate of Poland
The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm.
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Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.
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SGH Warsaw School of Economics
SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, SGH Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie.) is the oldest and most prestigious business school in Poland. SGH Warsaw School of Economics was founded in 1906 as a private school named August Zieliński Private Trade Courses for Men.
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A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores.
Shrines to the Virgin Mary
A shrine to the Virgin Mary, or Marian shrine, is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or a site on which is centered a historically strong Marian devotion.
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Siege of Warsaw (1939)
The Siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Armia Warszawska) garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army.
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Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I the Old (Zygmunt I Stary, Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548.
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Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa (Zygmunt III Waza, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599.
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Sigismund's Column
Sigismund's Column (Kolumna Zygmunta), originally erected in 1644, is located at Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland and is one of Warsaw's most famous landmarks as well as the first secular monument in the form of a column in modern history.
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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.
Skaryszew Park
Skaryszew Park (pronounced) is an urban, monumental park located in the Praga-Południe (South Praga) district of Warsaw, Poland.
Skyliner (Warsaw)
Skyliner, sometimes also referred to as Skyliner I, is a skyscraper in the Czyste neighbourhood of Warsaw, Poland, opened in 2021.
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Sochaczew
Sochaczew is a town in central Poland, with 33,456 inhabitants (as of 2023). Warsaw and Sochaczew are cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship.
Socialist realism was the official cultural doctrine of the Soviet Union that mandated an idealized representation of life under socialism in literature and the visual arts.
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Sokrates Starynkiewicz
Sokrates Starynkiewicz (Сократ Иванович Старынкевич; 1820 – 1902) was a Russian general and the 19th president of Warsaw, between 1875 and 1892.
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Solec, Warsaw
Solec is a neighbourhood along the Vistula river in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
Solidarity (Polish trade union)
Solidarity („Solidarność”), full name Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity" (Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy „Solidarność”, abbreviated NSZZ „Solidarność”), is a Polish trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland.
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SOM (architectural firm)
SOM, previously Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is a Chicago-based architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
South Prussia
South Prussia (Provinz Südpreußen; Prusy Południowe) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807 created out of territory annexed in the Second Partition of Poland.
Spit cake
A spit cake is a European-styled cake made with layers of dough or batter deposited, one at a time, onto a tapered cylindrical rotating spit.
St. Alexander's Church, Warsaw
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St. Anne's Church, Warsaw
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St. Casimir Church (Warsaw)
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St. Florian's Cathedral
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St. Hyacinth's Church, Warsaw
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St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw
St John's Archcathedral (Archikatedra św.) is a Catholic church within the Old Town precinct in Warsaw, Poland.
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Stanisław August Poniatowski
Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko (May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher.
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Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Staszic Palace
Staszic Palace (Pałac Staszica) is an edifice at ulica Nowy Świat 72, Warsaw, Poland.
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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Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.
Stefan Starzyński
Stefan Bronisław Starzyński (19 August 1893 – between 21 and 23 December 1939) was a Polish statesman, economist, military officer and Mayor of Warsaw before and during the Siege of 1939.
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Stefan Starzyński Monument
The Stefan Starzyński monument (Pomnik Stefana Starzyńskiego) in Bank Square in Warsaw is one of two Warsaw monuments dedicated to the memory of the former President of Warsaw, Stefan Starzyński.
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Stock exchange
A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments.
Street names of Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital of Poland.
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Stuttgart
Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city.
Subway (restaurant)
Subway IP LLC, doing business as Subway, is an American multinational fast food restaurant franchise that specializes in submarine sandwiches (subs) and wraps.
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Supreme Administrative Court of Poland
The Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Poland (Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny, NSA) is the court of last resort in administrative cases e.g. those betweens private citizens (or corporations) and administrative bodies.
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Supreme Audit Office (Poland)
The Supreme Audit Office (abbreviated NIK) is the supreme audit institution and also one of the oldest state institutions in Poland, created under the Second Republic on February 7, 1919, barely 3 months after the restoration of Poland's independence.
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Supreme Court of Poland
The Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) is the highest court in the Republic of Poland.
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SWPS University
SWPS University (Uniwersytet SWPS) is a private non-profit university in Poland established in 1996 by three psychology professors, Andrzej Eliasz, Zbigniew Pietrasiński and Janusz Reykowski.
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Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.
Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)
Szybka Kolej Miejska (SKM; which translates as 'Rapid Urban Rail') is a mixed rapid transit and commuter rail system in the Warsaw metropolitan area, operated by the city owned company Szybka Kolej Miejska Sp.
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Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Warsaw
The Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument in Warsaw (Pomnik Tadeusza Kościuszki w Warszawie) is a statue dedicated to commemorate the national hero of Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States, general Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746–1817), and situated on the Iron-Gate Square in front of the Lubomirski Palace.
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Taipei
Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.
Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara Łempicka (born 16 June 1894 – 18 March 1980), better known as Tamara de Lempicka, was a Polish painter who spent her working life in France and the United States.
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Targówek
Targówek is a district in Warsaw, Poland located in the northern part of the city.
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP), also known in English as Polish Television, is a public service broadcaster in Poland, founded in 1952.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Temperate coniferous forest
Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Tenement
A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access.
The Bridge (Warsaw)
The Bridge is a 40-storey skyscraper under construction in the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland.
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The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. Warsaw and the Hague are populated places established in the 13th century.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is an American Sunday magazine included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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The Pianist (2002 film)
The Pianist is a 2002 biographical film produced and directed by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody.
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The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012.
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Theatre Square (Warsaw)
Theatre Square (plac Teatralny) is a major square in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Thomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — and MyTravel Group until 23 September 2019, when it went into compulsory liquidation.
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Three Crosses Square
Three Crosses Square (Plac Trzech Krzyży,, also "Square of Three Crosses", "Three Cross Square", and "Triple Cross Square") is an important square in the central district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Three Seas Initiative
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI or TSI), known also as the Baltic, Adriatic, Black Sea (BABS) Initiative or simply as the Three Seas (Latin: Trimarium, Trójmorze), is a forum of thirteen states, in the European Union, running along a north–south axis from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic and Black Seas in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Tomato soup
Tomato soup is a soup with tomatoes as the primary ingredient.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, dedicated to the unknown soldiers who have given their lives for Poland.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Tourism in Poland
Poland is a part of the global tourism market with constantly increasing number of visitors.
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Tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
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Townhouse
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing.
Trams in Warsaw
The Warsaw tram network is a The figure given in the source is of single track, it is assumed that the length of all routes (nearly all of them being double track) is about half that figure.
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Transylvania
Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal; Erdély; Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald, also Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania.
Trdelník
Trdelník (or rarely trdlo or trozkol) is a kind of spit cake and variant of Kürtőskalács.
Treaty of Warsaw
Treaty of Warsaw may refer to.
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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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Tripe soup
Tripe soup or tripe stew is a soup or stew made with tripe (cow or lamb/mutton stomach).
Triton (mythology)
Triton (Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
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Tuscan order
The Tuscan order (Latin Ordo Tuscanicus or Ordo Tuscanus, with the meaning of Etruscan order) is one of the two classical orders developed by the Romans, the other being the composite order.
TV Puls
TV Puls is a Polish commercial television channel, which was based on Telewizja Niepokalanów with the support of companies such as PKN Orlen, KGHM Polska Miedź, PZU Życie, Prokom and which started broadcasting in March 2001.
TV4 (Polish TV channel)
TV4 is a Polish free-to-air television channel originally owned by Polskie Media.
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TVN (Polish TV channel)
TVN (Polish pronunciation) (stylized in all lowercase) is a Polish free-to-air television station, network and a media and entertainment group in Poland.
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Tylman van Gameren
Tylman van Gameren, also Tilman or Tielman and Tylman Gamerski, (Utrecht, 3 July 1632 – c. 1706, Warsaw) was a Dutch-born Polish architect and engineer who, at the age of 28, settled in Poland and worked for Queen Marie Casimire, wife of Poland's King John III Sobieski.
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UEFA Euro 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA.
Ujazdów Avenue, Warsaw
Ujazdów Avenue (Aleje Ujazdowskie) is a major thoroughfare parallel to the Vistula River in the downtown district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Ujazdów Castle
Ujazdów Castle (Zamek Ujazdowski) is a castle in the historic Ujazdów district, between Ujazdów Park (Park Ujazdowski) and the Royal Baths Park (Łazienki Królewskie), in Warsaw, Poland.
Ujazdów Park
Ujazdów Park (Park Ujazdowski) is one of the most picturesque parks of Warsaw, Poland.
Ukrainians
Ukrainians (ukraintsi) are a civic nation and an ethnic group native to Ukraine.
Ukrainians in Poland
Ukrainians in Poland (Ukraintsi Polshchi; Ukraińcy w Polsce) have various legal statuses: ethnic minority, temporary and permanent residents, and refugees.
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Umschlagplatz
Umschlagplatz (collection point or reloading point) was the term used during The Holocaust to denote the holding areas adjacent to railway stations in occupied Poland where Jews from ghettos were assembled for deportation to Nazi death camps.
Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
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.
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public research university in Warsaw, Poland.
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University of Warsaw Library
The University of Warsaw Library (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie, BUW) is a library of the University of Warsaw, Poland.
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Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.
Urban heat island
Urban areas usually experience the urban heat island (UHI) effect, that is, they are significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas.
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Ursus SA
Ursus SA (often stylized URSUS SA) is a Polish agricultural machinery manufacturer, headquartered in Lublin, Poland.
Ursus, Warsaw
Ursus is a district (dzielnica) of Warsaw, one of the 18 such units into which the city is divided.
Ursynów
Ursynów is the southernmost district of Warsaw.
Varso
Varso or Varso Place is a neomodern office complex in Warsaw, Poland.
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Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals.
Veturilo
Veturilo is a public bicycle sharing system in Warsaw, Poland, launched on 1 August 2012 with 55 stations and 1000 bicycles in 3 districts - Śródmieście (city centre), Bielany and Ursynów, 2 other stations started operating in the middle of August in Wilanów.
Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. Warsaw and Vienna are capitals in Europe.
Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people (người Việt) or the Kinh people (người Kinh|lit.
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Vilnius
Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states. Warsaw and Vilnius are capitals in Europe.
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
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Visegrád Group
The Visegrád Group (also known as the Visegrád Four or the V4) is a cultural and political alliance of four Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.
Visitationist Church
Church of St.
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Vistula
The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.
Vistula–Oder offensive
The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945.
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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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War Studies Academy
The War Studies University (Akademia Sztuki Wojennej; ASzWoj) is the highest military academic institution in Poland.
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Wars and Sawa
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Warsaw (European Parliament constituency)
Warsaw is a constituency of the European Parliament.
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Warsaw Autumn
Warsaw Autumn (Warszawska Jesień) is the largest international Polish festival of contemporary music.
Warsaw Barbican
The Warsaw Barbican (barbakan warszawski) is a barbican (semicircular fortified outpost) in Warsaw, Poland, and one of few remaining relics of the complex network of historic fortifications that once encircled Warsaw.
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Warsaw Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport (Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie) is an international airport in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station
Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station (Warszawa Lotnisko Chopina) is the railway station of the Warsaw Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw Citadel
Warsaw Citadel (Polish: Cytadela Warszawska) is a 19th-century fortress in Warsaw, Poland.
Warsaw City Council
Warsaw City Council, officially the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw (Rada Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy) is a unicameral governing body of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
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Warsaw Commuter Railway
Warsaw Commuter Railway (Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa, WKD) is a light rail commuter line in Poland's capital city of Warsaw.
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Warsaw concentration camp
The Warsaw concentration camp (see other names) was a German concentration camp in occupied Poland during World War II.
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Warsaw Confederation
The Warsaw Confederation, signed on 28 January 1573 by the Polish national assembly (sejm konwokacyjny) in Warsaw, was one of the first European acts granting religious freedoms.
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Warsaw dialect
The Warsaw subdialect (gwara warszawska), or Warsaw dialect (dialekt warszawski), is a regional subdialect of the Masovian dialect of the Polish language, centered on the city of Warsaw.
Warsaw Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival (Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy; WFF), also known as Warsaw International Film Festival, is an annual international film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw Fire Guard
Warsaw Fire Guard (Warszawska Straż Ogniowa) was a fire fighting unit in the city of Warsaw.
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Warsaw Fotoplastikon
The Warsaw Fotoplastikon is a stereoscopic theatre based on the Kaiserpanorama system of rotating stereoscopic images located in Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw Gasworks Museum
Warsaw Gasworks Museum (pol. Muzeum Gazownictwa w Warszawie) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, located in the complex of the former Wola Gas Factory built in 1886–1888.
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Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto (Warschauer Ghetto, officially Jüdischer Wohnbezirk in Warschau, "Jewish Residential District in Warsaw"; getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the gas chambers of the Majdanek and Treblinka extermination camps.
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Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery
The Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery (Cmentarz Powstańców Warszawy) is located at 174/176 Wolska Street in the Wola district of Warsaw.
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Warsaw Lyceum
The Warsaw Lyceum (Liceum Warszawskie; Königlich-Preußisches Lyzäum zu Warschau) was a secondary school that existed in Warsaw, under the Kingdom of Prussia and under the Kingdom of Poland, from 1804 to its closing in 1831 by Imperial Russia following the Polish November 1830 Uprising.
Warsaw Marathon
The Warsaw Marathon (Polish: Maraton Warszawski pronounced:, also referred to as the PZU Warsaw Marathon) is an annual marathon event which takes place on the streets of Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw Metro
The Warsaw Metro (Metro Warszawskie) is a rapid transit underground system serving the Polish capital Warsaw.
Warsaw metropolitan area
The Warsaw metropolitan area (known in Polish as: aglomeracja warszawska or Miejski Obszar Funkcjonalny Warszawy) is the metropolitan area of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
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Warsaw Modlin Airport
Warsaw Modlin Airport is an international airport located in the town of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, approximately 40 km (25 miles) north of central Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw National Museum
The Warsaw National Museum (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, MNW), also known as the National Museum in Warsaw, is a national museum in Warsaw, one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest in the capital.
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Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
The Warsaw Philharmonic, as it is formally known in English, or Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie ("National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw"), as it is legally set up, is a Polish orchestra founded in 1901, one of the nation's oldest musical institutions.
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Warsaw Rising Museum
The Warsaw Rising Museum (Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego), in the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland, is dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
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Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning
The Warsaw Society of Friends of Science (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, TPN) was one of the earliest Polish scientific societies, active in Warsaw from 1800 to 1832.
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Warsaw Spire
The Warsaw Spire is a complex of neomodern office buildings in Warsaw, Poland, constructed by the Belgian real estate developer Ghelamco.
Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) (Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie (GPW)) is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland.
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Warsaw University of Life Sciences
The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (lit, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw.
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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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Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising (powstanie warszawskie; Warschauer Aufstand), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (powstanie sierpniowe), was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.
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Warsaw Uprising Monument
Warsaw Uprising Monument (pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
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Warsaw Vodka Factory "Koneser"
Warsaw Vodka Factory "Koneser" (Polish: Warszawska Wytwórnia Wódek "Koneser") is a factory complex of neo-Gothic buildings from the late nineteenth century located in Praga, the historical borough of Warsaw.
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Warsaw Voivodeship (1975–1998)
The Warsaw Voivodeship, between 1975 and 1990 known as the Warsaw Capital Voivodeship, was a voivodeship (province) of the Polish People's Republic from 1975 to 1989, and the Third Republic of Poland from 1989 to 1998.
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Warsaw Zoo
The Warsaw Zoological Garden, known simply as the Warsaw Zoo (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie), is a scientific zoo located alongside the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland.
Warsaw–Vienna railway
The Warsaw-Vienna Railway (Kolej Warszawsko-Wiedeńska, Warschau-Wiener Eisenbahn) was a railway system which operated since 1845 in Congress Poland, then part of the Russian Empire.
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Warszawa Centralna railway station
Warszawa Centralna (official Polish name since 2019 Dworzec Centralny im. Stanisława Moniuszki), in English known as Warsaw Central Station, is the primary railway station in Warsaw, Poland.
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Warszawa Główna railway station
Warsaw Main Railway Station (Warszawa Główna) was the name of two different railway stations in Warsaw, Poland, both now defunct.
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Warszawa Wschodnia railway station
Warszawa Wschodnia, in English Warsaw East, is one of the most important railway stations in Warsaw, Poland.
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Wawer
Wawer is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-eastern part of the city.
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Władysław Sikorski
Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (20 May 18814 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. Warsaw and Władysław Sikorski are Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari.
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Władysław Szpilman
Władysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor.
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Włochy
Włochy is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-western part of city.
Wesoła
Wesoła is one of the districts of Warsaw, and has been as such since October 27, 2002.
Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
Westfield Arkadia
Westfield Arkadia in Warsaw, Poland is the largest shopping complex in Central Europe (as of 2007).
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Westfield Mokotów
Westfield Mokotów, previously known as Galeria Mokotów, is a shopping centre in Warsaw, Poland, in the district of Mokotów.
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Wianki
Wianki (Wreaths, in English) is a cyclical cultural event, taking place annually in Kraków at the bend of Wisła river, near the Wawel hill.
Wilanów
Wilanów is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland.
Wilanów Palace
Wilanów Palace (Pałac w Wilanowie) is a former royal palace located in the Wilanów district of Warsaw, Poland.
William Heerlein Lindley
Sir William Heerlein Lindley (30 January 1853, in Hamburg – 30 December 1917, in London) was a British civil engineer.
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William Lindley
William Lindley (7 September 1808 in London – 22 May 1900 in Blackheath, London), was an English engineer who together with his sons designed water and sewerage systems for over 30 cities across Europe.
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter.
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Wilson Square
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Square, also simply known as Wilson Square, is an urban square and a roundabout in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Żoliborz.
Wincenty Okołowicz
Wincenty Okołowicz (26 June 1906 – 3 September 1979) was a Polish geographer and an expert in geomorphology and climatology.
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Witold Lutosławski
Witold Roman Lutosławski (25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor.
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Wojciech Bogusławski
Wojciech Romuald Bogusławski (9 April 1757 – 23 July 1829) was a Polish actor, theater director and playwright of the Polish Enlightenment.
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Wojciech Fangor
Wojciech Bonawentura Fangor (pronounced) (15 November 1922 – 25 October 2015), also known as Voy Fangor, was a Polish painter, graphic artist, and sculptor.
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Wola
Wola is a district in western Warsaw, Poland.
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Wolfgang Schuster
Wolfgang Schuster (born 5 September 1949 in Ulm) is the former Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany, from January 1997 until January 2013.
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World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee is a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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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.
Wreath
A wreath is an assortment of flowers, leaves, fruits, twigs, or various materials that is constructed to form a ring shape.
Wrocław
Wrocław (Breslau; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. Warsaw and Wrocław are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Wuzetka
Wuzetka (pronounced) is a chocolate sponge and cream pie which originated in Warsaw, Poland.
Yerevan
Yerevan (Երևան; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
Załuski Library
The Załuski Library (Biblioteka Załuskich, Bibliotheca Zalusciana) established in Warsaw in 1747 by Józef Andrzej Załuski and his brother, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, both Roman Catholic bishops, was a public library nationalized and renamed upon its founders' death into the Załuski Library of the Republic (Biblioteka Rzeczypospolitej Załuskich) which existed until the final demise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.
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Zachęta National Gallery of Art
The Zachęta National Gallery of Art (Polish: Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki) is a contemporary art museum in the center of Warsaw, Poland.
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Złota 44
Złota 44 is a residential skyscraper (192 meters high, 52 stories) in central Warsaw, Poland.
Złote Tarasy
The Złote Tarasy, also known by its anglicized name Golden Terraces, is a commercial, office, and entertainment complex in the city centre of Warsaw, Poland.
Zoo
A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
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10th-Anniversary Stadium
The 10th-Anniversary Stadium (Stadion Dziesięciolecia), opened in 1955, was for decades the largest stadium in Warsaw, and one of the largest in Poland.
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1989 Polish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 4 June 1989 to elect members of the Sejm and the recreated Senate, with a second round on 18 June.
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1995–96 UEFA Champions League
The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League.
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2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP19 or CMP9 was held in Warsaw, Poland from 11 to 23 November 2013.
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2016 Warsaw summit
The 2016 Warsaw Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was the 26th formal summit of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, on 8 and 9 July 2016.
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2018 Polish local elections
The 2018 Polish local elections were held on October 21 for all 16 regional assemblies (sejmik wojewódzki), 380 county (powiat) councils, and 2477 municipal (gmina) councils.
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2021 Polish census
The results of the Polish census of 2021 (officially, the National Population and Housing Census 2021, Narodowy Spis Powszechny 2021) were published in 2023.
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See also
World Heritage Sites in Poland
- All Saints Church, Blizne
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
- Assumption of Holy Mary Church, Haczów
- Auschwitz concentration camp
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- Białowieża Forest
- Binarowa
- Blizne
- Bochnia Salt Mine
- Centennial Hall (Wrocław)
- Churches of Peace
- Haczów
- Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park
- Kraków
- Kraków Old Town
- Krzemionki
- Lipnica Murowana
- List of World Heritage Sites in Poland
- Malbork Castle
- Medieval Town of Toruń
- Mother of God Church, Chotyniec
- Muskau Park
- Old City (Zamość)
- Old Town, Warsaw
- Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary
- Saints Philip and James Church, Sękowa
- St. James Church, Powroźnik
- St. Leonard's Church, Lipnica Murowana
- St. Michael Archangel's Church, Binarowa
- St. Michael Archangel's Church, Brunary
- St. Michael Archangel's Church, Dębno
- St. Michael Archangel's Church, Smolnik
- St. Michael Archangel's Church, Turzańsk
- St. Paraskevi Church, Kwiatoń
- St. Paraskevi Church, Radruż
- Sękowa
- Warsaw
- Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
- Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland
- Wooden tserkvas of Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw
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