• Gmina Zabierzów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of...
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    smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Kolno, but it is not part of this district, as the town has gmina status in its own right. Kolno has...
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    predominant group in the town, also due to their expulsion from Russia (see Pale of Settlement). Góra Kalwaria then became one of the major centers of Hasidic...
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    – a small town, with an area of 1,728 acres (6.99 km2) – located in the gmina Silno, powiat Łuck of the Wołyń Voivodeship, in the Second Polish Republic...
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    the consolidated commune of Les Andelys, dimidiated (French: Mi-parti) per pale, three droops of grapes and three castle keeps. Dimidiations are rare in...
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    Żelski, Żernicki, Żołtowski, Żółtowski, Żółwiński, Żórawski, Żuk, Żukowski, Żyrnicki Cities Nekla, Pińczów Gminas Gmina Boniewo, Gmina Kikół, Gmina Kotlin...
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    German the arms are known as a "Bartausreisser" Arms: Gules, an arrow in pale point to chief, the base double sarcelled and counter embowed, Argent. Out...
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    мина в чешки ръце" (in Bulgarian). Регал. Retrieved 22 September 2010. Gmina Łącko (10 November 2005), "Sliwowica lacka", lacko.pl, retrieved 31 July...
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    goshawks further north being paler and those in warmer areas being darker but individuals can be either dark in the north or pale in the south. Individuals...
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    withdrawal of Russian forces from Poland in 1915 History of Poland (1795–1918) Pale of Settlement Polish: Królestwo Kongresowe [kruˈlʲɛstfɔ kɔnɡrɛˈsɔvɛ]; Russian:...
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  • numbered III/109, there lies a binational quadripoint at which the rural gmina or municipality of Jeleśnia in Żywiec County of the Silesian Voivodeship...
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    city. After Płock fell to Russia in the 19th century, it was part of the Pale of Settlement, where Russians allowed the settlement of Jews. As in other...
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    settled in Knyszyn, as a result of the discriminatory Russian regulations (Pale of Settlement), while the Polish population was subject to repressions and...
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    Kałuszyn [kaˈwuʂɨn] is a town in Poland, seat of the Gmina Kałuszyn (commune) in Mińsk County in Masovian Voivodeship. In the Middle Ages, a filial church...
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    example "Żydowski Instytut Historyczny" - Jewish Historical Institute or "Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska" - Jewish Religious Community). However there exist...
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    expulsion of Jews from Russia to Russian-controlled Congress Poland (see Pale of Settlement). The great fire in 1875 destroyed most of the city. It was...
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    late 18th century. As a result of the discriminatory Russian regulations (Pale of Settlement), at times Jews formed a majority of the town population. In...
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    "Shtetl Finder: Jewish Communities in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the Pale of Settlement of Russia and Poland", Chester G. Cohen, Heritage Books, 1989...
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    travelling on foot in appalling conditions. Their sufferings, though severe, pale by comparison to those of the Jews of Będzin (see below). In 1943–1944, the...
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    Łask saw an influx of Jewish people fleeing persecution in Russia (see Pale of Settlement). In 1903 the town was connected to the railway line and industrial...
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    white one, centrally located and featuring the city's arms and two narrower pale blue stripes flanking the central stripe on both sides. Main road connections...
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    of mankind; compared to it, the most infamous atrocities known to history pale into insignificance. Unable to act against this situation, we, in the name...
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  • several translations. Scheliha was born in Zessel, Oels, Silesia (now Cieśle, Gmina Oleśnica, Poland), as the daughter of Prussian aristocrat and officer Rudolph...
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    with: Auzeville-Tolosane, France (1997) Ciceu, Romania (2005) Gmina Dębica, Poland (2004) Palić (Subotica), Serbia (2013) Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January...
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    discriminatory policies and the expulsion of Jews from Russian lands (see Pale of Settlement), however, many soon emigrated to the Americas. In the early...
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    and expulsion of Jews from Russia to the Russian Partition of Poland (see Pale of Settlement). Fights of the Polish November Uprising (1830–1831) were fought...
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    Russia as a result of Russian discriminatory regulations and persecution (see Pale of Settlement). Szczuczyn was one of the sites of Russian executions of Polish...
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    Coat of arms: Sable a cross of lorraine gules. Flag: Gules, a wider central pale sable charged with a cross of lorraine of the first. Radomskie miejsca pamięci...
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    Újszász Auzeville-Tolosane, France Ciceu, Romania Dębica (rural gmina), Poland Palić (Subotica), Serbia Vác Deuil-la-Barre, France Donaueschingen, Germany...
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    of Jews after the implementation of Russian discriminatory policies (see Pale of Settlement). Żychlin was again part of Poland, after the country regained...
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