The Vistula (/ˈvɪstjʊlə/; Polish: Wisła [ˈviswa] ; German: Weichsel [ˈvaɪksl] ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at 1,047...
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Vistula Land, also known as Vistula Country (Russian: Привислинский край, romanized: Privislinskiy kray; Polish: Kraj Nadwiślański), was the name applied...
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The Vistula Spit (Polish: Mierzeja Wiślana; Russian: Балтийская коса, romanized: Baltiyskaya kosa; German: Danziger Nehrung, Frische Nehrung; Low German:...
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The Vistula Lagoon is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea roughly 56 miles (90 km) long, 6 to 15 miles (10 to 19 km) wide, and up to 17 feet (5 m)...
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The Legion of the Vistula (Polish: Legia Nadwiślańska) was a unit of Poles in the service of Napoleonic France, one of the larger Polish legions of the...
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The Vistula–Oder offensive (Russian: Висло-Одерская операция, romanized: Vislo–Oderskaya operatsiya) was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in...
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The Vistula Veneti, also called Baltic Veneti, Venedi or Venethi, were an Indo-European people that inhabited the lands of central Europe east of the...
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Vistula University (VU; Polish: Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula) is a non-public university based in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1991 as...
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Vistula Offensive can refer to: Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919 Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive in 1945 This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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Operation Vistula (Polish: Akcja Wisła; Ukrainian: Опера́ція «Ві́сла») was the codename for the 1947 forced resettlement of close to 150,000 Ukrainians...
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Vistula delta Mennonites were a historic Mennonite community, established in the mid-16th century in the Vistula river delta in Poland. It originated from...
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Vistula Historic District is a designated historic district in the city of Toledo, Ohio, USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The...
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Army Group Vistula (German: Heeresgruppe Weichsel) was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on 24 January 1945. It lasted for 105 days, having been...
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The Vistula barbel (Barbus waleckii) is a disputed species of European freshwater fish in the cyprinid genus Barbus. It is often included in B. cyclolepis...
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Vistula is an unincorporated community in York Township, Elkhart County, Indiana. Vistula was laid out in 1865. It was likely named after the Vistula...
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the Vistula Vistula Land (1815-1915), name for Russian Congress Poland from 1867 to 1915 Vistula Spit, a stretch of land on the Baltic coast Vistula Lagoon...
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section of the Vistula Spit that creates a second connection between the Vistula Lagoon and Gulf of Gdańsk. It allows ships to enter the Vistula Lagoon and...
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Battle of Warsaw (1920) (redirect from Miracle at Vistula)
Варшавская битва, Varshavskaya bitva), also known as the Miracle on the Vistula (Polish: Cud nad Wisłą), was a series of battles that resulted in a decisive...
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"żuława", meaning fen), in English known as the Vistula Fens, is the alluvial delta area of the river Vistula, in the northern part of Poland. It is a flat...
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Battle of the Vistula River - a battle fought in January 1341 between the Polish army and an army of rebellious Ruthenian boyars supported by Tatar reinforcements...
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Vistula Germans (German: Weichseldeutsche) are ethnic Germans who had settled in what became known after the 1863 Polish rebellion as the Vistula Territory...
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The Vistula Railway (Polish: Kolej Nadwiślańska) was a railroad system, opened on August 17, 1877. It ran from northwest to southeast, through the territory...
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The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw and Ivangorod, was a major Russian victory against Germany and Austria-Hungary on...
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Przekop Wisły (redirect from Ditch Vistula)
pronunciation: [ˈpʂɛkɔp], often shortened to just Przekop) is a branch of the Vistula river in its delta. It was created artificially in 1895 (hence its Polish...
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Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919 (redirect from Target-Vistula)
offensive: "Target Vistula"; however, it is not commonly used in historiography. Norman Davies in his book claims that "Target Vistula" ("Цель – Висла"...
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The Battle of Vistula Lagoon (Polish: Bitwa na Zalewie Wiślanym or Polish: Bitwa w Zatoce Świeżej) was fought on September 15, 1463 between the navy of...
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capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million...
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Burma (1944–1945) Ardennes Bodenplatte Dutch famine of 1944–1945 1945 Vistula–Oder Battle of Manila Battle of Iwo Jima Indochina Vienna offensive Project...
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East Germanic languages (redirect from Oder-Vistula Germanic languages)
The East Germanic languages, also called the Oder-Vistula Germanic languages, are a group of extinct Germanic languages that were spoken by East Germanic...
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The Sanna is a tributary of Vistula River in Poland. Its source is in the village of Wierzchowiska II in Lublin Voivodeship, Galicia. The 50 km long Sanna...
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