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    to Podlaskie Voivodeship Throughout its early history, the area comprising the current day Podlaskie Voivodeship was inhabited by various tribes of different...
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    Podlaskie Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo podlaskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈdlaskʲɛ] ) is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. The name of the...
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  • The battle of Kolno was fought on 10 July 1794 during the Kościuszko Uprising, between Polish–Lithuanian insurgents, led by colonel Walenty Kwaśniewski...
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  • Avangard (1939) (category History of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    was published as a Russian-Polish bilingual organ of the Provisional Administration of the City of Avgustov and the Avgustov Uyezd. Occasionally there...
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    The Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed in 1513 by Sigismund I the Old as a voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from a split off part of the Trakai...
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    The Battle of Siemiatycze was one of the largest battles of the January Uprising. It took place on February 6–7, 1863, in the town of Siemiatycze, Russian...
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    The Battle of Rajgród was fought on 29 May 1831 between Poland and Imperial Russia, during the November Uprising. The Poles, according to some accounts...
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  • subdivision of Congress Poland It was created in 1816 from the Siedlce Department. Its capital was in Siedlce. Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland...
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  • Thumbnail for Flag of Podlaskie Voivodeship
    The flag of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland is a rectangle divided into four horizontal stripes, that are, from the top to bottom: white, red, yellow, and...
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    The coat of arms that serves as the symbol of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland is divided into two horizontal red fields. The top field depicts a white eagle...
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    unknown. At the end of January 1946 the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade came to Zanie, Podlaskie Voivodeship, to requisition food. One of the partisans, Kazimierz...
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  • Mass murders in Tykocin (category History of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    of Tykocin (Poland) was killed by German Einsatzkommando. The town of Tykocin was conquered by Nazi Germany during the Soviet and German invasion of Poland...
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  • 2009 in Podlaskie Voivodeship there were 1189.7 thousand inhabitants, 3.1 per cent of the total population of Poland. The average density of the population...
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  • The Battle of Rajgród Polish: Bitwa pod Rajgrodem was a battle of the Kościuszko Uprising between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's rebel army and the...
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    Krasowo-Częstki massacre (category History of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    Nazi-German occupiers in those areas of prewar Białystok Voivodeship, which after Second World War remain within the borders of Poland. Krasowo-Częstki is a village...
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  • Voivodeship Płock Voivodeship Rawa Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship Kraków Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship Ruthenian...
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  • Radziłów pogrom (category History of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    in the town of Radziłów, in German-occupied Poland. Local Poles, under SS orders or with German encouragement, forced most of the Jews of the town into...
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    Zambrów massacre (category History of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    took place on the night of 13–14 September 1939. It was one of the major war crimes of the Wehrmacht during the invasion of Poland. During that night...
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    reassigned to two other Voivodeships – the eastern half to Podlaskie Voivodeship and the western half to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Its capital city was...
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    government in Poland in the years 1975 to 1998, superseded by the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Its capital city was Łomża. Major cities and towns (population...
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  • Wąsosz pogrom (category History of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    participation of Germans. When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the village of Wąsosz (Podlaskie Voivodeship) was taken by the Germans in the second week of the...
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    superseded by the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Its capital city was Białystok. It was formed in 1975 from part of the existing Białystok Voivodeship. The region was...
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    Podlachia (section History)
    1795 it was a voivodeship with the capital in Drohiczyn. Now the part north of the Bug River is included in the modern Podlaskie Voivodeship with the capital...
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    to the south-west, Masovian Voivodeship to the west and north, Podlaskie Voivodeship along a short boundary to the north, Belarus (Brest Region) and...
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    Jacek Brzozowski (category Voivodes of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    of Podlaskie Voivodeship. In 2002, he graduated in history from the University of Białystok. He then became an employee of the Institute of History at...
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    the Podlaskie Voivodeship. In 1793, the counties of Grodno, Sokółka and Wołkowysk one of Nowogródek Voivodeship were merged into Grodno Voivodeship. After...
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    though historically part of Mazovia, is now part of Podlaskie Voivodeship. Masovian Voivodeship is Poland's prime center of science, research, education...
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    Suraż (category Cities and towns in Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    Podlaskie Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Suraż in the Białystok County. Suraż, which has a long and rich history, and was a royal town in the Kingdom of Poland...
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    County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Janów, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Sokółka...
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    administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships (provinces); these...
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