The nucleus of Polish statehood with the earliest medieval Polish capitals of Gniezno and Poznań. One of the major historical regions of Poland since...
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There are many historical regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this list, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south...
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The historical regions of Romania are located in Central, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe. Romania came into being through the unification of two principalities...
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region state - state ^ Latinized form of a Greek derived name Polish historical regions Dr. J. G. Th. Grässe, Orbis Latinus: Lexikon lateinischer geographischer...
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Polish regions are regions that are in present-day Poland but are not identified in its administrative division. (Transborder regions = *) Northern &...
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Voivodeships of Poland (redirect from Polish Voivodships)
Poland Flags of Polish voivodeships ISO 3166-2:PL List of Polish voivodeships by GRP Prowincja, provinces in Poland Polish historical regions The word voivodeship...
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Historical Latvian Lands (Latvian: Latviešu vēsturiskās zemes) or formerly Cultural regions of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas kultūrvēsturiskie novadi) are...
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a list of historical regions in present-day Ukraine. The traditional names of the regions of Ukraine are important geographic, historical, and ethnographic...
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Galicia (Eastern Europe) (category Historical regions in Poland)
see below) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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Administrative divisions of Poland (redirect from Polish administrative system)
not always reflect the historical borders of Polish regions. Around half of the Silesian Voivodeship belongs to the historical province of Lesser Poland...
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Kresy (category Historical regions in Belarus)
Poland. The Polish plural term Kresy corresponds to the Russian okrainy (окраины), meaning "the border regions". During the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian...
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Pomerania (category Historical regions)
Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze [pɔˈmɔʐɛ] ; German: Pommern [ˈpɔmɐn] ; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô; Swedish: Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore...
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names in Europe List of Asian regions with alternative names Latin names of regions List of places Polish historical regions Agata Grabowska and Pawel Ladykowski...
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Podhale (redirect from Polish highlands)
famous[citation needed] region of the Goral Lands which are a network of historical regions inhabited by Gorals. The region is characterized by its unique folklore...
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Territorial evolution of Poland (redirect from Polish territory)
— Dziennik Ustaw z 2005 r. Nr 203 poz. 1686, . Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts Polish historical regions Borders of Poland Geography of Poland Treaty...
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Polesia (category Historical regions in Belarus)
Brest, Belarus, historically also formed part of the historic region of Podlachia, and is also referred to as such. The modern Polish part was not considered...
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Volhynia (category Historical regions in Poland)
flow either in a northern or a western direction. Relative to other historical regions, it is northeast of Galicia, east of Lesser Poland and northwest of...
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Left-bank Ukraine (category Historical regions in Ukraine)
parts of Kyiv and Cherkasy. Left-bank Ukraine is bordered by the historical regions of Right-bank Ukraine to the southwest, Zaporizhzhia to the southeast...
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Lesser Poland (redirect from Lesser Polish)
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska (pronounced [mawɔˈpɔlska] ; Latin: Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and...
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Invasion of Poland (redirect from Polish September Campaign 1939)
USSR. Polish forces abandoned the regions of Pomerelia (the Polish Corridor), Greater Poland and Polish Upper Silesia in the first week. The Polish plan...
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Poland (redirect from Third Polish Republic)
Despite widespread objections, the new Polish government accepted the Soviet annexation of the pre-war eastern regions of Poland (in particular the cities...
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Silesia (category Historical regions in Germany)
Cieszyn and territory to the east of it went to Poland. Polish Silesia was among the first regions invaded during Germany's 1939 attack on Poland, which...
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Prussia (region) (category Historical regions in Lithuania)
gaining regular paid tribute from some Prussians in the border regions, but it did not last. Polish rulers sent invasions to the territory in 1147, 1161–1166...
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Right-bank Ukraine (category Historical regions in Ukraine)
left bank during the Ruin. Right-bank Ukraine is bordered by the historical regions of Volhynia and Podolia to the west, Moldavia to the southwest, Yedisan...
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and subsequently adopted into the vernacular of Polish which is in everyday use. Historically, Polish was a lingua franca, important both diplomatically...
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Spiš (category Historical regions in Poland)
Spiš (Polish: Spisz [ˈspiʂ]; Hungarian: Szepesség or Szepes; German: Zips [tsɪps]) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern...
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Western Belorussia (category Historical regions in Belarus)
romanized: Zachodniaja Biełaruś; Polish: Zachodnia Białoruś; Russian: Западная Белоруссия, romanized: Zapadnaya Belorussiya) is a historical region of modern-day...
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Podlachia (category Historical regions in Belarus)
known by its Polish name Podlasie (Polish: [pɔˈdlaɕɛ] ; Lithuanian: Palenkė; Belarusian: Падляшша, romanized: Padliashsha), is a historical region in north-eastern...
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Vilnius Region (redirect from Eastern and Western Vilnius regions)
but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time. The territory included Vilnius, the historical capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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hundred Polish Landscape Parks. The park lies within Masovian Voivodeship, on the Bug River. It includes part of three Polish historical regions: Kurpie...
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