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    Minsk, and between Warsaw and Saint Petersburg. Daugavpils, then called Dyneburg, was the capital of Polish Livonia while in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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    The siege of Dyneburg by the Russian Army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was one of the first events of the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), a theater of...
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    during the Polish–Swedish War of 1621–1625. The seat of the voivode was Dyneburg (Daugavpils). The name Inflanty is derived through Polonization of Livland...
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    The Battle of Daugavpils, or Battle of Dyneburg, was the final battle during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919. A joint Polish and Latvian force, operating...
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    Voivodeship, renamed to Inflanty Voivodeship with the capital in Daugavpils (Dyneburg), until the first Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Catherine...
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    from 1598 until the 1620s Inflanty Voivodeship (województwo inflanckie Dyneburg [Daugavpils, Latvia]) from the 1620s Duchy of Courland and Semigalia (księstwo...
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    left: Polish FT-17 tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment during the Battle of Dyneburg, January 1920 Below left: Polish troops enter Kiev, May 1920 Top right:...
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    1920. Among them was the operation of liberation of Wilno and Battle of Dyneburg in Daugavpils, Latvia (as part of Rydz-Śmigły's Third Army and under his...
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    Polish Livonia was the uninterrupted holding of the post of starosta in Dyneburg since 1670. The family was first documented in 1274 with knight Hinricus...
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    Wenden), Riga, Koknese (Kokenhausen), Salaspils (Kircholm), Daugavpils (Dyneburg), Rēzekne (Rzezyca, Rositten), Viļaka (Marienhausen), Gulbene (Schwanenburg)...
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    S.) granted Sweden the control of Livonia, though Prussia, Latgale and Dyneburg remained under Polish governance. An unsuccessful attempt on the life of...
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  • the former Inflanty Voivodeship region, with about 18,000 in Daugavpils (Dyneburg) and 17,000 in Riga. People of Polish ethnicity have lived on the territory...
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    Voivodeship, renamed to Inflanty Voivodeship with the capital in Daugavpils (Dyneburg). Catholicism became the dominant religion in this territory, known as...
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  • 1698 he was named cześnik of Inflanty, then on May 15, 1708, starosta of Dyneburg. In 1710 Plater took part in General Council of Warsaw and supported Sandomierz...
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    regions from Ukraine. Swedish troops also entered Polish Livonia capturing Dyneburg on July 17. At the same time, Russian and Cossack armies took offensives...
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    to pass through Latvian territory. Finally, by mid-March, they reached Dyneburg (now Daugavpils, then under Polish military administration), where they...
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  • Horn. (in Polish) Mariusz Balcerek Narodziny polskich Inflant Walki o Dyneburg w latach 1625-1627 Compendium Diariussu Expeditiej Jego Mci Pana Hetmana...
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    1918-marzec 1919 Lida 16 IV 1919 i 28 IX 1920 Wilno 19 IV 1919 – 9 X 1920 Dyneburg 3 I 1920 Kijów 7 V-11 VI 1920 Borodzianka 11-13 VI 1920 Chorupań pod Dubnem...
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  • July 23, 1652, he was elected to a commission to fortify the fortress at Dyneburg. In 1654, King John II Casimir appointed him a member of the war council...
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  • (1656–58) Siege of Nyenschantz (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58) Siege of Dyneburg (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58) Siege of Riga (1656) – Russo-Swedish...
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  • bank of the Western Dvina towards Riga, taking Daugavpils (see Siege of Dyneburg) and Koknese (see Storm of Kokenhusen) on their way. By the end of August...
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  • Wacław Łapkowski (6 November 1913 in Dyneburg – 2 July 1941 over the English Channel) was a major in the Polish Air Force and fighter ace during World...
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    Łatgalia, Latvian: Latgale), now in Latvia. Largest city: Daugavpils (Polish: Dyneburg). The region retains a sizeable Polish minority. Semigallia (Polish: Semigallia...
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    Żeleziński, Żeleżyński, Żełeżyński, Żeromski, Żurawski, Żurowski. Cities Dyneburg (1582–1772), Kraśnik, Tomaszów Lubelski, Józefów Biłgorajski, Zamość, Zwierzyniec...
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  • – 1628 – Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) (Polish–Swedish wars) Siege of Dyneburg – 1656 – Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) (Second Northern War) [Northern...
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  • Dynaburg – Дынабург (archaic Belarusian, archaic Taraškievica Belarusian), Dyneburg (Polish*),[KNAB] Dzvinsk – Дзвінск (Belarusian), Dźvinsk – Дзьвінск (Taraškievica...
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    Polish-Bolshevik War, as a company commander he participated in liberating Dyneburg, Żytomierz and in the 1920 Polish Expedition to Kiev. Fieldorf married...
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  • kijowski) Seat: Kiev. Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia) (biskup inflancki) Seat: Dyneburg. Bishop of Smoleńsk (biskup smoleński) Seat: Smoleńsk. Other: Bishop of...
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    winning against the Swedish army at Kroppenhof, Lixna, Kreutzburg and Dyneburg. Due to his successes in fighting the Swedes that he was appointed Palatine-Governor...
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  • war upon by every country of significance in the Northern War. Siege of Dyneburg 18–31 July - Russians capture Daugavpils and massacre its defenders Storm...
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