| Estonia Talk:Estonia
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| Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (, ; born 2 March 1931) was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until 1991, and also the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until its collapse in 1991. He was the only Soviet leader to have been born after the October Revolution of 1917. Mikhail_Gorbachev
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| Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (, , ), born ; (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death almost 27 years later. His was the second-longest pontificate. Only Pope Pius IX served longer. Pope_John_Paul_II
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| Yiddish language Yiddish ( yidish or idish, literally "Jewish") is a non-territorial High German language of Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. Unlike other Germanic languages, Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet as opposed to a Latin alphabet.The language originated in the Ashkenazi culture that developed from about the 10th century in the Rhineland and then spread to central and eastern Europe and eventually to other continents. Yiddish_language
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| Expulsion of Germans after World War II The flight and expulsion of Germans was the forced migration of German nationals from the former eastern territories of Germany and ethnic Germans from areas across Europe to the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany towards the end and in the aftermath of World War II. With at least twelve million Expulsion_of_Germans_after_World_War_II
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| Henryk Górecki Henryk Mikołaj Górecki () (born December 6, 1933 in Czernica, Silesia, Poland) is a composer of contemporary classical music. Górecki studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice between 1955–60. In 1968, he joined the faculty and rose to provost before resigning in 1979. Henryk_Górecki
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| Warsaw Metro The Warsaw Metro (PolishMetro warszawskie) is one of Europe's newest metro systems and Poland's first (and the only one so far). It consists of a single north-south line that links central Warsaw with its densely populated northern and southern suburbs. The first section was opened in 1995, the final section was completed in October 2008. Warsaw_Metro
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| Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Dudek (pronounced ); born 23 March 1973 in Rybnik) is a Polish football goalkeeper who has recently ended a playing stint with Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid C.F. He has been capped 56 times for the Poland national team, and won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool F.C. in 2005. Jerzy_Dudek
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| Plumber The word plumber dates from the Roman Empire. In Roman times, some roofs were made of lead, or 'Latin (hence the periodic table of the elements symbol of 'Pb' for lead). Lead roofs were waterproof, and the workers on such roofs were what are now called "plumbers". Roman baths later used lead for piping and for the main baths. Thus, a person with expertise in working with lead was known as a Plumbarius, eventually shortened to plumber. Plumber
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| Władysław Sikorski Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (May 20, 1881 – July 4, 1943; pronounced ) was a Polish military and political leader. He was born in Tuszów Narodowy a village in the present-day Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern Poland, which at the time was part of Austria-Hungary, one of Poland's three partitioners. Władysław_Sikorski
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| Silesian language Silesian or Upper Silesian (SilesianŚlůnsko godka, , ) is an ethnic Slavic language spoken in the region of Silesia. The ISO 639-3 language code is szl. Sometimes it is also defined as a dialect of Polish; one of Silesian dialects – the Lach dialect – is also sometimes defined as a dialect of the Czech language. Silesian_language
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| Warsaw Uprising Warsaw_Uprising
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| Polish Radio and Television Polish Radio and Television () was a public-service broadcaster in Poland. It has been replaced by two separate entities - Polish Radio and Polish Television. Polish Radio is one of the few international broadcasters to include the constructed language Esperanto. Polish_Radio_and_Television
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| Brańsk Brańsk Urban Gmina (Polishgmina miejska) (Town) in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located north-eastern Poland. Brańsk
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| Constitution of May 3, 1791 The Constitution of May 3, 1791 (; ) is generally regarded as Europe's first and the world's second modern codified national constitution, following the 1788 ratification of the United States Constitution. The May 3, 1791, Constitution was adopted as a "Government Act" (PolishUstawa rządowa) on that date by the Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was in Constitution_of_May_3,_1791
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| Massacres of Poles in Volhynia Talk:Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia
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| Lech Kaczyński , (born 18 June 1949) is the President of the Republic of Poland, a politician of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice, PiS). Kaczyński served as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005, the day before his presidential inauguration. He is the identical twin brother of the former Prime Minister of Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński. Lech_Kaczyński
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| List of Polish language radio stations radio stations broadcasting in the Polish language, both inside Poland and in the United States. List_of_Polish_language_radio_stations
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| Chołodecki family Chołodecki (variously spelled as Cholodecki, Hołodecki, Holodecki) is the Polish surname of one of the noble (szlachta) families. Chołodec located in Wołyń, currently located in the Ukraine. Chołodecki_family
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| Polskie Radio Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna (PR S.A., "Polish Radio") is Poland's public radio network broadcasting corporation. Polskie_Radio
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