| Federico Fellini Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (January 20 1920 October 31 1993) was an Italian film director. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century. Federico_Fellini
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| Kraków Kraków (pronounced ; in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow, ( listen)) is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, and is a popular tourist location, containing a World Heritage Site in the historic centre. Situated on the Vistula river () in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków
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| Poland Poland
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| Polish language Talk:Polish_language
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| Stanisław Lem Stanisław Lem ( ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is perhaps best known as the author of Solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world. Stanisław_Lem
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| Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance () is a centre-left Polish social-democratic political party. A coalition of left-wing parties used this name from 1991 to 1999. It was formally established as a single party on April 15, 1999. Democratic_Left_Alliance
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| Warsaw Warsaw ( ; also known by other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2007 was estimated at 1,706,624, and the Warsaw metropolitan area at approximately 2,785,000. The city area is , with an agglomeration of (Warsaw Metro Area Obszar Metropolitalny Warszawy). Warsaw is the 8th largest city in the European Union. Warsaw
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| Jagiellonian University For several academies alternatively called "Krakow Academy", see Education in Kraków.The Jagiellonian University (, often shortened to UJ) is located in Kraków, Poland. Originally founded as Akademia Krakowska () in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, it is the second oldest university in Central Europe after the Charles University in Prague, and one of the oldest universities in Europe. Jagiellonian_University
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| Wojciech Kilar Wojciech Kilar pron. (b. 17 July 1932 in Lwów, Ukraine) is a Polish classical and film music composer. Wojciech_Kilar
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| Sevastopol Sevastopol (Ukrainian:port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 (2001). The city, formerly the home of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, is now a Ukrainian naval base mutually used by the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Navy. Sevastopol
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| Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos or All Souls' Day) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Latinos (and others) living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. Day_of_the_Dead
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| Liroy Piotr Marzec (b. August 12, 1971 in Busko Zdrój, Poland), better known as Liroy (Leeroy), is a rapper living in Kielce. rap & hip-hop culture in Poland. His CDs include East On Da Mic (as PM Cool Lee), Albóóm, Bafangoo part 1, L, Bafangoo part 2 (Dzień Szaka-La), Bestseller and L-Nińo vol. 1. Liroy
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| Jedwabne pogrom The Jedwabne pogrom (or Jedwabne massacre) () was the mass murder of Jewish residents of Jedwabne in German Nazi occupied Poland that took place on July 10, 1941, during World War II. The responsibility sensu stricto was ascribed to approximately 40 non-Jewish ethnic Polish men from or around the town of Jedwabne. Jedwabne_pogrom
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| Aleksander Kwaśniewski Aleksander Kwaśniewski (; born November 15, 1954) is a post-communist Polish socialist politician who served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during the communist rule he was active in the communist controlled Socialist Union of Polish Students (Socjalistyczny Związek Studentów Polskich) and was sports minister in the communist government in 1980s. Aleksander_Kwaśniewski
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| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a union of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569. It was characterized by many particularities that made it unique among contemporary states. Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
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| Polish–Soviet War Polish–Soviet_War
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| Żywiec Brewery Żywiec Brewery is a brewery founded in 1852 by the Habsburg family in Żywiec (), at that time in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, now in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was nationalised after the Second World War. The brewery was acquired by Heineken International in the mid-1990s. Żywiec_Brewery
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| Warsaw Uprising Warsaw_Uprising
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| Erika Steinbach ''German conservative politician who has been representing the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the state of Hesse as a member of the Parliament of Germany, the Bundestag, since 1990. She is one of two candidates elected directly from Frankfurt, and is the spokeswoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group on human rights and humanitarian aid. Since 1998, she is the president of the Federation of Expellees. Erika Steinbach studied music and was a member of concert orchestras before becoming a politician. Erika_Steinbach
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| Polish 1970 protests The Polish 1970 protests () were anti-communist protests that occurred in northern Poland in December 1970. The protests were sparked by a sudden increase of prices of food and articles of daily use. In the result of the riots, brutally pacified by the Polish People's Army and the Citizen's Militia, at least 42 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded. Polish_1970_protests
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