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Nisa

(Encyclopedia)Nisa, rivers: see Neisse, rivers of Poland. ...

Uznam

(Encyclopedia)Uznam, island, Germany and Poland: see Usedom. ...

Zalew Wiślany

(Encyclopedia)Zalew Wiślany, inlet: see Vistula Lagoon, Poland. ...

Herbert, Zbigniew

(Encyclopedia)Herbert, Zbigniew zbēgˈnyĕf khĕrˈbĕrt [key] 1924–98, Polish poet, essayist, and playwright, b. Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine). Herbert, who had degrees in economics, philosophy, and law, wa...

Wajda, Andrzej

(Encyclopedia)Wajda, Andrzej änˈjā vīˈdä [key], 1926–2016, Polish film director, leading member of the Polish Film School, which began in the 1950s. His films are typically studies of Poland's modern histor...

Bar, Confederation of

(Encyclopedia)Bar, Confederation of, union formed in 1768 at Bar, in Podolia (now in W Ukraine), by a number of Polish nobles to oppose the interference of Catherine II of Russia in Polish affairs. Headed by the Pu...

Boleslaus I

(Encyclopedia)Boleslaus I bōˈləslôs [key], c.966–1025, Polish ruler (992–1025), the first to call himself king; also called Boleslaus the Brave. He succeeded his father, Mieszko I, as duke of Poland, seized...

Odra

(Encyclopedia)Odra: see Oder, river, Poland and Czech Republic. ...

Landsberg an der Warthe

(Encyclopedia)Landsberg an der Warthe: see Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. ...

Sobieski, John

(Encyclopedia)Sobieski, John: see John III, king of Poland. ...