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  2. Territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II

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    The borders of Poland resembled the borders of the German-Russian gains in World War 2, with the exception of the city of Bialystok. This is called the Curzon line. The small area of Trans-Olza, which had been annexed by Poland in late 1938, was returned to Czechoslovakia on Stalin's orders.

  3. Former eastern territories of Germany - Wikipedia

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    In present-day Germany, the former eastern territories of Germany (German: ehemalige deutsche Ostgebiete) refer to those territories east of the current eastern border of Germany, i.e. the Oder–Neisse line, which historically had been considered German and which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union after World War II.

  4. Partitions of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The second partition of Poland; a study in diplomatic history (1915) online; Lukowski, Jerzy. The Partitions of Poland 1772, 1793, 1795 (1998); online review; McLean, Thomas. The Other East and Nineteenth-Century British Literature: Imagining Poland and the Russian Empire (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) pp. 14–40.

  5. Russian Partition - Wikipedia

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    Towns were stripped of their charters in reprisal and turned into villages. The Russian Partition of Poland was made an official province of the Russian Empire in 1867. [7] [8] In the early 20th century, a major part of the Russian Revolution of 1905 was the Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–1907).

  6. Prussian Partition - Wikipedia

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    The First Partition of Poland in 1772 included the annexation of the formerly Polish Prussia by Frederick II who quickly implanted over 57,000 German families there in order to solidify his new acquisitions. [3] In the first partition, Frederick sought to exploit and develop Poland economically as part of his wider aim of enriching Prussia.

  7. Mains electricity by country - Wikipedia

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    Poland: C, E BN-88/3064 230 V 400 V 50 Hz Portugal: C, E, F NP 1260 230 V 400 V 50 Hz Type E is very rare, used only in very old installations. Puerto Rico: A, B 120 V 480 V 60 Hz Qatar: D, F, G, L 240 V 415 V 50 Hz Réunion: C, E 220 V 400 V 50 Hz Romania: C, F 230 V 400 V 50 Hz Russia: C, F 230 V [10] 400 V 50 Hz

  8. List of countries by electricity consumption - Wikipedia

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    By 2025, Asia is projected to account for half of the world’s electricity consumption, with one-third of global electricity to be consumed in China. [ 1 ] This list of countries by electric energy consumption is mostly based on the Energy Information Administration . [ 2 ]

  9. Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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    In all, about three million Poles died as a result of the German occupation, more than 10% of the pre-war population. When this is added to the three million Polish Jews who were killed as a matter of policy by the Germans, Poland lost about 22% of its population, the highest proportion of any European country in World War II. [111] [112]