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As a frontier area, Upper Silesia was placed under martial law in August 1914 and remained so for rest of the war. [10] The German military administrators distrusted the Poles, taking the viewpoint that as Slavs, they were naturally sympathetic towards the Russians , and governed Upper Silesia in a very high-handed and harsh manner. [ 10 ]
Poland, [e] officially the Republic of Poland, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia [g] to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
Voivodeships of Poland. A voivodeship (/ ˈvɔɪvoʊdʃɪp / VOY-vohd-ship; Polish: województwo [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ] ⓘ; plural: województwa [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfa]) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly ...
Tomaszów Mazowiecki (pronounced [tɔˈmaʂuf mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲi] ⓘ, Yiddish: טאָמעשעוו or Tomashuv) is a city in central Poland with 60,529 inhabitants (2021). [ 1 ] It is the fourth most populous city in the Łódź Voivodeship and the second with free public transport. It is the seat of Tomaszów County.
Silesia (Śląsk) and other historical lands of Poland against the background of modern administrative borders (names in Polish) Most of Silesia is located in 3 voivodeships (Silesia, Lower Silesia and Opole)
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
Łańcut (Polish: [ˈwaj̃t͡sut], Yiddish: לאַנצוט, romanized: Lantzut; Ukrainian: Ла́ньцут, romanized: Lánʹtsut; German: Landshut) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 18,004 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. [1] Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), it is the capital of Łańcut County.
1937 linguistic map of Poland Languages of instruction in interwar Polish schools and ethnic "mother tongues", 1937–38. According to the 1921 Polish census, 30.8 percent of the population were ethnic minorities. [3] This increased due to the Polish victory in the Polish-Soviet War and the large territorial gains in the east as a consequence.