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Nicolaus Pol (c.1467–1532), Austrian physician and book collector; Sandra de Pol (born 1975), Swiss footballer; Santosh Pol (born 1974), Indian serial killer; Sebastián Pol (born 1988), Argentine footballer; Talitha Pol (1940–1971), Dutch actress and model, wife of John Paul Getty; Victor de Pol (1865–1925), Italian-born Argentine sculptor
Pol Pot was born in the village of Prek Sbauv, outside the city of Kampong Thom. [2] He was named Saloth Sâr, the word sâr ("white, pale") referencing his comparatively light skin complexion. [3] French colonial records placed his birth date on 25 May 1928, [4] but biographer Philip Short argues he was born in March 1925. [5]
Poland, [d] officially the Republic of Poland, [e] 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 [f] to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
Year Zero (Khmer: ឆ្នាំសូន្យ, Chhnăm Sony [cʰnam soːn]) is an idea put into practice by Pol Pot in Democratic Kampuchea that all culture and traditions within a society must be completely destroyed or discarded and that a new revolutionary culture must replace it starting from scratch. In this sense, all of the history of ...
[47] [48] The prefix pol-is used in most world languages when referring to Poles (Spanish polaco, Italian polacche, French polonais, German Pole). Among other foreign exonyms for the Polish people are Lithuanian Lenkai; Hungarian Lengyelek; Turkish Leh; Armenian: Լեհաստան Lehastan; and Persian: لهستان (Lahestān).
Pol Morillas i Bassedas (born 1982) is a professor and political scientist, director of the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) since September 2018. [1]With a PhD in Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and Master in International Relations from the London School of Economics, he worked as an associate ...
Pol is a male given name. In Europe, it can be a form of Paul or Polydore , and sometimes of Apollonius or Leopold . It is most common in Belgium, Luxembourg, Andorra, and Spain.
Pol'and'Rock Festival, formerly known as Woodstock Festival Poland, (Polish: Przystanek Woodstock; "Woodstock Station"; English-language materials often referred to it simply to the Woodstock Festival Poland) is an annual free rock music festival in Poland, inspired by the Woodstock festival. The festival has been held since 1995.