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Vytynanky (Витина́нки) in Ukraine or Wycinanki ([vɨt͡ɕiˈnaŋkʲi]) in Poland or Vycinanki (Выцінанкі) in Belarus, is a Slavic version of the art form of papercutting, popular in Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine.
The eastern part of Poland was annexed by the Soviet Union; Volhynia and Eastern Galicia were attached to the Ukrainian SSR. After the annexation, the Soviet NKVD started eliminating the predominantly Polish middle and upper classes, including social activists and military leaders.
All municipalities in Poland are governed regardless of their type under the mandatory mayor–council government system. Executive power in a rural gmina is exercised by a wójt, while the homologue in municipalities containing cities or towns is called accordingly either a city mayor (prezydent miasta) or a town mayor (burmistrz), all of them elected by a two-round direct election, while the ...
Alice T. Wadowski-Bak (August 8, 1935 – June 14, 2008) was a noted Polish-American artist and creator of wycinanki (paper-cutting). Her most famous work is Wigilia, which has been the cover art of Oplatek sold across the U.S. Ms. Wadowski-Bak's work has been exhibited at the Albright Knox in Buffalo, the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
The Kurpie region was part of Poland from the beginning of Polish history in the 10th century. 14th Century - Ordered colonized by Masovian Prince Janusz I; 1563 – the great plague and fire. 1656 – Kurpies unsuccessfully fought the invasion of the Swedish Army. 1673 – the village of Lipniki was founded. Kurpie population reaches 1,000.
Wieliczka pronounced [vʲɛˈlʲit͡ʂka] ⓘ (German: Groß Salze, Latin: Magnum Sal) is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. [2] The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II of Poland.
Wycinki [vɨˈt͡ɕinki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodziec, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of Konin and 85 km (53 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań .
The Trzciniec culture is an Early and Middle Bronze Age (2400-1300 BC) archaeological culture in Central-Eastern Europe, mainly Poland and parts of Lithuania. The material culture similarity and overall chronological contemporaneity with Komariv (Ukraine) and Sośnica (Belarus) cultures resulted in the definition of the Trzciniec-Komarów-Sośnica complex [1] or, more recently, the Trzciniec ...