WebVeneti / Sporoi (common ancestors of all Slavs, Proto-Slavs, and the West Slavs with the same name). It is hypothesized that Proto-Slavs had their origin in western Ukraine - west of the Dnieper, east of the Vistula, south of the Pripyat Marshes and north of the Carpathian Mountains and the Dniester, to the northwest of the Pontic Eurasian Steppes and south …

WebThe census of 1921 allocates 30.8% of the population in the minority. This was further exacerbated with the Polish victory in the Polish-Soviet War, and the large territorial gains in the east, made by Poland as a consequence.According to the 1931 Polish Census (as cited by Norman Davies), 68.9% of the population was Polish, 13.9% were Ukrainians, around …

WebThis was especially the case in Pomerelia, where the Slavic population became known as Kashubians and their language accordingly as Kashubian. An insular Slavic Pomeranian dialect spoken northwest of Kashubia until the 20th century became known as Slovincian. It is disputed whether Slovincian may be regarded as a dialect of Kashubian or a ...

WebLech Wałęsa (/ ˈ l ɛ x v ə ˈ w ɛ n s ə, v ɑː ˈ l ɛ n s ə /; Polish: [ˈlɛɣ vaˈwɛ̃sa] (); born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democratically elected President of Poland since 1926 and the …

WebPomaks (Bulgarian: Помаци, romanized: Pomatsi; Greek: Πομάκοι, romanized: Pomáki; Turkish: Pomaklar) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting northwestern Turkey, Bulgaria and northeastern Greece. The c. 220,000 strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is recognized officially as Bulgarian Muslims by the government. The term has …

WebJohann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (born von Yorck; 26 September 1759 – 4 October 1830) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall instrumental in the switching of the Kingdom of Prussia from a French alliance to a Russian alliance during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Ludwig van Beethoven's "Yorckscher Marsch" is named in his honor.. The Field …

WebPomerelia, also known as Eastern Pomerania, Vistula Pomerania, prior to World War II also known as Polish Pomerania, is a historical sub-region of Pomerania on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea.The designation of Gdańsk Pomerania, is largely coextensive with Pomerelia, but does not cover the Chełmno Land (including the Michałów Land).. Its largest and …

WebSopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000.It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city in Poland to do so.It lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. …

WebPasewalk (German: [ˈpaːzəvalk] ()) is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.Located on the Uecker river, it is the capital of the former Uecker-Randow district, and the seat of the Uecker-Randow-Tal Amt, of which it is not part.

WebThe Treaty of Kiel (Danish: Kieltraktaten) or Peace of Kiel (Swedish and Norwegian: Kielfreden or freden i Kiel) was concluded between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Sweden on one side and the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway on the other side on 14 January 1814 in Kiel. It ended the hostilities between the parties in …

WebGuillermo II de Alemania (en alemán: Wilhelm II; Berlín, 27 de enero de 1859 - Doorn, 4 de junio de 1941) fue el último emperador alemán (Deutscher Kaiser) y rey de Prusia, reinando desde 1888 hasta su abdicación en 1918.Como nieto mayor de la reina Victoria, sus primos hermanos incluían al rey Jorge V del Reino Unido, a la zarina Alejandra de Rusia y a la …

WebKołobrzeg ([kɔˈwɔbʐɛk] Ko-wo-bzhek; Kashubian: Kòlbrzég; German: Kolberg, [ˈkɔlbɛʁk] ()), is a port city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (as of 2014).Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (in the middle of the section divided by the Oder and Vistula Rivers).

WebGeography. Greifswald is located in the northeast of Germany, approximately equidistant from Germany's two largest islands, Rügen and Usedom.The city is situated at the south end of the Bay of Greifswald, the historic centre being about five kilometres (three miles) up the river Ryck that crosses the city. The area around Greifswald is mainly flat, and hardly …

WebLeszek the White (Polish: Leszek Biały; c. 1184/85 – 24 November 1227) was Prince of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland in the years 1194–1198, 1199, 1206–1210, and 1211–1227. During the early stages of his reign, his uncle Duke Mieszko III the Old and cousin Władysław III Spindleshanks, from the Greater Polish branch of the royal Piast …