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Russia's European territory 270 miles from the border surrounded by NATO countries
Kaliningrad Oblast is a semi-enclave of the Russian Federation on the Baltic Sea, lying between Poland and Lithuania, and is ...
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In Defence Of Stanisław, the Last King Of Poland
The underlying charge is that he did not die. ‘Frederick William II of Prussia’ by Anton Graff, photo: MutualArt Before delving into the demise of Poland, we must answer the question of when and where ...
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The block of land in Europe owned by Russia - despite being 270 miles from rest of country
It is a semi-enclave on the Baltic Sea beside Poland and Lituania. The territory was formerly the northern part of East Prussia; the remaining southern part of the province is today part of the ...
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Death, Plunder & Propaganda: Poland's First English Tourists
German knightly orders conquered Prussia, Livonia and fought long bloody wars against Lithuania. And after Lithuania had become an ally of Poland, Poles were also involved in those conflicts. And they ...
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What’s So Great About Frederick? The Warrior King of Prussia
This was the case of Prussia, a former duchy that in the early 1700s emerged from the shadow of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire. Growing to encompass much of northern and central Europe ...
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Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796)
Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, then part of Prussia (now Szczecin in Poland), the daughter of a minor German prince. In 1745, after being received ...