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Wilno see Vilnius , Lithuania.
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Ptasznik z Wilna.(The Birdsman of Wilno)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Sarmatian Review Clark, Joanna Rostropowicz September 1, 2008 700+ words ...O Jozefie Mackiewiczu (The Birdsman of Wilno) By Wlodzimierz Bolecki. Krakow: Arcana...target of attacks, first in his native Wilno and, after the Second World War, in emigre...and defended the Lithuanians' claims to Wilno/Vilnius offended Poles of virtually all... |
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OUR HERITAGE; The Settlement of Wilno
Newspaper article from: Polish-American Journal Slusarczyk, Ellye April 30, 2005 700+ words ...2005 In northern Ontario, Canada, is the Polish settlement of Wilno. Immigrants from the Kaszuby region of Poland settled here...continue their legacy. Drive through Ontario and enjoy a visit to Wilno. Article copyright Polish American Journal. V.94; |
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A day of joy turns tragic [Derived headline]
Newspaper article from: Burlington County Times McHale, Todd November 12, 2008 700+ words ...return of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan Wilno after he served seven months in Iraq. Ryan's father, Ron Wilno, was so excited he drove to Camp Lejeune...Memorial Bridge all the way home," Betsy Wilno said of Ron. "He said, "It was totally... |
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Zbigniew Folejewski--international Slavist
Magazine article from: Canadian Slavonic Papers Jan Solecki December 1, 2000 700+ words ...Zbigniew was born on 18 October 1910 in Wilno (now Vilnius) at the time a part of the...prisons in Warsaw and in Lukieszki prison in Wilno. After trial he was exiled to remote area...was allowed to return to Poland, back to Wilno where he worked in a law firm and the Wilno... |
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Life and times of Adam Mickiewicz
Newspaper article from: Polish-American Journal August 1, 1998 700+ words ...unsuccessful and applied to the university at Wilno. On September 12 of that same year he arrived at Wilno, traveling in a horse drawn wagon. On September...17th he was matriculated at the University of Wilno. The University of Wilno, a Jesuit college... |
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"Everything comes from what I said at the beginning, from this territory": an...
Magazine article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction Sobieska, Dorota September 22, 1994 700+ words ...between two villages. I come from the Wilno Colony, and there were the Upper and the...delight in using them. For instance, in the Wilno area, to say that we wanted "to ride...accept each other, and to make use of Wilno. Wilno in European culture means "so... |
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Out on the Wind: Poles and Danes in Lincoln County, Minnesota, 1880-1905.
Magazine article from: The Historian Swierenga, Robert P. March 22, 1993 700+ words ...Chicago. They founded the church village of Wilno in Royal Township and built an impressive...Chicago and Northwestern Railroad bypassed Wilno and plotted the nearby town of Ivanhoe to profit from selling lots, Wilno refused to die. Indeed, it actually... |
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Cart a necessity for a side trip to South Dakota; Today: Hendricks Golf...
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Reusse, Patrick July 18, 1999 700+ words ...away. There's also a nearby dot on the map called Wilno. "Ivanhoe and Wilno were always Polish and Catholic," Johnson said...were caught dating a Catholic girl from Ivanhoe or Wilno, it was a town-wide scandal for your parents... |
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Beginning with My Streets: Essays and Recollections.
Magazine article from: Commonweal Keen, Suzanne November 6, 1992 700+ words ...Born in Lithuania in 1911, educated in Wilno (Vilnius), a city with overlapping Polish...map of his original territory, the city Wilno. The dialogue with Tomas Venclova brings...experienced the twentieth century" is Wilno no more. The contesting claims of Poland... |
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Tracing the wounds of war through several locations
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Michael Kenney July 17, 2009 700+ words ...dissemblances. The first dateline is the former Wilno (now Vilnius) on two days in January...treats wounded men at a field hospital near Wilno, along with her husband Horst, a German...disinformation. Much earlier, talking of Wilno and Berlin, Kate made what becomes a prophetic... |
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Wilno
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Wilno was annexed by Poland in 1922. It was occupied...Ger.: Wilna) in June 1941. It was near Wilno, in July 1944, that the Polish Home Army...several towns. On 6 July 1944 they attacked Wilno itself and the next day the Red Army joined... |
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Lithuania
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...concerns centred on its frustrated claims to Wilno , the historic capital of Lithuania which...ever since the start of the dispute over Wilno in 1920. It was fully exposed on 22 March...Poland in September, Soviet troops occupied Wilno; and the German–Soviet Treaty... |
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Poland
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...garde thought. The Jesuit Collegia in Wilno and Lw ó ó w established...universities; in 1579 King Stephen Batory founded Wilno Academy ( Akademia Wilenska ) and in 1661...liberties. The educational district in Wilno had been chaired by Prince Adam Czartoryski... |
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Formalism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Polish Formalist School, which had two centers: Warsaw and Wilno (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania). Highly indebted to Russian...by drawing together his own students from the University of Wilno, notably Maria Renata Mayenowa, Maria Rzeuska, and Czeslaw... |
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Czeslaw Milosz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and Milosz began a strict formal education in his hometown of Wilno, the capital of Polish Lithuania. In his early 20s, he published...writing was strongly shaped by the culture of his adopted city, Wilno, which was a major center of both Catholic and Jewish learning... |
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