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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 ...
The block of land in Europe owned by Russia - despite being 270 miles from rest of country
Kaliningrad Oblast is the westernmost point of the Russian Federation. It is a semi-enclave on the Baltic Sea beside Poland and Lituania.
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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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Little Prince Published in Prussian
said Sarbicki. Nowadays, Prussian is a second language for several dozen Prussians and is officially classified as a living language, not as extinct. It is used by dozens of speakers, 10 of which live ...
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M. Paderewski’s revolt
Paderewski. A virtuoso of worldwide celebrity, the great pianist is now leading an anti-German revolt in Prussian Poland, his beloved country to whose interests he has devoted himself ever since the ...
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The Prussian Campaign, 1806-1807
Defeating the Prussian army at the battles of Jéna and ... To defeat Russia, Napoleon marched his soldiers deep into Poland. WOLOCH: Napoleon’s justification is that you always have to take ...
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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 ...