Speaking with `` great earnestness '', he said: `` For the Russian people, the question of Poland is not only a question of honor but also a question of security.

Countries that officially recognize the Armenian genocide include Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Vatican City and Venezuela ; additionally, some regional governments of countries recognize the Armenian genocide, such as New South Wales in Australia and Wales in the United Kingdom, also officially recognize the Armenian Genocide.

Alexander (; ) ( 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506 ) of the House of Jagiellon was the Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland.

The aurochs ( or ; also urus, ( Bos primigenius ), the ancestor of domestic cattle, is an extinct type of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa ; they survived in Europe until the last recorded aurochs, a female, died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland in 1627.

He was the rabbinical advisor to the German occupying forces of Poland in the First World War and was also one of the founders of the World Agudath Israel movement.

The brown bear's principal range includes parts of Russia, the United States ( mostly in Alaska ), Canada, the Carpathian region ( especially Romania, but also Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and so on ), the Balkans, Sweden and Finland, where it is the national animal.

The Battle of Świecino ( named for the village of Świecino, near Żarnowiec Lake, northern Poland ) also called the Battle of Żarnowiec or in German Battle of Schwetz, took place on September 17, 1462 during the Thirteen Years ' War.

The Council also condemned and executed Jan Hus and ruled on issues of national sovereignty, the rights of pagans, and just war in response to a conflict between the Kingdom of Poland and the Order of the Teutonic Knights.

He was also apparently unaware that the document related to territory later called Poland.

In his Spór o istnienie świata ( Ger: " Der Streit um die Existenz der Welt ", Eng: " Dispute about existence of the world ") he created his own realistic position, which also helped to spread phenomenology in Poland.

It is also important to note that during the 80's, the People's Republic of Poland instituted the martial law to vanquish and censor all forms of opposition against the communist rule of the nation, including outlets such as cinema and radio.

Freikorps also fought in the Baltic, Silesia, Poland and East Prussia after the end of World War I, including aviation combat, often with significant success.

The Commonwealth also had larger subdivisions known as prowincja, one of which was named Greater Poland.

However, this prowincja covered a larger area than the Greater Poland region itself, also taking in Masovia and Royal Prussia.

The Drake well is often referred to as the " first " commercial oil well, although that title is also claimed for wells in Azerbaijan, Ontario, West Virginia, and Poland, among others.

Poland had suffered under a plethora of economic calamities, but there were also signs of progress and stabilization ( Władysław Grabski's economically competent government lasted for almost two years ).

See also the list of Polish monarchs and list of Prime Ministers of Poland.

Saint Hedwig of Silesia (), also Saint Hedwig of Andechs (, ) ( 1174 – 15 October 1243 ) from the comital House of Andechs was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238.

Her actions promoted the reign of her husband: Upon the death of the Polish High Duke Władysław III Spindleshanks in 1231, Henry also became Duke of Greater Poland and the next year prevailed as High Duke at Kraków.

In Poland, where the bulk of Yiddish-speaking Jewry had established itself by the 18th century, three branches of Yiddishkheit emerged: those who opposed the predominant study of Kabbalah ( Jewish mysticism ) and those who supported it ; and the Yiddish theater culture of secularism also in Lithuania originally but getting to the whole Yiddish speaking society.

Nevertheless, irradiated foods that fall within the single category ; ' dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings ' are permitted presently in all 27 member states of the European Community and seven countries ( Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom ) also maintain a number of national regulations that allow other irradiated foods to be marketed as long as they comply with Directvie 1999 / 2 / EC.

Stalin also stated that the Polish government-in-exile demands for self-rule were not negotiable, such that the Soviet Union would keep the territory of eastern Poland they had already taken by invasion with German consent in 1939, and wanted the pro-Soviet Polish government installed.

Endersch also held the title of Royal Mathematician to King Augustus III of Poland.

The British historian Victor Rothwell wrote that the newspapers that Ribbentrop used to provide his press summaries for Hitler, such as the Daily Express and the Daily Mail, were out of touch not only with British public opinion, but also with British government policy in regard to Poland.

Professor McNeill thinks that at Yalta, Stalin did not fully realize the dilemma which faced him, that he thought the exclusion of the anti-Soviet voters from East European elections would not be greatly resented by his allies, while neither Roosevelt nor Churchill frankly faced `` the fact that, in Poland at least, genuinely free democratic elections would return governments unfriendly to Russia '', by any definition of international friendliness.

Luther for his part did not stop at the suggestion, but in order to facilitate the change made special efforts to spread his teaching among the Prussians, while Albert's brother, Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach, laid the scheme before their uncle, Sigismund I the Old of Poland.

It is generally assumed by scholars that the Bastarnae's original home was around the Vistula river ( central Poland ) and that they migrated south-eastwards to the Black Sea region around 200 BC ( as, 400 years later, did the Gothic ethnos ).

Unlike the Jews of Poland and Russia whose first language was Yiddish, Hungarian Jews did not adopt Yiddish as their primary language.

It did not prevent the German army from conquering Poland in a matter of weeks with its innovative Blitzkrieg tactics and helped by the Soviet Union's attack on Poland.

Pessimism in the south was more intense after the Cossacks ' Uprising ( 1648 – 1654 ) under Chmielnicki and the turbulent times in Poland ( 1648 – 1660 ), which violently ruined the Jewry of South East Poland, but did not much affect that of Lithuania and Estonia.

In Poland, however, the lords of Lesser Poland ( Poland's virtual rulers ) did not want to continue the personal union with Hungary, nor to accept as regent Mary's fiancé Sigismund, whom they expelled from the country.

The Greek historian Aristotle Kaillis wrote that it was Ribbentrop's influence with Hitler together with his insistence that the Western powers would in the end not go to war for Poland that was the most important reason why Hitler did not cancel Fall Weiß all together instead of postponing " X-day " for six days.

Erik XIV did not like this and The Northern Seven Years ' War between The Free City of Lübeck, Denmark, Poland, and Sweden broke out.

Unlike other Polish provinces, especially Silesia, Lesser Poland did not undergo further fragmentation, and in early 14th century became the core of the reunited nation ( together with Greater Poland ).

They did it again against the Knights of the Teutonic Order invited to Poland by Konrad Mazowiecki in 1226.

The Grand Duke of Muscovy did not profess the Catholic faith in such a manner as to give any assurance of his intentions, and the King of Poland had looked upon the embassy with displeasure.

Unlike Poland, Norway was considered " Aryan " in Hitlerian ideology, and unlike Denmark it was further off, nearer Britain, and did not share a land border with any territory under German control.

Unlike the Soviet-controlled Poland in Upper Silesia, France did not annex the Saar or expel the local German population.

Hitler however cut a deal with Joseph Stalin to divide Eastern Europe ; when Germany did invade Poland in September 1939, Britain and France declared war ; the British Commonwealth followed London's lead.

The Poles did not surrender ; they established a Polish Underground State and an underground Home Army, and continued to fight with the Allies on all fronts outside Poland.

After October 1956 four books written by Gombrowicz appeared in Poland and they brought him great renown despite the fact that the authorities did not allow the publication of Dziennik ( Diary ).

Among those who did supported Henry II's claims, however, were Duke Mieszko I of Poland and Duke Boleslaus II of Bohemia.

During the time the emperor spent in Poland, Bolesław I did not hide the wealth of his country, in fact he showed off its affluence at every step as he tried to dazzle the emperor.

In 1575, Maximilian was elected by the part of Polish and Lithuanian magnates to be the King of Poland in opposition to Stephan IV Bathory, but he did not manage to become widely accepted there and was forced to leave Poland.