Kraków,also spelled as Cracow or Krakow,is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship,the city has a population of 804,237 (2023),with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596,and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic,cultural,and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities,its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978,one of the world's first sites granted the status.
Lesser Poland,often known by its Polish name Małopolska,is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries,Lesser Poland developed a separate culture featuring diverse architecture,folk costumes,dances,cuisine,traditions and a rare Lesser Polish dialect. The region is rich in historical landmarks,monuments,castles,natural scenery and UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Warsaw,officially the Capital City of Warsaw,is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents,which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures 517 km2 (200 sq mi) and comprises 18 districts,while the metropolitan area covers 6,100 km2 (2,355 sq mi). Warsaw is classified as an alpha global city,a major cultural,political and economic hub,and the country's seat of government. It is also the capital of the Masovian Voivodeship.
Nowa Huta is the easternmost district of Kraków,Poland. With more than 200,000 inhabitants,it is one of the most populous areas of the city. Until 1990,the neighbouring districts were considered expansions of the original Nowa Huta district,and were linked by the same tramway system. They are now separate districts of Kraków.
The Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919 was part of the campaign by Soviet Russia into areas abandoned by the Ober Ost garrisons that were being withdrawn to Germany following that country's defeat in World War I. The initially successful offensive against the Republic of Estonia ignited the Estonian War of Independence which ended with the Soviet recognition of Estonia. Similarly,the campaigns against the Republic of Latvia and Republic of Lithuania ultimately failed,resulting in the Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty and Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty respectively. In Belarus,the Belarusian People's Republic was conquered and the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia proclaimed.
Podgórze is a district of Kraków,Poland,situated on the right (southern) bank of the Vistula River,at the foot of Lasota Hill. The district was subdivided in 1990 into six new districts,see present-day districts of Kraków for more details. The name Podgórze roughly translates as the base of a hill. Initially a small settlement,in the years following the First Partition of Poland the town's development was promoted by the Austria-Hungary Emperor Joseph II who in 1784 granted it the city status,as the Royal Free City of Podgórze. In the following years it was a self-governing administrative unit. After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 and the takeover of the entire city by the Empire,Podgórze lost its political role of an independent suburb across the river from the Old Town.
The Jaworzno concentration camp was a concentration camp in WW2,German-occupied Poland and later in Communist Poland. It was first established by the Nazis in 1943 during the Second World War and was later used by the Soviet NKVD in 1945 to 1956. After that it was used by the Ministry of Public Security and other agencies of the Polish communist regime. Today the site is an apartment complex and also houses a memorial to the camp's victims.
White Croatia is the region from which part of the White Croats emigrated to the area of modern-day Croatia and lived between 7-10th century.
Nikola Mitrović is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hungarian club BVSC-Zugló.
Bojana Radulović,is a retired Serbian-Hungarian handball player who currently leads the handball academy of Dunaújváros.
Wiślica is a village in Gmina Skoczów,Cieszyn County,Silesian Voivodeship,southern Poland.
Hungary–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between the two countries,Hungary and Russia. Hungary has an embassy in Moscow and two consulate-generals. Russia has an embassy in Budapest and a consulate-general in Debrecen. Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Szczucin is a town in Dąbrowa County,Lesser Poland Voivodeship,in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Szczucin. It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-east of Dąbrowa Tarnowska,30 km (19 mi) north of Tarnów and 85 km (53 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków. The town has a population of 4,069. It is located on the Vistula river.
The Vistula is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe,at 1,047 kilometres in length. Its drainage basin,extending into three other countries apart from Poland,covers 193,960 km2 (74,890 sq mi),of which 168,868 km2 (65,200 sq mi) is in Poland.
The 1997 Central European flood or the 1997 Oder Flood of the Oder and Morava river basins in July 1997 affected Poland,the Czech Republic and Germany,taking the lives of 114 people and causing material damages estimated at $4.5 billion. The flooding began in the Czech Republic,then spread to Poland and Germany. In Poland,where it was one of the most disastrous floods in the country's history,it was named the Millennium Flood. The term was also used in Germany (Jahrtausendflut). The event has also been referred to as the Great Flood of 1997.
Poland is a country that extends across the North European Plain from the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south to the sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea in the north. Poland is the fifth-most populous country of the European Union and the ninth-largest country in Europe by area. The territory of Poland covers approximately 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi),of which 98.52% is land and 1.48% is water. The Polish coastline was estimated at 770 km (478 mi) in length. Poland's highest point is Rysy,at 2,500 m (8,202 ft).
Włocławek Reservoir is a water body in the Middle Vistula flow that appeared in 1970 after building of the dam in Włocławek. The length of the reservoir is 58 km from Włocławek to Płock,average width is 1.2 km. It is the biggest reservoir in Poland.
Events during the year 2010 in Poland.
Throughout much of 2024,numerous European countries were affected by severe floods caused by prolonged heavy rains. Several were catastrophic,causing deaths and widespread damage due to overflowing river basins and landslides. Deaths occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina,Poland,Germany,Romania,Spain,Austria,France,the Czech Republic,Italy,Switzerland,Montenegro,Belgium,the United Kingdom,Ireland,Portugal and Slovakia.
The 2024 Central European floods were a series of floods caused by a record heavy rainfall generated by Storm Boris,an extremely humid Genoa low. The flooding began in Austria and the Czech Republic,then spread to Poland,Romania and Slovakia,and then onwards to Germany and Hungary. As of 28 September 2024,27 fatalities have been reported.
