Bolesław III Wrymouth, also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138. He was the only child of Duke Władysław I Herman and his first wife, Judith of Bohemia.
The burning of Judas is an Easter-time ritual that originated in European Christian communities where an effigy of Judas Iscariot is burned. Other related mistreatment of Judas effigies include hanging, flogging, and exploding with fireworks. A similar ritual in Jewish tradition would be the hanging and burning an effigy of Haman and his ten sons during Purim, although this is not a widespread contemporary practice.
Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki of the Sas coat of arms was a Polish nobleman, diplomat, and spy during the Great Turkish War of Ruthenian origin. For his actions at the 1683 Battle of Vienna, when he managed to get out of the besieged city to seek help, he was considered a hero by the local people. According to legend, he is often cited as starting the first café in the city in 1683, using coffee beans left behind by the retreating Ottoman Turks. However, more recent sources suggest that the first coffeehouse in Vienna was opened by the Armenian Johannes Theodat in 1685.
Eleonore Maria Josefa of Austria was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania by marriage to King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, and subsequently Duchess of Lorraine by her second marriage to Charles V, Duke of Lorraine. She acted as nominal regent of the Duchy of Lorraine during the minority of her son between 1690 and 1697.
The Bochnia Salt Mine in Bochnia, Poland, is one of the oldest salt mines in the world and is the oldest commercial company in Poland. The Bochnia salt mine was established in 1248 after salt had been discovered there in the 12th and 13th centuries and became part of the royal mining company, Żupy krakowskie. In 1990, the mine ceased producing salt but remained a tourist attraction.
Lviv in Polish is a series of guidebooks by Kseniya Borodin and Ivanna Honak, devoted to Polish ghost signs in the city of Lviv, Ukraine. It explores the history of the city through a variety of different types of publicly accessible signs and inscriptions, illustrated with over 300 original photographs. The series was originally written in Ukrainian and has been translated into Polish.
Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna was a Polish poet, prose writer, playwright and translator. She was one of the most acclaimed and celebrated poets during Poland's interwar period.
Michał Piekarski, also known as Michael Piekarski, was a Polish petty nobleman and landowner, who attempted to assassinate King Sigismund III in 1620.
The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939–1944 is a 1986 book by Richard C. Lukas on the killing of, and other crimes against, Jewish and non-Jewish Poles by the Germans during the 1939–1945 occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. It has been described as Lukas' most famous book.
Such a Beautiful Sunny Day: Jews Seeking Refuge in the Polish Countryside, 1942–1945 is a 2016 book by Polish historian Barbara Engelking. It was first published in Polish in 2012 as Jest taki piękny, słoneczny dzień: Losy Żydów szukających ratunku na wsi polskiej 1942–1945. It focuses on the subject matter of The Holocaust in Poland.
The Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy is a modern art museum and cultural institution established in 2013 by Henryk Jan Dominiak. The Muzuem is located in the center of Tychy, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
Bolesław II the Bold's expedition to Kiev in 1069 aimed to assert Polish influence in the region, mirroring the conquests of his predecessor, Bolesław the Brave. Bolesław II the Bold occupied Kiev where he put the allied Iziaslav I of Kiev on the throne and on the way back occupied Przemyśl and annexed Cherven Cities to Poland.
The Battle of Gopło was a battle part of the Civil War in Poland which took place in 1096 near Gopło. It was fought between the troops of king Władysław Herman against the inhabitants of Kruszwica led by the kings son Zbigniew.
Vladimir the Great's Polish Campaign was a military campaign in the 10th century involving the Kievan Rus', led by Vladimir the Great, against the Duchy of Poland, led by Mieszko I. The result of the campaign was a Rus' victory.
Battle of Lokot, was a partisan attempt to capture the capital of the Lokot Autonomy - Lokot. The battle took place during the night between the 7th and 8th of January 1942. The battle was a victory for the Lokot Autonomy.
National Socialist Labor Party of Russia (NSLPR)(Rus: Национал-социалистическая рабочая партия России (НСРП)) was a Russian political party created in the German occupied semi-autonomous Lokot Republic by Bronislav Kaminski - leader of the Russian People's Liberation Army and Konstantin Voskoboinik - Starosta of the Lokot Autonomy.
The War of the Galician Succession or War for the unification of the Principality of Galician-Volhynia sometimes also known as the Second War of the Galician Succession was a struggle for power over the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. It took place from 19 June 1205 to 17 August 1245. The war is one of the longest wars of succession in Europe and ended with the Romanovichi dynasty coming to power.
