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Provisional Council Of The Duchy Of Masovia
The Provisional Council of the Duchy of Masovia ( pl, Rada Zastępcza Tymczasowa Księstwa Mazowieckiego) was a government ''ad interim'' of Warsaw and the Masovian Voivodeship, liberated in the Warsaw Insurrection during the Kościuszko Uprising. It was headed by Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski (1745–1802) was a notable Polish nobleman, politician, art collector, Freemason, and the Mayor of Warsaw during the last years of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in 1792 and 1794. Biography Ignacy Wyssogota Za ..., president of Warsaw. It operated between 19 April and 27 May 1794, when it was subordinated to the Supreme National Council. The Council comprised four sections, each headed by a counselor: * Diplomatic Section * Police Section * Treasury Section * Military Section Bibliography * ''Protokóły i dzienniki Rady Zastępczej Tymczasowej i Rady Najwyższej Narodowej'', Kraków, 1918. Kościuszko Uprising {{Poland-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
