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Wygoda, Łomża County
Wygoda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łomża, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Łomża and west of the regional capital Białystok. History During the Polish January Uprising, on July 21, 1863, the forest of Wygoda was the site of a Russian massacre of 50 unarmed young Polish people, Poles, mostly students from Łomża who joined the uprising. The victims were tortured and murdered slowly in gruesome ways.''Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim'', p. 55 They were undressed and tied to trees, some had their eyes gouged out, bones broken or insides torn out before they died. After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, the village was Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941, and then by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. References Villages in Łomża County Massacres of Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
