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Komorów, Pruszków County
Komorów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Michałowice, Masovian Voivodeship, Gmina Michałowice, within Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies on the Utrata river, approximately south-east of Pruszków and south-west of Warsaw. The village was founded in 1424. The name comes from the Slavic name Komor. It has its own suburban light railway station - Komorów WKD (Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa). In 1956, novelist Maria Dąbrowska settled in Komorów. She has been nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her residence currently houses a local library. History First written mention in 1424 (Comorowo). A possessive name, patronymic from the Slavs, Slavic name Komor. Initially it was a village divided into several parts, in the hands of minor nobility (Komorowski family), an offshoot of the Pierzchała family from the family nest in Pęcice. The Komorowski family were among the co-founders of the Pęcice parish. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
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 205 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, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pęcice
Pęcice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Michałowice, Masovian Voivodeship, Gmina Michałowice, within Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is located within the Warsaw metropolitan area, and borders the city of Pruszków in the west and lies approximately south-west of Warsaw. History In 1827, the village had a population of 268. During Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German occupation of Poland in World War II, on 2 August 1944, it was the location of the Battle of Pęcice between the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance and German occupiers. The Germans committed a massacre of 65 captured Polish partisans, including five women, at the local park. Over 20 people survived the massacre. 40 of the 91 Poles who were either killed in action or massacred after the battle were under the age of 20, the youngest was 14. After the war ended, a memorial was unveiled at the site in 1946. Sights The local landmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Kukulska
Natalia Maria Kukulska (born 3 March 1976) is a Polish singer performing pop and contemporary R&B, R&B music, turning towards alternative electronic music, electronica in the 2010s. She debuted as a child singer in 1986, and released her first "adult" solo album in 1996. Her most popular songs include "Dłoń", "Piosenka światłoczuła", "Im więcej ciebie tym mniej", "W biegu", and "Wierność jest nudna". She has sold over 1.8 million albums as of 2014 and received three platinum records and six gold records. Early life Kukulska was born on 3 March 1976 in Warsaw. She is the daughter of the late singer Anna Jantar, who was extremely popular in the 1970s and died in the LOT Flight 7, 1980 LOT plane crash, and the late composer Jarosław Kukulski, who also wrote songs for Irena Jarocka, Krzysztof Krawczyk, Eleni Tzoka, Eleni and many more. She also has a half-brother from her father's second marriage, Piotr Kukulski. She attended XXI Social High School in Warsaw ("XXI Społ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Komorowska
Maja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz (born 23 December 1937) is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in over 35 films since 1970. Selected filmography * ''Family Life'' (1971) * ''A Woman's Decision'' (1975) * ''Budapest Tales'' (1976) * ''Spiral'' (1978) * '' The Maids of Wilko'' (1979) *'' From a Far Country'' (1981) * '' A Year of the Quiet Sun'' (1984) * '' Decalogue I'' (1988) * ''Inventory'' (1989) * '' A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve''' (1989) * ''At Full Gallop'' (1996) * '' Katyń'' (2007) Honours and awards * Gold Cross of Merit (1975) * Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (for outstanding contribution to national culture, for achievements in artistic creativity and teaching activities, 2011; Commander's Cross, 2004; Knight's Cross, 2000) * Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence (2002) * Gold Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis The Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture () or Gloria Artis Medal, is a departmental decoration of Poland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Młynarski
Wojciech Młynarski (26 March 1941 – 15 March 2017) was a Polish poet, singer, songwriter, translator and theatre director, director. A well-known figure on the Polish musical scene, he was most famous for his ballads and what is known as sung poetry, as well as for his collaboration with numerous vocalists and cabarets. He wrote lyrics to more than 2,000 songs, a small fraction of which he sang himself. His songs received a total of 25 "Karolinkas", which are the main awards of the Polish Song Festival in Opole, Polish Song Festival in Opole, the most important Polish song festival, occurring annually since 1963. He also composed music to some of his songs. He is considered an icon of Polish culture. Biography Born on 26 March 1941 in Warsaw, he graduated from the Tomasz Zan High School in Pruszków and then, in 1963, from the Faculty of Polish Language Studies at Warsaw University (summa cum laude). It was during his university years that he started collaborating with the Hybr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Gessler
Magdalena Daria Gessler (née Ikonowicz, also known as Magda Gessler; born July 10, 1953) is a Polish television personality, celebrity chef, restaurateur and painter. Gessler is known for presenting TV programme '' Kuchenne rewolucje'' (Polish version of ''Kitchen Nightmares'') and judging in Polish version of ''MasterChef''. Biography She was born in Komorów. She is the daughter of Mirosław Ikonowicz, a former correspondent for the Polish Press Agency, and Olga (née Łucek) (1931-2001), who worked as an audio director at Polish Radio. Her mother was of Russian descent and her father came from Vilnius. Her paternal grandmother was of Italian descent and her paternal grandfather's family originated from the Balkans. Due to her mother's poor health suffering from tuberculosis at birth, she was placed in the care of her grandparents, confectioners Irena and Leon Łucek, who lived in Komorów. She then lived with her family in Warsaw's Muranów district. Due to the nature of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising (; ), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (), or the Battle of Warsaw, was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led by the Polish resistance Home Army (). The uprising was timed to coincide with the retreat of the German forces from Poland ahead of the Soviet advance. While approaching the eastern suburbs of the city, the Red Army halted combat operations, enabling the Germans to regroup and defeat the Polish resistance and to Planned destruction of Warsaw, destroy the city in retaliation. The Uprising was fought for 63 days with little outside support. It was the single largest military effort taken by any European Resistance during World War II, resistance movement during World War II. The defeat of the uprising and suppression of the Home Army enabled the pro-Soviet Polish administra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers. Conceptually, the intelligentsia status class arose in the late 18th century, during the Partitions of Poland (1772–1795). Etymologically, the 19th-century Polish intellectual Bronisław Trentowski coined the term (intellectuals) to identify and describe the university-educated and professionally active social stratum of the patriotic bourgeoisie; men and women whose intellectualism would provide moral and political leadership to Poland in opposing the cultural hegemony of the Russian Empire. Before the Russian Revolution, the term () identified and described the status class of university-educated people whose cultural capital (schooling, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden City Movement
The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with Green belt, greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, and agriculture. Ebenezer Howard first posited the idea in 1898 as a way to capture the primary benefits of the countryside and the city while avoiding the disadvantages presented by both. In the early 20th century, Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City were built near London according to Howard's concept and many other garden cities inspired by his model have since been built all over the world. History Conception Inspired by the utopian novel ''Looking Backward'' by Edward Bellamy, and Henry George's work ''Progress and Poverty'', Howard published the book '': a Peaceful Path to Real Reform'' in 1898 (reissued in 1902 as ''Garden Cities of To-morrow''). His idealised garden city would house 32,000 people on a site of . Howard's di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipowa Str (north Poland)
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Lipowa may refer to the following places in Poland: *Lipowa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Lipowa, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *Lipowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) *Lipowa, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) *Lipowa, Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland) *Lipowa, Brzeg County in Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Lipowa, Nysa County in Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Lipowa, Opole County in Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Lipowa, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Lipowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilczęta, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wilczęta, south of Braniewo, and north-west of the regional cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw Governorate
Warsaw Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. It was created in 1844 from the Masovia Governorate, Masovia and Kalisz Governorates, and had the capital in Warsaw. In 1867 territories of the Warsaw Governorate were divided into three smaller governorates: a smaller Warsaw Governorate, Piotrków Governorate and the recreated Kalisz Governorate. A small reform in 1893 increased the Warsaw Governorate's size with territories split from Płock Governorate, Płock and Łomża Governorate, Łomża governorates. Language *By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language. Governors * Evgeni Rozhnov (1863-24.10.1866) * Baron Nikolai Medem (24.10.1866—01.01.1892 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full achievement (heraldry), heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest (heraldry), crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger (e.g. an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail "surcoat" garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Roll of arms, Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a nobility, noble family, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
