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First leader of the Poles who converted to Christianity
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Mieszko I
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First King of Poland, son of the above
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Bolesław I the Brave
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This Polish king of the early 12th century divided Poland between his sons
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Bolesław II
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Duke Konrad I of Masovia invited this religious order to Poland
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Teutonic Order
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This Polish king of the early 14th century reunified Poland
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Władysław I
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This Polish king, son of the above, expanded Polish territory
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Casimir III the Great
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1454-1466 war in which the Polish crushed the mentioned religious order
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Thirteen Years' War
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Polish astronomer who theorized the heliocentric theory
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Poland entered into union with Lithuania under this queen
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Jadwiga
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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was established under this 1569 union
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Union of Lublin
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16th to 18th century period during which Poland was liberal and tolerant
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Złoty Wiek
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This soldier-king led the Winged Hussars to victory at the 1683 Battle of Vienna
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Jan III Sobieski
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This country invaded Poland-Lithuania in 1701
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Sweden
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These countries partitioned Poland from 1772 to 1795 (in alphabetical order)
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Austria
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Prussia
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Russia
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National hero who fought for American and Polish independence
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Tadeusz Kościuszko
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Founder of Polish legions in Italy, mentioned in the Polish national anthem
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Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
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Polish female scientist who discovered Radium and Polonium
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Marie Skłodowska Curie
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The Second Polish Republic was established in 1919 after this war
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World War I
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First Chief of State and leader of Polish troops in the above war
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Józef Piłsudski
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Poland was invaded by this country in 1919 and again in 1939
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Soviet Russia / USSR
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Poland was split between Nazi Germany and the above in this pact
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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Mass execution of Polish army officers by the above country in 1940
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Katyn Massacre
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The Polish People's Republic was established in 1945 under this ideology
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Communism
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1956 uprising of Polish workers
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Poznań Riots
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Year of protests in northern Poland due to increase in food prices
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1970
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Polish cardinal who became Pope John Paul II in 1978
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Karol Wojtyła
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Polish trade union that campaigned for social reformation
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Solidarity
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Leader of the above union, first president of the Republic of Poland
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Lech Wałęsa
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