Szczekociny
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Szczekociny is a town on the Pilica river, in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 3,612 inhabitants.
Church of Saint Bartholomew
Battle of Szczekociny of 1794 by Michał Stachowicz
Dembiński Palace in the early 20th century
Dembiński Palace in 2008
Russian Partition
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The Russian Partition constituted the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that were annexed by the Russian Empire in the course of late-18th-century Partitions of Poland. The Russ
Szczekociny
…in 1795, Szczekociny was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, then it passed to the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 and ultimately became part of Russian-controlled Congress Poland after Napoleon's defeat and the duchy's dissolution in 1815. In the 19th century Szczekociny changed hands several times, belonging to…
The Battle of Praga, prior to the Russian massacre of civilians
Battle of Węgrów (1863), one of over 60 battles during the January Uprising