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The January Uprising near Dobra and Radoszewice Historia Łodzi
The January Uprising near Dobra and Radoszewice
How two 1863 uprising skirmishes near Dobra and Radoszewice unfolded, and the story of teacher Maria Piotrowiczowa who died there.
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Noble assemblies and congresses of the Sieradz-Łęczyca land Historia Łodzi
Noble assemblies and congresses of the Sieradz-Łęczyca land
How the Sieradz-Łęczyca land, with noble assemblies in Szadek, Sulejów and Tum, had its own political history before Łódź existed.
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Sieradz - a town older than some records of Krakow Historia Łodzi
Sieradz - a town older than some records of Krakow
Why Sieradz, listed alongside Kraków in the 12th-century Arabic Book of Roger, is far older than the city of Łódź.
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Where did the name Łódź really come from? Science versus the popular legend Historia Łodzi
Where did the name Łódź really come from? Science versus the popular legend
Three scholarly theories on the origin of the name Łódź, and why the popular boat-and-fisherman legend is a 19th-century tale.
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Skierniewice - the second capital of Poland that nobody remembers today Historia Łodzi
Skierniewice - the second capital of Poland that nobody remembers today
How Skierniewice, as the primate's residence, effectively governed Poland for over a year during an 18th-century interregnum.
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Where does the name Spala come from? The legend of the sleeping princess and the historians' version Historia Łodzi
Where does the name Spala come from? The legend of the sleeping princess and the historians' version
Two theories on where the name Spała came from - a legend of a sleeping princess and the historians' account of the Spała millers.
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Spała - the forest where tsars hunted, and later presidents rested Historia Łodzi
Spała - the forest where tsars hunted, and later presidents rested
How Spała went from a private hunting retreat of Russian tsars to the summer residence of Poland's interwar presidents.
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Righteous Among the Nations from Łódź and the region Historia Łodzi
Righteous Among the Nations from Łódź and the region
92 people from the Łódź region were honored as Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during the German occupation.
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The strike of the Łódź textile workers, February 1971 Historia Łodzi
The strike of the Łódź textile workers, February 1971
How the February 1971 strike of Łódź textile workers forced Poland's communist authorities to reverse food price hikes.
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The Crown Tribunal in Piotrków - 214 years of rulings for the whole Commonwealth Historia Łodzi
The Crown Tribunal in Piotrków - 214 years of rulings for the whole Commonwealth
How Piotrków Trybunalski hosted the Crown Tribunal, the old Commonwealth's highest court, for 214 unbroken years.
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The imprisoned princess and hidden pearls - legends of the castle in Rawa Mazowiecka Historia Łodzi
The imprisoned princess and hidden pearls - legends of the castle in Rawa Mazowiecka
Legends of an imprisoned princess and hidden pearls tied to the Rawa Mazowiecka castle, once a Mazovian ducal seat.
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The great fires of Łódź's factories - a risk that threatened the Promised Land Historia Łodzi
The great fires of Łódź's factories - a risk that threatened the Promised Land
Why 19th-century textile factories in Łódź burned so easily, and how the great fires at Geyer's and Kunitzer's unfolded.
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