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101Chopin, Frédéric — ▪ Polish composer and pianist Introduction in full Frédéric François Chopin, Polish Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen born March 1, 1810, Żelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw [now in Poland] [see Researcher s Note] died Oct. 17, 1849, Paris,… …
102Sienkiewicz, Henryk — ▪ Polish writer in full Henryk Adam Alexander Pius Sienkiewicz, pseudonym Litwos born May 5, 1846, Wola Okrzejska, Poland died November 15, 1916, Vevey, Switzerland Polish novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (Nobel Prize… …
103Chodkiewicz, Jan Karol — ▪ Polish general born 1560, probably at Stary Bykhov, Pol. died Sept. 24, 1621, Chocim Polish hetman who won remarkable victories against the Swedes and the Turks despite the vacillating policies and inadequate support of his king,… …
104Opaliński, Krzysztof — ▪ Polish writer born 1609, Sieraków, Poland died December 7, 1655, Włoszakowice Polish statesman and writer who was a noted satirist. A highly educated and well traveled man, and governor (wojewoda) of the province of Poznań,… …
105Różewicz, Tadeusz — ▪ Polish writer born October 9, 1921, Radomsko, Poland Polish poet and playwright, one of the leading writers of the post World War II period. Having seen service during World War II in the underground Polish Home Army, Różewicz made… …
106Tausig, Karl — ▪ Polish pianist born Nov. 4, 1841, Warsaw died July 17, 1871, Leipzig Polish pianist and composer, probably Liszt s greatest pupil. After four years of study with Liszt (Liszt, Franz) at Weimar, Tausig made his public debut in 1858… …
107Naval mine — Polish wz. 08/39 contact mine. The protuberances around the top of the mine, called Hertz horns, are part of the detonation mechanism …
108Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
109Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
110literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
