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Also known as Kingdom of Poland, Russian Poland, Tsardom of Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland

territory in Eastern Europe in Russian empire (1815–1915)

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Congress Poland was a territory in Eastern Europe that existed within the Russian Empire from 1815 to 1915, created after the Napoleonic Wars as a semi-autonomous Polish state under Russian control. It matters because it represents an important period in Polish history when the nation, having lost its independence, maintained some degree of separate identity and institutions while under foreign imperial rule.

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Wikidata facts

Located in
Russian Empire
Continent
Europe
Capital
Warsaw
Official language
Polish
Population
10000000
Area
128500
Form of government
personal union
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topic's main category
Category:Congress Poland
Commons category
Congress Poland
inception
1815-06-09
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1915-00-00
category for people born here
Q8078395
category of associated people
Category:People from Congress Poland
replaced by
Vistula Land
language used
Russian
native label
Królestwo Polskie
different from
Kingdom of Poland
P8168
Neco
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part ofPoland Lithuania Belarus¹

¹ Sopoćkinie area

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