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    Orsha (redirect from Orsza)
    romanized: Orša; Russian: Орша, IPA: [ˈorʂə]; Lithuanian: Orša, Polish: Orsza) is a city in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is situated on the fork of the...
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    Soldier, Warsaw, the Battle of Orsha is commemorated by the inscription "ORSZA 8 IX 1514". In Lithuania, the Battle of Orsha is commemorates as well by...
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    voivodeship was not divided into counties. Later on, however, the County of Orsza, which had been part of Smolensk Voivodeship, was attached to Witebsk Voivodeship...
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    Scouting portal Stanisław Broniewski alias Stefan Orsza, Witold, K. Krzemień (29 December 1915 – 30 December 2000) was a Polish economist, Chief Scouts...
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    The Battle of Orsha (Polish: Bitwa pod Orszą) is a painting of the Battle of Orsha, which was fought on September 8, 1514 between the allied forces of...
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    employed. The hussars proved vital to the Polish–Lithuanian victories at the Orsza (1514), the Obertyn (1531) and the Battle of Vienna (1683). Over the course...
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    Berezyna; 1,381 people, including children) 14 – 20 August, Operation Greif (Orsza, Witebsk; 796 people, including children) 22 August – 21 September, Operation...
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  • programmer Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst Kerry Wendell Thornley American author Orsza Stanisław Broniewski Polish economist and soldier Paco Rabanne Francisco...
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    Leiden: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-22198-7. Drożdż, Piotr (2000). Orsza 1518. Historyczne bitwy (in Polish). Warszawa: Bellona. Gembarzewski, Bronisław...
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    executed by 28 scouts led by Warsaw Standard Commander Stanisław Broniewski "Orsza". The initiator and the commander of the "Attack Group" was Tadeusz Zawadzki...
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    the ranks of colonel (pułkownik) in the Royal Army, chorąży (ensign) of Orsza and Grand Lithuanian Guardian. During The Deluge - the Swedish invasion...
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    Czekalski (1917), Wanda Brzeska (1927), Tadeusz Korczyński (1933), Tadeusz Orsza Korpal (1937). A Lithuanian play by Antanas Vienuolis was staged by the...
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    Franciszek Kareu, SJ (10 December 1731, Orsza – 11 August 1802, Polotsk) was a Polish-Welsh Jesuit priest, architect, missionary and teacher in the region...
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    the inscriptions were noted and corrected for the dates of the Obertyn, Orsza and Beresteczko battles. In 2016, an initiative was taken to rotate the...
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    Jelsk Greif (August 14–20, 1942) — anti-partisan operation in Belarus: Orsza, Witebsk Sumpffieber (August 22 – September 21, 1942) — anti-partisan operation...
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  • Ruthenian Voivodship in 1545. In 1514 he participated in the Battle of Orsza and was a trusted adviser of Queen Bona Sforza and King Zygmunt II August...
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  • Новолукомль/Novolukoml Nowołukoml Novalukomlis Orša (Vorša) Орша (Ворша) Орша/Orsha Orsza אורשא/Orsha Orša Pastavy Паставы Поставы/Postavy Postawy פאָסטאָוו/Postov...
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    previously employed, the hussars proved vital to the Polish victories at Orsza (1514) and Obertyn (1531). By the reign of King Stefan Batory, the hussars...
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    Legnica 9 IV 1241 Płowce 27 IX 1331 Grunwald 15 VII 1410 Warna 10 XI 1444 Orsza 8 IX 1514 Psków 24 VIII 1581-15 I 1582 Kircholm 27 IX 1605 Kłuszyn-Moskwa...
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    mother's domain. In 1508, Tarnowski fought against Muscovy in the battle of Orsza; in 1509, against Moldavia in the battle of Chocim, and upon the Dniester...
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    Florian Marciniak (27 September 1939 – 6 May 1943) Stanisław Broniewski ("Orsza"; 12 May 1943 – 3 October 1944) Leon Marszałek (3 October 1944 – 18 January...
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    in the collection of National Museum in Warsaw, known as The Battle of Orsza depicts the common fighting formations of heavy, armoured cavalry, and light...
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    “Kazimirovskaya Slaboda” and “Zarechye.” Administratively it was located in the Orsza County in Vitebsk Voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian...
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  • Kmitycz. The Kmicic family, of the Radzic [pl] II coat of arms, came from Orsza and was of no particular note. Notable people with the surname include:...
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    Nowogródek (for the County of Nowogródek), two envoys elected, Orsza (for the County of Orsza), two envoys elected, Oszmiana (for the County of Oszmiana)...
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    became Zapolya's secretary the same year. When the king won the victory of Orsza, he again wrote a poem, and sent verses purporting to be from the queen...
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  • quickly gained political connections. In 1620 he becomes the marshal of Orsza and castellan of Mścisław. He took part in the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18)...
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    Jan Piechociński as doctor Jan Englert as Stanisław Broniewski "Stefan Orsza" Piotr Grabowski Ryszard Bacciarelli Karl Sturm as Schulz Werner Toelcke...
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    visible. Examples: synagogue at Lanckorona in Podolie; Polaniec; Pareczow; Orsza; Szkloff; Radoszyce; Pilica; Nowogradek; Przedborz; Zydaczew; Brzozdowice;...
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    the Polish king Sigismund I the Old, and lost his life in the battle of Orsza. His father, Grzegorz, was a podsędek of Włodzimierz. He signed his name...
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