But is the map the territory? Where was Poland when it wasn’t there ... partition of an existing legal state must have seemed like a hardly paralleled event in history. A contemporary British ...

Throughout centuries, Poland has been populated by very diverse ethnicities and linguistic groups, all of which have left a mark. Here's a look at some of the languages spoken in these lands, and a ...

For more information about the history of World ... It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.