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279:"Historia - Portal - Bitwa pod Węgrowem"
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1731:Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
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1112:Livonian War
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142: [
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78:Territorial
1830:Categories
1803:22°01′00″E
1800:52°24′00″N
1636:resistance
1180:The Deluge
707:2nd Opatów
672:1st Opatów
632:Fajsławice
617:Depułtycze
502:Genėtiniai
482:Krasnobród
432:Krzywosądz
387:Szydłowiec
328:Wikisource
312:8321403395
260:References
191:few horses
984:Great War
712:Żeleźnica
642:Panasówka
572:Nagoszewo
532:Krzykawka
527:Kobylanka
407:Sosnowiec
299:1795-1939
225:Scythemen
221:artillery
189:5 wounded
172:6 cannons
1759:Iraq War
687:Mierzwin
477:Igołomia
467:Chroberz
452:Mrzygłód
392:Lubartów
297:vol II.
241:Spartans
212:in east
187:1 killed
158:Strength
150:Colonel
58:Location
27:Part of
1634:,
1632:history
1523:on the
887:Bohemia
662:Rybnica
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627:Złoczew
597:Świerże
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562:Salicha
552:Miropol
487:Praszka
427:Staszów
422:Miechów
417:Słupcza
382:Ciołków
243:at the
214:Masovia
204:in the
80:changes
682:Sprowa
647:Batorz
622:Żyrzyn
537:Biržai
512:Pyzdry
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697:Janik
677:Brody
667:Łążek
557:Horki
462:Skała
442:Dobra
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702:Iłża
602:Ossa
587:Góry
522:Stok
402:Rawa
308:ISBN
50:Date
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