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in the Soviet Union. Most of these deportees died while being transported or in the labor camps, and most were Polish citizens.
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conducted mass deportations, in which 776 people from the county, including 261 people from the town were deported to
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Briesen, by which is still referred to in
1271:(in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 194.
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policies intensified after the town became part of the
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381:. The population is 13,877 inhabitants (2010).
984:(1905–1981), German-Canadian ice hockey player
373:, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) northeast of
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996:(born 1985), handball player
936:Muzeum Miejskie w Wąbrzeźnie
505:Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
990:(1979–2014), speedway rider
523:, with the consent of King
377:. It is the capital of the
261:1,600/km (4,200/sq mi)
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1186:Wardzyńska, Maria (2009).
1025:(born 1958), industrialist
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1190:(in Polish). Warszawa:
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517:Greater Poland Province
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1255:Polskiej Akademii Nauk
1171:Górski, Karol (1949).
1002:(1864–1941), chemist,
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994:Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc
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493:Casimir IV Jagiellon
487:The town joined the
439:Bishopric of Chełmno
258: • Density
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970:Magdalena Fularczyk
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1576:Stanisławki
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1461:Frydrychowo
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1427:Gmina Ryńsk
1376:Gmina Ryńsk
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