Congress Poland
Congress Poland (Polish: Królestwo Polskie, Russian: Царство Польское) was a historical Polish state created in 1815 by decision of Congress of Vienna as personal union with Russia.[1]
Kingdom of Poland Królestwo Polskie Царство Польское | |||||||||||||
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1815–1915 | |||||||||||||
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Motto: Z nami Bóg! "God is with us!" | |||||||||||||
Anthem: Pieśń narodowa za pomyślność króla "National Song to the King's Well-being" | |||||||||||||
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Capital | Warsaw | ||||||||||||
Official languages | Polish, Russian | ||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Polish, Pole | ||||||||||||
Government | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Establishment | |||||||||||||
9 June 1815 | |||||||||||||
• Constitution | 27 November 1815 | ||||||||||||
• November Uprising | 29 November 1830 | ||||||||||||
• January Uprising | 23 January 1863 | ||||||||||||
• Establishment of Vistula Land | 1867 | ||||||||||||
• Lost to Germany during WWI | 1915 | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 128,500 km2 (49,600 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1816 estimate | 3,300,000[1] | ||||||||||||
• 1870 | 6,100,000[1] | ||||||||||||
• 1900 | 10,000,000[1] | ||||||||||||
Currency | Złoty | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Poland, Latvia, Russia |
The first king was Alexander I, who created the university of Warsaw in 1816. In the years 1830–1831, there was November Uprising, whose result was abolition of the kingdom in 1832[2] and incorporation to Russian Empire.
References
- Królestwo Polskie Encyklopedia PWN [2023-03-14]
- Małe tablice. Historia. Warsaw: Adamantan. 2017. p. 52. ISBN 978-83-7350-424-0.
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