MASURIA

məzooˈrēə, Ger. Masurenland, Pol. Mazury, region, N Poland. It is a low-lying area covered by large lakes and forests and drained by many small rivers. The original population of the region was expelled by the Teutonic Knights and replaced (14th cent.) with Polish settlers. Masuria later became part of East Prussia and was largely Germanized by the early 20th cent. After Masuria passed to Poland in 1945, most of the German-speaking population was expelled and replaced by Poles. The Masurian Lakes region, where more than 2,700 lakes are located, was the scene of heavy fighting early in World War I. Two Russian armies, commanded by generals Samsonov and Rennenkampf, were defeated in the region—Samsonov by Hindenburg at Tannenburg (Aug., 1914) and Rennenkampf by Mackensen in the lake country (Sept., 1914). The Russians were also repulsed (Feb., 1915) in Masuria in the so-called Winter Battle.

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Census and Identity: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Census
Book by David I. Kertzer, Dominique Arel; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Census--Methodology--Case Studies, Ethnicity--Case Studies, Linguistic Demography--Case Studies, Race--Case Studies
...therefore of Polish nationality, and that Masuria should thus be attached to post-war...state policy of Polish assimilation. Had Masuria been annexed to Poland, as it eventually...had decided to conduct a plebiscite in Masuria an option not given to the populations...
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National Cultures at the Grass-Root Level
Book by Antonina K�oskowska; Central European University Press, 2001
Subjects: Assimilation (Sociology), Ethnic Groups
...commissioned officer, he became a gendarme in Masuria. He married a German girl without any...in L6tzen (or Lec, now Gizycko) in Masuria. Adalbert, who was known in his family...of Polish was eliminated in schools in Masuria. He lost his father in
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Central Europe
Book by Joseph Franz Maria Partsch, Clementina Black, Halford John Mackinder; D. Appleton and Company, 1903
Subjects: Europe, Physical Geography--Europe
...of kindred speech, which includes the south of East Prussia Masuria , the Kulmerland, and the greater part of the provinces of...everywhere strengthened by the Catholic clergy, except in Masuria, where there are Protestant Poles. The equalisation of Catholics...
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Poland and the European Union
Book by Karl Cordell; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: European Union--Poland, Poland--Foreign Relations, Poland--Politics And Government--1989-
...with around 80,000 resident in the Olsztyn voivodship in Masuria. Ziolkowski 1959 . To this number must be added the designated...Crucially, neither former German inhabitants of Upper Silesia and Masuria, nor former German citizens of pre-war Poland were allowed...
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Zanzibar under Colonial Rule
Book by Abdul Sheriff, Ed Ferguson; James Currey, 1991
Subjects: Social Conflict--Zanzibar, Zanzibar--History
The second category of slave consisted of the masuria or concubines, and the general working slaves of the household...been seen with hostility: There is but little doubt that the masuria enjoy considerable advantages over the other slaves. Certainly...
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Identity on a Personal Level: Sleswig Biographies during the Age of Nationalism
Journal article by Peter Thaler; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 80, 2008
Subjects: Biographies--Criticism and interpretation, Biography--Criticism and interpretation, Danish literature--Criticism and interpretation, National identity--Portrayals
...transitional European settings, such as Jeremy Kings analysis of Bohemian Budweis/Budejovice, Richard Blankes study of Masuria, and Margit Feischmidt as well as Rogers Brubakers research on Transylvania. (56) Next to a traditional identity rooted...


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A Lack of Solidarity
Magazine article by Mark Seddon; New Statesman, Vol. 137, September 29, 2008
Subjects: Presidents (Government)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Presidents--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Shipyards--Political aspects, Shipyards--Social aspects, Solidarity (Polish labor organization)--History, Solidarity (Polish labor organization)--Officials and employees, Walesa, Lech--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...were noisily boarding a tour coach that proudly displayed the old East Prussian names from this part of the world: Danzig, Masuria, Koenigsberg. In the distance the shipyard cranes and gantries framed the sky. But for how much longer?


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Masuria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MASURIA m zoo re , Ger. Masurenland, Pol. Mazury...14th cent.) with Polish settlers. Masuria later became part of East Prussia and was...Germanized by the early 20th cent. After Masuria passed to Poland in 1945, most of the...
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Samsonov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...se ly vich s mso n f, 1859 1914, Russian general. Early in World War I, when his army advanced into East Prussia (see Masuria ) in order to relieve German pressure on the French, it was virtually annihilated by German field marshal Hindenburg in the...
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World War I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1914) by the Germans under generals Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and Mackensen at Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes (see under Masuria ). The Germans advanced on Warsaw, but farther south a Russian offensive drove back the Austrians. However, by the autumn...
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East Prussia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The region of East Prussia has low rolling hills that are heavily wooded, and it is dotted by many lakes (especially in Masuria ). The region is drained by several rivers including the Nemen (Nieman); the Baltic coast is deeply indented by the Vistula...


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