SOPOT

sôˈpôt, Ger. Zoppot, city (1993 est. pop. 45,400), Pomorskie prov., N Poland, on the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Danzig. A seaside resort and tourist center, it had a fashionable gambling casino before World War II. Sopot belonged to the city of Danzig (now Gdańsk) from 1283 to 1807. It passed to Prussia in 1814. Included in the Free City of Danzig in 1919, it was ceded to Poland in 1945. Sopot has schools of economics and music and several theaters.

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books on: Sopot  - 67 results

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1.
A History of Bulgaria, 1393-1885
Book by Mercia MacDermott; Allen & Unwin, 1962
Subjects: Bulgaria--History--1393-1878
...Koprivshtitsa, Panagyurishte, Klisura, Karlovo, Kalofer, Sopot and Sliven. Most of these were purely Bulgarian towns, although...carving, ikon-painting and building; Kalofer, Karlovo and Sopot for woollen braid extensively used in decorating national costumes...
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After the Fall: The Pursuit of Democracy in Central Europe
Book by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb; BasicBooks, 1992
Subjects: Democracy, Europe, Central--History, Europe, Eastern--History--1989-
...Adams close friend, stay with her in the neighboring city of Sopot. I agreed at once. Andrzej Gwiazda went out with me onto the rainy street and helped me to find a taxi for the short trip to Sopot, where I stayed with Basia for the duration of my ten-day...
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Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
Book by Horatio Smith; Columbia university press, 1947
Subjects: Authors, European--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, European Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography, European Literature--Dictionaries
...1921, Bulgarian poet, novelist, and dramatist , was born at Sopot of a well-to-do conservative merchant family which had limited intellectual interests. He studied at Sopot and Plovdiv and in the latter place became acquainted with French...
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Bulgarian Urban Culture in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Book by Raina Gavrilova; Susquehanna University Press, 1999
Subjects: Bulgaria--History--1762-1878, Bulgaria--History--1878-1944, Bulgaria--Intellectual Life--18th Century, Bulgaria--Intellectual Life--19th Century, City And Town Life--Bulgaria, Enlightenment--Bulgaria, Renaissance--Bulgaria, Urbanization--Bulgaria
...inexplicable village status of such localities as Kalofer, Sopot, Elena, Kotel, Panagyurishte, Tryavna, and many other small...Lyaskovets, Gorna Oryahovitsa, and others. Correspon- dence from Sopot, explicitly called a town by locals and travel- ers,34 curiously...
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Police in Transition: Essays on the Police Forces in Transition Countries
Book by Andras Kadar; Central European University Press, 2001
Subjects: Law Enforcement--Europe, Eastern, Police Administration--Europe, Eastern, Police--Europe, Eastern, Post-Communism--Europe, Eastern
...that in a survey conducted by the Social Sur- vey Studio in Sopot in December 1998, which involved appraisal of 21 (political...percent criti- cized them.8 The findings obtained by the Sopot sociologists may be treated as reliable; for example, a survey...
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journal articles on: Sopot  - 9 results

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The 2009 Gdansk Shakespeare Festival
Journal article by Marvin Carlson; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 29, 2009
Subjects: Arts festivals, Gdansk Poland, Theater, Theater companies, Theater criticism, Theater directors & producers
...by an artistic company, SPINX from the neighboring city of Sopot. The other utilized a temporary platform in front of the windows...productions in Gdansks neighboring cities, the resort town of Sopot, immediately to the north, and the industrial center of Gdynia...
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Children at Risk of Dyslexia: Early Identification and Intervention
Journal article by Marta Bogdanowicz; Psychology Science, Vol. 45, 2003
...middle of "0"grade - SRD was used for testing the group of 370 children (6;6 years old) from a few big towns (Gdansk, Sopot, Lublin, Belchatow) as well as from the small ones (Brodnica, Barczewo, Pulawy, Lebork). Stage 2 - the same group of...
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American Canvas: a Roundtable on the 1997 NEA Report
Journal article by Michael Brenson, Alejandro Diaz, Judy Kim, Malgorzata Lisiewicz, Jessica Murray; Art Journal, Vol. 57, 1998
Subjects: Art, Culture, Debates, Funding, National Endowment for the Arts, Studies
...Malgorzata Lisiewicz. Im from Poland. Before I came to the Bard program, I worked as a curator at the State Gallery of Art in Sopot. Before that, I graduated from the art history department at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan, also in Poland...
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The Nation-State, Religion, and Uncivil Society: Two Perspectives from the Periphery
Journal article by Chris Hann; Daedalus, Vol. 126, 1997
Subjects: Poland--Politics and government, Religion and state--Analysis, Turkey--Politics and government
...multicultural past in either city. I suspect that Polands Ukrainian festival will in the future return to its former location at Sopot on the Baltic coast, an area with no heritage whatsoever of Ukrainian culture. Some of the most controversial recent events...
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Understanding Low Fertility in Poland: Demographic Consequences of Gendered Discrimination in Employment and Postsocialist Neoliberal Restructuring
Journal article by Joanna Z. Mishtal; Demographic Research, 2009
Subjects: Births, Eastern Europe, Family planning, Fertility, Gender equity, Market economies, Wages & salaries, Womens health
...quantitative primary data collection in Gdansk and the Tricity area. The Tricity (the contiguous towns of Gdansk, Gdynia, and Sopot) is the second largest (after Warsaw) urban region in Poland with a population of over one million in the metro area, located...
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magazine articles on: Sopot  - 6 results

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Outside In: Thomas Lawson on the Art of Lucy McKenzie
Magazine article by Thomas Lawson; Artforum International, Vol. 45, November 2006
Subjects: McKenzie, Lucy--Criticism and interpretation, McKenzie, Lucy--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Exhibitions
...presents herself, in short, as a provincial (a series of exhibitions that she and Polish artist Paulina Olowska curated in Sopot, Poland, in 2000 was called "Dream of a Provincial Girl"), but one with a very cosmopolitan flair. She seems to revel...
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Polish Madness - Tadeusz Kantor's Eccentric Genius
Magazine article by John Elsom; World and I, Vol. 16, July 2001
Subjects: Kantor, Tadeusz--Criticism and interpretation, Modern art--Criticism and interpretation, Modernism (Art)--Criticism and interpretation
...that stretch of forgotten buffer zones between Western Europe and the old Soviet Union. Polands Baltic cities, Gdansk, Sopot, and the home of the Teutonic Knights, Magdeburg, crowned this stretch of the map of Europe to the north, which extended...
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A Journey to Poland - II: The Market Is the New Religion
Magazine article by Daniel Singer; The Nation, Vol. 247, December 26, 1988
Subjects: Economic development--Poland, Poland--Economic policy
...She was returning from South Africa, with no qualms of conscience, and intended to buy a villa in the seaside resort of Sopot and open a restaurant. One evening in Warsaw a friend wanted to take us for a drink to Gessler and Sons, the fashionable cafe...
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People of Color
Magazine article by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.; The American Spectator, Vol. 33, October 2000
...Mecca. The stores will sell not only erotic lingerie but also chocolate body paint and laxatives. In the Baltic resort of Sopot, 300 competitors for the European screaming championships were out-hollered by a young Polish lady, 25-year-old Miss...
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Poland: Yet Another Housing Boom
Magazine article by Tessa Mayes; New Statesman, Vol. 133, May 3, 2004
Subjects: Dwellings--Prices and rates, Housing--Prices and rates, Poland--Social aspects, Tourism--Analysis, Tourism--Influence, Tourism--Statistics, Travel industry--Analysis, Travel industry--Influence, Travel industry--Statistics
...looking for modern flats near Polands cultural cities. Recently, he organised the sale of a three-bedroomed holiday flat at Sopot, a resort close to Gdansk. Yes, there is culture in Gdansk. You can go to St Marys Church, one of the biggest gothic structures...
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newspaper articles on: Sopot  - 54 results

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Magnum, the Most Powerful Picture Book in the World; A Contestant for the Title of Miss Sopot (near Gdansk). the First Beauty Queen Contest in Communist Poland Drew Such a Crowd That It Was Moved to the Roof of the Casino
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 30, 2007
Subjects: Book publishing, Casinos, Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Magnum, the Most Powerful Picture Book in the World; A Contestant for the Title of Miss Sopot (near Gdansk). the First Beauty Queen Contest in Communist Poland Drew Such a Crowd That It Was Moved to the Roof of the Casino...
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THE POLE STAR; Beautiful Gdansk Offers More Than a Lesson in Strife
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), April 19, 2009
...invasion was watched by Adolf Hitler from Sopot, a beach resort half an hours drive from...walls and windows. But the centrepiece is Sopot Pier, Europes largest wooden pier at just...concerts by the likes of Bjork and Morcheeba. Sopot lacks Gdansks history but together they...
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Poles Apart; Beauty of the Baltic Coast Draws in Holidaymakers
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 2, 2006
...stretch of Poland encompassing Gdansk and Sopot has recently seen foreign interest increase...neighbouring fashionable beach hotspot of Sopot. With its 4km of glorious beaches, Europes...and local galleries and stunning hotels, Sopot did not disappoint. For those of your...
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Travel: A POLE WINNER; Gdansk Has It All .. Romance, Cool and Chic Culture
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 13, 2008
...from Gdansk, lies the seaside resort of Sopot, known as Polands summer capital and officially...crowd like to be seen strolling around. Sopot has been known as a spa resort since the...there for restorative treatments. But Sopot has the feel-good factor without any...
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Poles Position; Gdansk Has Charm, Culture, History. and It's a Euro-Free Zone: 60 SECOND GUIDE TO GDANSK POLAND
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), April 11, 2010
...colourful history. Also worth a visit are the resorts of Sopot by the sea and the port of Gdynia. History in the making...the day. Visit www.dom-muzyka.pl. So what about Sopot? Sopot is a quaint spa seaside resort boasting Europes longest...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sopot  - 4 results

 
 
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Sopot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOPOT so pot, Ger. Zoppot, city (1993 est...fashionable gambling casino before World War II. Sopot belonged to the city of Danzig (now Gdansk...in 1919, it was ceded to Poland in 1945. Sopot has schools of economics and music and several...
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Zoppot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZOPPOT see Sopot , Poland. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Gdynia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...N Poland, a port on the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Danzig. It is the port of a larger urban area that includes Gdansk and Sopot. It is an important rail center with industries producing metals, machinery, and food products. Originally a small German...
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GdaŃsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...suburb, and the other, Port Polnocny, was completed in 1975. The port cities of Gdansk and Gdynia and the nearby resort of Sopot are administered as a single city. Gdansk has numerous educational and cultural facilities. Historic landmarks include the...


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