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| | Grand duchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | An established use of the title was in Grand Duchy of Lithuania (since 14th century) and Grand Duchy of Moscow. | | | The title Didysis kunigaikštis (in Lithuanian) was used by the rulers of Lithuania, and after Jagiello also became kings of Poland and was later found among the titles used by kings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. | | | Though Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and his vassal territories like the were erased from the European map, the representatives assembled at the Congress of Vienna consented to yet more uses of the title by restored dukes and princes, especially those in the lands that had constituted the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| | Grand Duchy of Poznan at opensource encyclopedia |
| | After the November Uprising (1830 in Congress Poland against Russia) which was significantly supported by the Poles from the Grand Duchy of Poznan, the Prussian administration under over-president Edward Flotwell introduced a system of police and repression against the Poles. | | | The governor was assigned to give advice in matters of Polish nationality, and had the right to veto the administration decisions, in reality however all administrative power was in the hands of Prussian over-president of the province. | | | The territory of the duchy was divided into 2 districts: Kreis Posen (Poznan District), Kreis Bromberg (Bydgoszcz District), and 26 counties administered by the landrats and the county councils. |
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| | Moscow, grand duchy of - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Moscow, grand duchy of |
| | Carrying on the policies of his father, Ivan III, he rounded out the territorial consolidation of the Russian state, formally annexing Pskov (1510), Ryazan (1517), and Novgorod-Seversk (1523) and gaining Smolensk (1514) in a war with Sigismund I of Poland and Lithuania. | | | He subjugated (1478) Great Novgorod, asserted his sway over Vyatka, Tver, Yaroslavl, Rostov-Suzdal, and other territories, and checked the eastward expansion of Lithuania, from which he gained some former Russian lands. | | | Yuri was temporarily appointed grand duke of Vladimir by the khan of the Empire of the Golden Horde. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Finland |
| | Erik established himself firmly on the south-western coast and from this base extended his power. | | | Up to the beginning of the twelfth century the people were pagans, about this date efforts for the conversion of the Finns were made from two sides. | | | The Grand Duke of Novgorod, Vassievolodovich, sent Russian missionaries to the Karelians, Finns living on the Lake of Ladoga in east Finland, while in 1157 King Erik of Sweden undertook a crusade to Finland. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Luxembourg, grand duchy, W Europe : Economy (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
| | Luxembourg, grand duchy, W Europe, Benelux Political Geography | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Benelux Political Geography > Luxembourg, grand duchy, W Europe | | | Iron ore made the fortune of modern Luxembourg, and although its ores are now depleted, the steel industry continues, using iron imported from France. |
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