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Warsaw
is a city experienced by centuries of history. It was
found in XIV c. and in XVI c. became a capital of Poland.
Between 1655-1660 during the "Swedish Flood",
the city was terribly destroyed. The XVIII c., it was
a time of fast development in Warsaw, called The Golden
Age of Warsaw, this development took place under the
reign of the last of Polish kings Stanislaw August Poniatowski.
During partitions, Warsaw was under the reign of Tsar's
Russia. After the World War I, Warsaw was again a capital
of Poland and in the time between wars experienced economic
and infrastructure development. In the year 1939 in
Warsaw lived 1.3 million of people of which, almost
400 thousand were Jews. The most incredible thing in
Warsaw is its second renewal after the World War II.
People of Warsaw defended their city till the 28th of
September. When the Nazi came to Poland and captured
the city, they started bloody attacks. In 1943 in Warsaw's
ghetto burst an uprising of Jewish people that was brutally
suppressed. In August, 1945 begun the bravest but tragic
in results uprising that burst against Germans. Hitler,
against the insurgents sent his best tanks, heavy artillery
and airplanes. After 63 days of unfair battle the uprising
fell down and Hitler ordered to raze the city to the
ground. 85% of former Warsaw vanished and over 700 thousand
of people were killed. The rebuilding of the city took
a lot of time. The Old and New Town was rebuilt however
the rest of the city was marked with signs of communism.
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