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Article: Poland Paid High Price for Freedom.
- Article from:
- Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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Poles belong to the Slavonic group of nationalities located in the Central and Eastern part of Europe. Name of the Polish statehood was derived from name of ``Polanie''-most mighty group among Slavonic tribes living on the territory of present Poland.
Poland has been finally founded as a country in the half of 10th Century. According to historic data's Polanian prince Mieszko had been baptized (966-marriage with Czech princess Dubrawka) and christianized Poland in the Rome rite of Catholic Church. From this time Poland has been traditionally seen as a ``catholic country''.
Poland under reign of early Piast dynasty consisted of provinces of ...