Vistula Land province of the Russian Empire

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Vistula Land was a province of the Russian Empire formed from the former Congress Kingdom of Poland, marking the region’s full administrative integration and intensified Russification after the January Uprising.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
historical region
province of the Russian Empire
associatedWithEvent January Uprising
surface form: January Uprising of 1863–1864

Russification in the Russian Empire
surface form: Russification campaigns in Polish territories
borderedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
German Empire
capital Warsaw
commonLanguage Polish
country Russian Empire
dissolvedDuring World War I
establishedAfter January Uprising
establishedBy Russian Empire
Alexander II of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexander II of Russia
ethnicGroup Belarusians
Germans
Jews
Poles
Russians
Ukrainians
governedBy Governor-General of Warsaw
hasFeature increased Russian administrative control
integration of legal system with Russian law
limited Polish self-government
restrictions on Polish language in public life
hasPolicy Russification in the Russian Empire
surface form: Russification

administrative integration into Russian Empire
historicalName Privislinsky Krai
historicalPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
integratedFrom Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
surface form: Congress Kingdom of Poland
legalStatus integral part of the Russian Empire
locatedIn Eastern Europe
Partitioned Poland
Russian Partition of Poland
nameLanguage Polish
Russian
officialLanguage Russian
partOf Russian Empire
Western Krai
surface form: Western Krai (in Russian imperial administrative sense)
previousStatus autonomous kingdom in personal union with Russia
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Judaism
Roman Catholicism
replaces Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
surface form: Congress Kingdom of Poland
successor Second Polish Republic
usedScript Cyrillic (in official Russian administration)
Latin (for Polish language)

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Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland) afterJanuaryUprisingStatus Vistula Land province of the Russian Empire