Vistula Land

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Vistula Land was the name given to the former Congress Poland after its gradual integration into the Russian Empire as a more directly governed province in the late 19th century.

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Vistula Land canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
historical region
province of the Russian Empire
abolishedAsResultOf World War I
administrativeCenter Warsaw
borderedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
German Empire
capital Warsaw
country Russian Empire
currency Russian ruble
educationPolicy Russification of schools
establishedAfterEvent January Uprising
governanceType direct rule from Saint Petersburg
governedBy Tsar of Russia
hadGovernorGeneral Governor-General of Warsaw
surface form: Warsaw Governor-General
hasNameInPolish Kraj Nadwiślański
hasNameInRussian Privislinsky Krai
surface form: Привислинский край
hasOfficialName Privislinsky Krai
historicalPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
integratedFrom Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
judicialSystem Russian imperial law
languageUsed Polish
Russian
legalStatus integral part of the Russian Empire
locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Empire
lostAutonomyAfter January Uprising
surface form: January Uprising of 1863–1864
mainCity Warsaw
mainRiver Vistula River
surface form: Vistula
namedAfter Vistula River
otherMajorCity Kielce
Lublin
Płock
Radom
Łódź
partOf Western Krai
partitioned Polish lands
policeControl Russian imperial authorities
predecessor Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
surface form: Kingdom of Poland (1815–1867)
previousAutonomy Congress Poland’s constitutional kingdom status
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
religionMinority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
replaces Congress Poland
sovereignState Russian Empire
territoryCorrespondsTo most of modern Poland’s central and eastern regions
usedFor Russification policies

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