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Radzymin (pronounce [ra'ʣɨmin]) is a town in Poland and one of the distant suburbs of the city of Warsaw. It is located in the powiat of Wołomin of the Masovian Voivodship. The city has 7595 inhabitants (as of 2004), but the surrounding commune is heavily populated and has additional 11,000 inhabitants. Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ... Coat of arms of Masovian Voivodship Masovian voivodship since 1999 The Masovian Voivodship (in Polish województwo mazowieckie) is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish administrative regions or voivodships created in 1999. ...


Radzymin was located by Bolesław IV of Masovia in 1440. It was granted with a town charter in 1475. Since then, the town shared the fate of the nearby city of Warsaw, located merely 25 kilometres away. For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ...


The town is notable for two major battles of Radzymin that took place there in 20th century. Battle of Radzymin Conflict Polish-Bolshevik War Date August 12-August 15, 1920 Place near Radzymin, Poland Result Polish victory Battle of Radzymin was part of the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish-Bolshevik War. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...


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Battle of Radzymin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (161 words)
In the 19th century there was one major battle fought in the vicinity of the town of Radzymin, a suburb of Warsaw:
Battle of Radzymin (1920), a major clash and a part of the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish-Bolshevik War
Battle of Radzymin (1944), a tank battle between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union during the opening stages of the Warsaw Uprising
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