Galicia: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Galicja • Galytsiya • Galizien

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Map of Europe highlighting the historical region of Galicia in orange, spanning parts of present-day southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, with surrounding countries and major bodies of water labeled for geographic context.

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region, Europe

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country, Europe

Poland

country, Europe

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historical state, Eurasia

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Aleksander Fredro

Polish dramatist

Daniel Romanovich

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Uri Zvi Greenberg

Israeli poet

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev

Russian general

Maurycy Mochnacki

Polish author

Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski

Polish writer

Józef Zachariasz Bem

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Elimelech Of Lizhensk

Jewish teacher and author

Naphtali Herz Imber

Hebrew poet

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Austrian statesman

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