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- Polish:
- Przełęcz Dukielska
- Slovak:
- Dukliansky Priesmyk
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Dukla Pass
A war memorial in the Dukla Pass, near Svidník, Slovakia; it commemorates a World War II tank battle between the Soviets and Germans.
Dukla Pass
mountain pass, Europe
Also known as: Dukliansky Priesmyk, Przełęcz Dukielska
Dukla Pass, passage through the Carpathian Mountains (locally, the eastern Beskids), on the frontier between Slovakia and Poland. The Russian army used the pass to cross Slovakia southward into Hungary in 1849 and used it again in World Wars I and II. It constitutes a major commercial route for traffic and goods between Slovakia and Poland.
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