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Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
- Matthew J. Lloyd
- Ava DuVernay
- Ava DuVernay
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Environment
- Climate
- Subdivisions and Białystok Metropolitan Region
- Demographics
- Economy
- Culture
- Historic Sites
The voivodeship takes its name from the historic region of Poland called Podlasie, or in Latin known as Podlachia. There are two opinions regarding the origin of the region's name[citation needed]. People often derive it from the Proto-Slavic les or las, meaning "forest", i.e., it is an area "by the wood(s)" or an "area of forests", which would bri...
The voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Białystok and Łomża Voivodeships and the eastern half of the former Suwałki Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reformsadopted in 1998.
It has a varied landscape, shaped in the north by Baltic glaciation, the rest by Middle Poland glaciation. The highest peaks are in the north (Rowelska Top - 298 m), where the landscape is dominated by a hilly lake district. Lakeland: Zachodniosuwalskie, Wschodniosuwalskie, Ełckie) and Sandrowy lake district (Augustów Plain) in the central and sout...
The vast forests (Białowieża, Augustów, Knyszyń, Kurpiowska), some of which are the only ones in Europe to have retained their original character, contain a unique wealth of flora and fauna. The vegetation of the region is extremely diverse, which contributes to the richness of the animal world. Visitors can also see moose, wolves, lynx and bison l...
Podlaskie has a Warm Summer Continental or Hemiboreal climate (Dfb) according to the Köppen climate classificationsystem, which is characterized by warm temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters. It is substantially different from most of the other Polish lowlands. The region is one of the coldest in Poland, with the average temperatur...
Podlaskie Voivodeship is divided into 17 counties (powiats): 3 city counties, those being Białystok, Suwałki, and Łomża. It is also divided into 14 land counties, which these 14 counties are further divided into 118 gminas. Metropolitan Białystok was designated by the Voivodeship in the Regulation No. 52/05 of 16 May 2005 in order to help economica...
Podlaskie is the land of the confluence of cultures – Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Jewish and Tatar – and is indicative of the ethnic territories limits. Eastward of Podlaskie lie historic Polish lands, which are now part of Ukraine and Belarus and Lithuania. Today, mainly Polish and Ruthenian (Ukrainian and Belarusian) are spoken in ...
The Gross domestic product(GDP) of the province was around 11 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 2.2% of Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €15,200 or 50% of the EU average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 57% of the EU average. Podlaskie Voivodeship is the province with the 5th lowest GDP per capi...
Podlaskie is the most diverse of all Polish voivodships.The area has been inhabited for centuries by members of different nations and religions: Poles, Jews, Belarusians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Rusyns, Romani, Lipka Tatars and Filippians. Many places of religious worship remain: 1. An 18th-century former Carmelite monastery on Wigry Lake 2. A for...
Middle Ages
1. St. Michael and John the Baptist Church in Łomża(1504–26)
Renaissance
1. The ruins of the Royal Castle in Tykocin(15th century) 2. The Jewish cemetery in Tykocin(16th century) 3. Monastery of the Annunciation in Suprasl(16th–18th centuries)
Baroque
1. Dominican Convent of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Sejny(1610–19) 2. Old Parish Church in Białystok(1617–26) 3. Synagogue (1642) and the Talmud house in Tykocin(18th century) 4. Trzewiczkowych Carmelite Monastery with the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Bielsk Podlaski(mid-17th century) 5. Branicki Palace in Białystok(17th–18th centuries) 6. Summer residence Branicki in Choroszcz(1752–59) 7. Holy Trinity Church in Tykocin(1742–50) 8. Church of the Assumption of...
Aug 23, 2023 · 编. 波兰 位于 东欧平原 ，该地经历的历史跨越千年，上溯是由 早期部落 开始到 基督化 、 建立王权 ；在经历 波兰黄金时代 （英语：Polish Golden Age） 和 波兰化 （英语：Polonization） 后，令其成为 欧洲最庞大的势力 并享有高度的宽容与法律保护；经受过 崩溃及 ...
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波蘭共和國（波蘭語：），通稱波蘭（波蘭語：），是位於中歐和東歐的國家，首都及最大城市為華沙，下分為16個省份。波蘭的國土面積312,679平方公里，位居歐洲第十；人口約3,826萬人，位居歐洲第九、歐盟第五。其北臨波羅的海，西接德國，西南接捷克，南接斯洛伐克，東南接烏克蘭，東接 ...
波蘭語維基百科. 波蘭語維基百科 （ Wikipedia polskojęzyczna ）為 維基百科 協作計劃之 波蘭語 版本 ，由 非營利組織 ── 維基媒體基金會 維持負責。. 目前在各語言維基百科計劃中，規模 排名 第8（依 條目 量計算）。. 計劃開始於2001年，至 2012年12月 已有超过 ...
