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Congress Poland was ruled by Russia, and after customs barriers between Russia and Congress Poland were lifted in 1850, a great market for Łódź’s manufactures opened in the Russian Empire. By the end of the 19th century, Łódź had become the leading centre in Poland for the production of cotton textiles.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
This event was one of the largest disturbances in the Russian-controlled Congress Poland during the Russian Revolution of 1905. Poland was a major center of revolutionary fighting in the Russian Empire in 1905–1907 , and the Łódź insurrection was a key incident in those events.
A massive influx of workers from as far afield as Portugal, England and France flood the city, though the mainstay of the town’s population is made up of Poles, Germans and Jews. Within a matter of decades the city has grown into the biggest textile production centre in the Russian Empire.
In the 19th century, the Polish city of Łódź grew from a tiny farming town into a bustling textile industry metropolis – at a rate unseen anywhere else in Europe at the time. The cosmopolitan city was raised by Poles, Jews, Germans, Russians and other gropus, who peacefully co-existed there for many years.
Part of the Kingdom of Poland, the city was the most important manufacturing center in the Russian Empire and the first truly industrial city in the region. Developed under the managerial expertise of capitalists from Prussia, Lodz also served as a cultural and economic crossroads of central Europe.
Battle of Łódź. Part of the Eastern Front during World War I. German soldiers enter Łódź on 6 December 1914. Date. 11 November – 6 December 1914. (3 weeks and 4 days) Location. Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. Result.
Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815. Congress Poland ( Russian Empire) 1815–1916. Kingdom of Poland 1916–1918. Republic of Poland 1918–1939. Nazi Germany 1939–1945. People's Republic of Poland 1945–1989. Republic of Poland 1989–present. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Łódź, Poland .
