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forest were cleared and turned into farmfields, several kinds of cereal and vegetables are cultivated here. Local soil, however, is not fertile, allowing for cultivation of potatoes, beetroots, rye and oat.
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was being built. Wańkowicz talked to local residents, writing in the book: "The people in this village call themselves
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