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786:Lech II
659:Lech II
654:Wizymir
649:Krak II
541:2491931
403:"Wanda"
167:Ursynów
136:Vistula
114:Vandals
109:Alamann
89:suicide
942:period
860:Lestek
765:Lech I
539:
380:Elaine
230:Goethe
207:Kraków
195:Polish
152:Slavic
105:Krakus
77:Kraków
73:Krakus
69:Poland
60:, 1859
42:Krakus
38:Father
793:Wanda
664:Wanda
587:Wanda
537:JSTOR
498:Wanda
486:]
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370:WANDA
354:Vanda
302:Wanda
298:Wanda
287:Wanda
226:Wanda
132:pagan
85:Poles
694:Wysz
644:Krak
639:Lech
163:bust
529:doi
209:in
56:by
1295::
535:.
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484:pl
450:pl
434:^
415:,
411:,
405:,
278:.
258:,
254:,
250:,
246:,
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