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163:Lazdijai District Municipality
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133:Kalvarija Municipality
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900:Piotrków Governorate
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650:Piotrków Governorate
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446:Augustów Governorate
372:Sandomir Governorate
362:Podlyase Governorate
302:Augustów Governorate
268:Podlasie Voivodeship
253:Mazowsze Voivodeship
207:Augustów Voivodeship
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996:Suwalki Governorate
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856:Ломжинская губерния
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722:Suwalki Governorate
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567:Gubernia warszawska
564:Варшавская губерния
468:Люблинская губерния
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387:In 1842 the Polish
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859:Gubernia łomżyńska
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504:Радомская губерния
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312:Kalish Governorate
248:Lublin Voivodeship
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768:Population,
751:Governorate
545:Governorate
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226:a free city
57:departments
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1246:Sandomierz
1118:Partitions
295:guberniyas
228:until the
89:guberniyas
1241:Podlaskie
121:Lithuania
1378:Piotrków
1322:Augustów
1301:Podlasie
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1271:Augustów
1231:Masovian
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911:Piotrków
791:Warszawa
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571:Warszawa
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389:powiats
366:Siedlce
272:Siedlce
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167:Merkinė
77:powiats
61:a relic
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