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Wola is a district in western Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it's slowly changing into an office and residential district. Several museums are located in Wola.


History
First mentioned in the 14th century, it became the site of the free election
Free election

Free election was the election of individual monarchs, rather than of dynasties, to the Poland throne between 1572 and 1791, when "free election" was abolished by the Constitution of May 3, 1791....
s, from 1573 to 1764, of Polish kings by the szlachta
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
 (nobility) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
.

The Wola district later became famous for the Polish Army's defence of Warsaw in 1794 during the Kosciuszko Uprising
Kosciuszko Uprising

The Kosciuszko Uprising was an rebellion led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Poland and Lithuania in 1794. It was a failed attempt to liberate Poland and Lithuania of Russian Empire influence after the Second Partition of Poland and the creation of the Confederation of Targowica....
 and in 1831 during the November Uprising, when Józef Sowinski
Józef Sowinski

J?zef Sowinski was a Poland artillery general and one of the heroes of Poland's November Uprising....
 and Józef Bem
Józef Bem

J?zef Zachariasz Bem, , was a Poles general and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms....
 defended the city against tsarist forces.

During the Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising was a struggle by the Armia Krajowa to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany occupation during World War II. The Uprising began on 1 August 1944, as part of a nationwide rebellion, Operation Tempest....
 (August-October 1944), fierce battles raged in Wola.






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Wola is a district in western Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it's slowly changing into an office and residential district. Several museums are located in Wola.

Warsaw Siege4

History


First mentioned in the 14th century, it became the site of the free election
Free election

Free election was the election of individual monarchs, rather than of dynasties, to the Poland throne between 1572 and 1791, when "free election" was abolished by the Constitution of May 3, 1791....
s, from 1573 to 1764, of Polish kings by the szlachta
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
 (nobility) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
.

The Wola district later became famous for the Polish Army's defence of Warsaw in 1794 during the Kosciuszko Uprising
Kosciuszko Uprising

The Kosciuszko Uprising was an rebellion led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Poland and Lithuania in 1794. It was a failed attempt to liberate Poland and Lithuania of Russian Empire influence after the Second Partition of Poland and the creation of the Confederation of Targowica....
 and in 1831 during the November Uprising, when Józef Sowinski
Józef Sowinski

J?zef Sowinski was a Poland artillery general and one of the heroes of Poland's November Uprising....
 and Józef Bem
Józef Bem

J?zef Zachariasz Bem, , was a Poles general and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms....
 defended the city against tsarist forces.

During the Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising was a struggle by the Armia Krajowa to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany occupation during World War II. The Uprising began on 1 August 1944, as part of a nationwide rebellion, Operation Tempest....
 (August-October 1944), fierce battles raged in Wola. Around August 8, Wola was the scene of the largest single massacre
Wola massacre

The Wola massacre was the scene of the largest single Wiktionary:massacre in the history of Poland. According to different sources, some 40,000 to 100,000 Polish civilians and POWs were killed by the Nazi Germany forces during their suppression of the Warsaw Uprising....
 in Poland of 40,000 to 50,000 civilians.

Neighbourhoods


Wola is informally divided into Czyste
Czyste

Czyste is one of the neighbourhoods of the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland. It is limited by the Wolska, and Towarowa streets from north and east and by railway lines from west and south....
, Kolo, Mirów, Mlynów
Mlynów

Mlyn?w may refer to the following places in Poland:*Mlyn?w, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Mlyn?w, L?dz Voivodeship *Mlyn?w, Wolyn Voivodeship ...
, Nowolipki, Odolany, Powazki and Ulrychów neighbourhoods, which in many cases correspond to old villages or settlements, but nowadays have no official status.

Warsaw Kasprzak Str
Powazki Tuwim

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