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  • 1. Solidarity Square Gdansk
    Solidarity is a Polish labour union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa. It was the first trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party. Its membership peaked at 10 million members at its September 1981 Congress, which constituted one third of the total working-age population of Poland.In the 1980s, Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement, using the methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and social change. The government attempted to destroy the union by imposing martial law in Poland, which lasted from December 1981 to July 1983 and was followed by several years of political repression from 8 October 1982, but in the end it was forced to negotiat...
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  • 4. Heweliusz Monument Gdansk
    Johannes Hevelius was a councillor and mayor of Danzig , Kingdom of Poland. As an astronomer, he gained a reputation as the founder of lunar topography, and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still used by astronomers.
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  • 5. Jan III Sobieski Monument Gdansk
    John III Sobieski , was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death, and one of the most notable monarchs of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Sobieski's military skill, demonstrated in combating the invasions of the Ottoman Empire, contributed to his prowess as King of Poland. Sobieski's 22-year reign marked a period of the Commonwealth's stabilization, much needed after the turmoil of the Deluge and the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Popular among his subjects, he was an able military commander, most famous for his victory over the Turks at the 1683 Battle of Vienna. After his victories over them, the Ottomans called him the Lion of Lechistan; and the Pope hailed him as the savior of Christendom.
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  • 9. For those for the freedom of Gdansk Gdansk
    Why Die for Danzig? is an anti-war French political slogan created on the eve of World War II.
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