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Przemyśl (pshĕ`mĭshəl), Ukr. Peremyshl, city (1989 est. pop. 67,000), Podkarpackie prov., extreme SE Poland, on the San River in the Carpathian foothills. It is a trade center and has metalworking, textile, and timber-working industries. Oil and natural gas are also produced. The city was allegedly founded in the 8th cent. Between 981 and 1340 it was ruled by Kiev and Volodymyr-Volynskyy. Przemyśl obtained municipal rights and passed to Poland in the late 14th cent. Austria took the city in 1772; it reverted to Poland after World War I. Przemyśl has several old churches and the remains of a 14th-century castle. Przemyśl a city in SE Poland, near the border with Ukraine on the San River: a fortress in the early Middle Ages; belonged to Austria (1722--1918). Pop.: 67 000 (latest est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Archdiocese of Przemysl has started the process (Zenit, Jan. To raise the salaries of workers in Przemysl would make their products uncompetitive. Gregory Lakota (1883-1950), Auxiliary Bishop of Przemysl and a theology professor, was arrested in 1946 and imprisoned for 10 years in Vorkuta, Russia, where he died. |
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