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Radom (rä`dôm), city (1993 est. pop. 230,500), Mazowieckie prov., SE Poland. It is a railway junction and an industrial center. The main products are textiles, glassware, chemicals, and processed food. One of the oldest Polish settlements, Radom probably originated as an assembly place for local diets. Its first church was built in 1187. Casimir the Great of Poland founded the town of New Radom on the site in 1364. It was the seat of Polish diets (14th–16th cent.), of a tribunal (1613–1766), and of the Confederation of Radom (1767), which asked Catherine II of Russia to guarantee the old Polish constitution. Radom passed to Austria in 1795 and to Russia in 1815. It reverted to Poland after World War I. Radom a city in E Poland: under Austria from 1795 to 1815 and Russia from 1815 to 1918. Pop.: 232 000 (2005 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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in economics at the Technical University in Radom, Poland in 2004. ``I always think about my sister or my little brother or mother,'' said Wajsbord, about 17 when Germans first occupied his hometown of Radom in Poland. The Company has two shop facilities located in Norcross, Georgia, and Radom, Poland. |
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