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Part of Warsaw History article:

... ered free cultural development. After the eruption of the November Uprising Warsaw lived through a short period of independence. Alas, after the defeat of the insurrection the Polish Kingdom was stripped of the last vestiges of political independence such as the Parliament, government and the Polish army. The University was closed and associations banned. In the Citadel erected in the years 1832-34 at the cost of demolishing a whole district the feared Investigative Commission worked, its aim was to control the rebellious city by means of terror. Cultural life took the form of unofficial and informal activities. After the defeat of the January Uprising (1864) the last of the symbols of the autonomy of the Kingdom were removed and strict Russification of schools and administration introduced. Despite such adverse political co... Read all>>