Word: podolia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Polish patriotism more than musical genius was the heritage of Ignace Jan Paderewski. The Poland he grew up in was partitioned among Russia, Germany, Austria. Russia ruled his native province, Podolia. In the Rising of 1863, Paderewski's father was arrested and imprisoned for more than a year. His mother was born in Siberia, of parents exiled because Tsar Nicholas I was determined to make an example of the Poles...
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