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    Kovel (redirect from Kowel)
    Kovel (Ukrainian: Ко́вель, IPA: [ˈkɔʋelʲ] ; Polish: Kowel; Yiddish: קאוולע / קאוולי) is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the...
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    The Battle of Kowel (also known as the Battle of Kovel or the Battle of Kovel-Stanislav) took place during World War I, from 28 July to 8 August 1916...
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    successful joint operations against the Wehrmacht. Together they retook Kowel (April 6) and Włodzimierz. However, the Division[which?] was soon forced...
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    in the areas east of the line Augustów – Grodno – Białystok – Kobryń – Kowel – Żółkiew – Lwów – Żydaczów – Stryj – Turka. Rail lines were operational...
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    Waszyński was born as Mosze Waks into a Polish Jewish family in 1904 in Kowel, a small town in Volhynia (now in Ukraine), which at the time was part of...
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  • After an initial retreat, it checked the Russian advance at the Battle of Kowel. After the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, the Army...
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  • (Teja Timur) Gladak Anyar * Jalmak Jungcangcang * Kangenan * Kolpajung * Kowel * Laden Nylabu Daya Nylabu Laok Panempan Parteker * Patemon * Toronan West...
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    genocidal action to the western areas of Volhynia, the districts of Horochów, Kowel and Vladimir, an area more densely populated by Poles. The action was to...
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    February 1921. It was initially divided into the counties of Dubno, Horochow, Kowel, Krzemieniec, Luboml, Łuck, Ostróg, Równe and Włodzimierz Wołyński. On 1...
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    fortress in Brześć Litewski and then strike further southwards towards Kowel and Galicia. The purpose of this attack was to cut Poland in two and paralyze...
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