Polesia
natural and historical region in Eastern Poland, the Belarus–Ukraine border region and Western Russia
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Summary
Polesia is a landscape[1]. Polesia ranks in the top 3% of landscape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,379 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ukraine[3], Belarus[4], Poland[5], Russia[6]
- Part of: Polesian Lowland[7]
- Commons category: Polesia[8]
- Located in/on physical feature: East European Plain[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polesia[10]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Otto's encyclopedia[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
- Native label: Палессе[16], Полісся[17], Polesie[18]
- Different from: Polesie[19], Polesí[20]
- Located in protected area: Polesie National Park[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[22]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Polesia[23]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Polesia include Polesia Region[24], an oblast of an union republic of the Soviet Union[25], in Soviet Union[26], founded in 1938[27].
Why It Matters
Polesia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Polesia is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for Polesia include Polesia Region[24], an oblast of an union republic of the Soviet Union[25], in Soviet Union[26], founded in 1938[27].