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Warsaw has a lively gay tradition. During the late eighteenth century, Warsaw's royal court and magnate palaces were the sites of cross-dressing balls. It was rumored that Poland's last king, Stanislaw August, was bisexual.
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Warsaw lies near the middle of Poland on both sides of the Vistula river, and about 350 km (225 miles) from the Baltic Sea. It is about 100 m (325 ft) above sea level.
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From the mid-1950s through the 1980s, two major bodies carried out the functions of the Warsaw Pact: the Political Consultative Committee and the Unified Command of Pact Armed Forces, both headquartered in Moscow. Under the terms of the treaty, the Political Consultative Committee coordinated all activities, except those purely military, and the Unified Command of Pact Armed Forces had authority over the troops assigned to it by member states. It was agreed that the supreme commander would be from the USSR. The Warsaw Pact's only military action was directed against Czechoslovakia, a member state. (In the autumn of 1956, the USSR took unilateral military action against Hungary, another Warsaw Pact member state, killing thousands of Hungarians and causing 200,000 to flee the country.) In August 1968, after the Czech government enacted reforms offensive to the USSR, forces of the USSR, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, and Bulgaria invaded Czechoslovakia and forced a return to a Soviet-style system. Romania opposed the invasion and did not participate, but remained a member.
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It was established in 1955 in Warsaw, Poland against the NATO. The Pact lasted till the end of the Cold War when some members left in 1991, following the collapse of the Eastern bloc and political changes in the Soviet Union. The treaty was signed in Warsaw, on May 14, 1955 and official copies were made in the languages of Russian, Polish, Czech and German.
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NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Networks announces the opening of Warsaw, Poland for provisioning of Polish television networks to be distributed in North America. Kino Polska utilizes the Genesis location for the playout and monitoring of their network. Genesis connects Kino Polska’‘s playout from Warsaw to Echostar’‘s teleport in Cheyenne, Wyoming for distribution on the Dish Network. Additionally Genesis has secured a contract with ITVN, a broadcast network, for transmission from Warsaw to Rogers Cable in Toronto.
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Former estate of Duke Janusz Radziwill situated 83 km (52 miles) from Warsaw. The palace has been turned into a museum and features exhibition of 17th to 19th century furniture, silverware, books and fine art objects. The French style park designed in the 18th century with wide alleys, boxwood mazes, symmetrically trimmed trees, and ponds is a great place for leisurely stroll.
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