Kamionek, Warsaw

Kamionek is a neighbourhood in Warsaw, located on the right bank of the Vistula river. It is the birthplace of the polish statesman Roman Dmowski. Formerly a village, in the 19th century, with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in this part of the Russian Empire, it was transformed into a textile industry center. Today it is part of Praga Południe, and most of its factories closed after the fall of the communism in Poland. It borders the Skaryszew Park and Kamionek Lake to the south, Grochów to the east, and Praga to the north.

Jezioro Kamionkowskie
Kamionek Lake

The During the November Uprising in 1831, the cemetery in Kamionek was the primary location where fallen soldiers of the Russian Army were buried.[1]

References
  1. Jalonen, Jussi (August 27, 2015). On Behalf of the Emperor, On Behalf of the Fatherland: Finnish Officers and Soldiers of the Russian Imperial Life-Guard on the Battlefields of Poland, 1831. Brill Publishers. p. 237. ISBN 9789004303768.

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