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Warsaw — Capital of Poland, under Russian administration in the 19th century
A city on the Vistula, capital of a country then partitioned, where universities were closed to women — and whence, at twenty-four, departed the woman who would give the table two elements. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded person born in Warsaw: Marie Curie.
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