300 YEARS OF THE CITY OF SUWAŁKI
Date of Issue : 30 March 2012
SUWAŁKI
Suwałki is a town in northeastern Poland . The Czarna Hańcza river flows through the town. It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centres of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship . Until 1999 the town was the capital of Suwałki Voivodeship. Suwałki is located about 30 km from the southwestern Lithuanian border. The town gives its name to the Polish protected area known as Suwałki Landscape Park. The area of Suwałki had been populated by local Yotvingian and Prussian tribes .
200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF LEOPOLD KRONENBERG
Date of Issue : 20 March 2012
Stanisław Leopold Kronenberg (Warsaw, 1846 – 1894, Warsaw) was a Polish-Russian financier .His writings on economy and finance, written in Polish, appeared in the "Economist". Read More….
