Crossword Knowledge 1
Polish words and more I have discovered through crosswords. In a bid to expand my vocabulary and Polish general knowledge, I have started to, mainly by cheating with Google, complete crosswords (krzyżówki). Clue: Tam bój kościuszkowców - location of the Kościuszko battle. Answer: Lenino . Lenino is a large village in Belarus and site of the 1943 Battle of Lenino, where the Polish 1st Tadeusz-Kościuszko Infantry Division fought along side the 33rd Soviet army against the Germans. Clue: "Pieprz i ...", z Tonym Halikiem - " Pepper and ..." with Tony Halik. Answer: Wanilia Tony Halik was a writer, explorer and documentary film maker. He co-presented a long running programme with Elżbieta Dzikowska called Pieprz i Wanilia. There were 300 episodes and they were broadcast over twenty years. The programmes were a way of seeing the world when foreign travel - and certainly travel outside the soviet bloc - was closely controlled by the com...