'Radom' () is a city in central
Poland with 227,309 inhabitants. It is located on the
Mleczna River in the
Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of
Radom Voivodeship (1975-1998), 100 km south of Poland's capital,
Warsaw.
It is home to the biennial
Radom Air Show - the largest and best-attended
air show in Poland, held during the last weekend of August. "Radom" is also the popular unofficial name for a semiautomatic
9mm Parabellum pistol of Polish design (
the Model 35/ViS-35) designed by Piotr Wilniewczyc and Jan Skrzypinski (hence the designation "ViS") which had been in production from 1935 to 1945 at the national arsenal located in the city.
History
Radom was founded in
1340 and during the partitions of
Poland it was held successively by
Austria and
Russia in the
19th century before returning to Poland after
World War I in 1918. The main industries include leather, glass, and chemicals.
Important dates
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8th-
9th century - early
mediaeval town in the valley of the
Mleczna River (approximately on the location of present-day Old Town)
★ 2nd half of
10th century - fortified town called ''Piotrówka''
★
1155 - first mention about Radom (
Pope Adrian IV bull)
★ around
1300 - Old Radom granted with
Środa Śląska rights
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1340 -
Casimir III founds New Radom (''Nowy Radom'')
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1360-
1370 -
Casimir III founds St. John's Church
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1364 - Radom granted with
Magdeburg law
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1383 -
Jadwiga of Poland accepted by a
Sejm held in Radom as a king of Poland
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1401 - First union of
Poland and
Grand Duchy of Lithuania signed in Radom
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1481 - Radom becomes a de-facto capital of Poland after
Casimir IV of Poland moves to Lithuania and his son,
Saint Casimir to be, ruled the country in his absence from Radom
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1489 - Grand Master of the
Teutonic Order,
John von Tieffen pays tribute to
Casimir IV of Poland in Radom castle
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1505 - a
Sejm in Radom passes the
Nihil novi constitution and
Laski's Statute, the first real bill of rights of Poland
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1564 - 1800 inhabitants, 180 houses, 14 butchers' shops, 2 baths and 2 wells
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1613 - Radom becomes the place where the Highest Fiscal Courts are held
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1628 - Great fire destroys the town
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1656 -
Charles X of Sweden stays in town during
The Deluge
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1660 - the city plundered by
Sweden; after they leave the town has 395 inhabitants and 37 houses
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1737-
1756 - ''Kolegium Pijarów'' school founded
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1763 - Fiscal Tribunal moved to
Warsaw; the town has 1370 inhabitants and 137 buildings
★
1795 - After the
3rd Partition Radom is annexed by
Austria
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1817 - First lay school founded
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1819 -
Fryderyk August Schnierstein opens a tannery, the date is considered a start of towns industrialization
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1844 - Radom becomes the capital of Radom-
Kielce government
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1867 - Creation of Radom government; the sewers are built
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1885 -
Dęblin-
Dąbrowa Górnicza railway opened
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1901 - electricity plant opened
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1911 - Radom has 51,934 inhabitants
★
1920-
1939 - Radom becomes a part of
Central Industrial Area (''Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy''); Chemical Plant, arms and munitions factory (
Łucznik Arms Factory), gas works, telephone and shoe factories are founded
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1935 - Radom-
Warsaw railway opened
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1938 - 90,059 inhabitants
★
1939-
1945 - capital of Radom district of the
General Government
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January 16,
1945 - liberation
★
1948-
1975 - Theatre (''Teatr Dramatyczny'') and an engineering school are opened.
★
1975 - the city becomes the capital of
Radom Voivodeship
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June 25,
1976 - Huge workers' strike against the communist regime; the town becomes one of the main centres of anti-communist opposition in Poland
★
June 4,
1991 -
Pope John Paul II visits the city
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1996 - ''Radomska Wyższa Szkoła Inżynierska'' promoted to the rank of a Radom Technical
University (''Politechnika Radomska'')
★
1999 - Radom becomes the capital of
Radom County of the
Masovian Voivodeship
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May 25,
2002 –
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger visits the city
Tourist attractions
City hall
;
St Waenceslaus church in the Old Town Square : founded by
Leszek I the White, built in the 13th century in gothic style
;St John the Baptist church : founded by
Casimir III, built in the years 1360-1370 in gothic style, and re-constructed many times
;Bernardine church and monastery : founded by
Casimir IV of Poland, built in the years 1468-1507
;Holy Trinity Church : built in the years 1619-1627 in the baroque style, burned in a fire and was rebuilt in the years 1678-1691
;Gąska's and Esterka's Houses : 16th / 17th century
;Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession : built in 1785
;Building of city council : built in the years 1825-1827, designed in classical style by Antonio Corazzi
;City hall : built in the years 1847-1848
;Cathedral of Virgin Mary : built in the years 1899-1908 in neo-gothic style
;Tool gates : built in the 19th century in classical style
Culture
Cinemas
★ Hel
www
★
Helios www
Theatre
★ Jan Kochanowski Theatre
www
Museums and art galleries
★
Jacek Malczewski Museum
www
★ Modern art museum
www
★
Scouting Museum
★ "Elektrownia" -
Power station built in 1903, renewed as a Modern art gallery
★ Cultural Heritage Gallery of Radom
★ Skansen in Radom
www
Education
Radom is home to about 20 schools of higher education.
★ Instytut Teologiczny Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Radomiu - department of theology
★ Kolegium Nauczycielskie -
www
★ Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych -
www
★ Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych -
www
★ Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych TWP -
www
★ Radom Technical University ''(Politechnika Radomska)'' -
www
★
University College of Environmental Sciences ''(Prywatna Wyższa Szkoła Ochrony Środowiska)'' -
www
★ Radomska Szkoła Zarządzania
★ Warsaw Agricultural University - department in Radom ''(Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie)''
★ College of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University ''(Kolegium licencjackie Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej)'' -
www
★
Warsaw University - department in Radom ''(Uniwersytet Warszawski)''-
www www
★ Maria Curie-Skłodowska University - department in Radom ''(Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej)'' -
www
★ Wyższa Inżynierska Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa i Organizacji Pracy -
www
★ Higher Business College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu)'' -
www
★ Higher Financial and Banking College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Bankowości)'' -
www
★ Higher Merchant College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa)'' -
www
★ Higher Seminary ''(Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne)'' -
www
★ Higher Journalis College ''(Wyższa Szkoła Dziennikarska)'' -
www
★ Zespół Szkół Medycznych -
www
Other
At the Western part of Radom, there is a facility for commercial LF transmission (not broadcasting), the
Radom longwave transmitter.
Sports
★
Radomiak Radom - men's
football team, founded in 1910, currently playing in 3rd league.
★
Jadar Radom - men's
volleyball team, founded in 1921, currently playing in extraleague.
★
Broń Radom - men's
football team, founded in 1922, currently in 5th league.
Famous people
Famous people who have been born, have lived or have worked in Radom:
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Mikołaj z Radomia - composer
★
Józef Brandt - painter
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Iga Cembrzyńska - actress
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Tytus Chałubiński - physician, professor of the Medical-Surgical Academy and of the
Principal School in
Warsaw
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Małgorzata Foremniak - actress
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Jan Kochanowski - poet, writer
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Oskar Kolberg - ethnographer, composer
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Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz - philosopher, sociologist
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Leszek Kołakowski - philosopher
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Jacek Malczewski - painter
★
Dariusz Rosati -
MEP, professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs
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Sam Gotlieb - Women's Dress Designer
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Jerzy Połomski - singer
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Dorota Chotecka - actress
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Andrzej Wajda - director
★
Zygmunt Solorz-Żak - president of Polsat tv
★
Dionizy Czachowski (
1810 –
1863)
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Artur Gadowski - singer
★
Szymon Wydra - singer
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ks. bp Jan Chrapek - bishop
★
ks. prof. Włodzimierz Sedlak
★
Adolf Schulz-Evler
Politics
Radom constituency
Members of Parliament (
Sejm) elected from Radom constituency
★ Witold Bałażak (LPR)
★ Ewa Kopacz (PO)
★ Wanda Łyżwińska (Samoobrona)
★ Mirosław Maliszewski (PSL)
★ Marzena Paduch (Samoobrona)
★ Marek Suski (PIS)
★ Marek Wikiński (SLD),
★ Lucyna Wiśniewska (PIS)
★ Marzena Wróbel (PIS)
Twin towns
Banská Bystrica Daugavpils Homyel Ozery Ploieşti Stara Zagora Ternopil Talavera de la Reina Magdeburg
External links
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Official web page of Radom in English
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Official web page of Radom in German
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Official web page of Radom in French
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Official web page of Radom in Japanese
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Official web page of Radom in Polish
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Radom photo gallery
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