Kraj Zachodni / Zapadnyj kraj

[Zielinski]

> In translating a Polish text written in 1906, I find the expression
> "w Kro'lestwie Polskim i w Kraju Zachodnim". I understand that at
> that time in the Russian Empire there was a Zachodnyj kraj, which is
> presumably the same thing. What is that called in English? "The
> Kingdom of Poland and the ..."?

The "Severo-zapadnyj kraj" is here, most probably, meant, meaning Lithuania
(or, in terms of the geographical space, mostly the present day Belarus).
North-Western Territory?

Best,

Jan Zielinski
Bern, Switzerland

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