Wladyslaw Gomulka was first secretary of this country's Communist party from 1956-1970
In 1517 the Ottoman Turks took this country & put a pasha in power; today a Mubarak rules
In 1740 he became king of Prussia & elector of Brandenburg
This Russian czar spent the last few years of his life composing a list of people he had murdered
In 1513 this Spaniard made the first recorded European exploration of what is now the U.S. mainland
The largest country in the world, it has 21 republics, 49 oblasts & 6 krays
It uses the Monegasque franc
There are no permanent lakes in this country that's home to Mecca
In this country's parliament, the Dail has 166 seats, the Seanad, 60
Its borders with Bolivia & Peru are much shorter than its border with Argentina