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# Sudetenland Medal

The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (German: Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938) was commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal. It was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded during the interwar period, and the second in a series of Occupation Medals.

## Description

Instituted on 18 October 1938, the medal was awarded to participants in the occupations of Sudetenland in October 1938 and Czechoslovakia in March 1939.
The medal was awarded to all German State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who entered the Sudetenland on 18 October 1938, and to Sudeten Nazis who had worked for union with Germany. Later a special bar for attachment to the ribbon was introduced for participation in the occupation of the remnants of Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939, and to others who rendered valuable support. Last awarded on 31 December 1940, a total of 1,162,617 medals and 134,563 bars were bestowed.
The wearing of Nazi era awards was banned in 1945. The Sudetenland medal was not among those awards reauthorized for official wear by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957.

## Design

The medal was circular and similar in appearance as the Anschluss Medal, the reverse only differed in the date. It was designed by Professor Richard Klein. On the obverse a man holding the Nazi flag stands on a podium bearing the eagle emblem of Nazi Germany. He assists a second man onto the podium, whose right arm bears a broken shackle. This symbolizes the joining of the area to the Reich. On the reverse is the inscription date "1. Oktober 1938" (1 October 1938). The date is surrounded with the words "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer" (One People, One Nation, One Leader).
The medal was die-struck and high in detail, with a bronze finish. It was suspended from a striped black, red, black ribbon and white outer stripes, the colors of the Sudetenland.

## Prague Castle Bar

For those who had participated in both the annexation of the Sudetenland and the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia on 15 March 1939, a bronze Castle Bar (German: Spange Prager Burg), was approved on 1 May 1939. This bar featured the Prague Castle on the obverse with two triangular prongs in the back, which held it on the ribbon of the prior awarded Sudetenland medal. The bar, like the medal, was die-struck and high in detail, with a bronze finish.
# Saint-Mézard

Saint-Mézard (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Sent Mesard) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
# Sorokina, Kursk Oblast

Sorokina (Russian: Сорокина) is a rural locality (Russian: деревня, lit. 'village') in Dolzhenkovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Oktyabrsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: 33 (2010 Census); 61 (2002 Census);

## Geography

The village is located on the Lomna River (a right tributary of the Seym), 69 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 26 km west of Kursk, 12 km north-west of the district center – the urban-type settlement Pryamitsyno, 5.5 km from the selsoviet center – Bolshoye Dolzhenkovo.

### Climate

Sorokina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).

## Transport

Sorokina is located 21 km from the federal route M-2 Crimea Highway (a part of the European route E105), 4.5 km from the road of regional importance 38K-017 (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 1 km from the road of intermunicipal significance 38H-576 (38N-575 – Zolotukhino), 6 km from the nearest railway halt 433 km (railway line Lgov I — Kursk).
The rural locality is situated 33 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 131 km from Belgorod International Airport and 241 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.
# Loucha

Loucha (Greek: Λούχα) is a settlement on Zakynthos island, Greece.
# Arveyres

Arveyres (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Arvèiras) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
# Berlou

Berlou (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Berlon) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

## Geography
### Climate

Berlou has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Berlou is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 908.5 mm (35.77 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 8.0 °C (46.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Berlou was 42.1 °C (107.8 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.1 °C (17.4 °F) on 27 February 2018.
Climate data for Berlou (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1988−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 42.1 (107.8) | 37.5 (99.5) | 40.9 (105.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 32.4 (90.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.9 (69.6) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.4 (84.9) | 24.6 (76.3) | 19.8 (67.6) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.2 (52.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.8 (74.8) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.1 (52.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) | 4.5 (40.1) | 6.9 (44.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 7.6 (45.7) | 4.9 (40.8) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) | −8.1 (17.4) | −5.7 (21.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.4 (32.7) | −5.6 (21.9) | −5.4 (22.3) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.1 (3.23) | 73.5 (2.89) | 51.7 (2.04) | 80.9 (3.19) | 70.3 (2.77) | 38.6 (1.52) | 23.7 (0.93) | 48.2 (1.90) | 86.7 (3.41) | 136.8 (5.39) | 107.6 (4.24) | 108.4 (4.27) | 908.5 (35.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 71.9 |
| Source: Meteociel ||||||||||||||
# A Night in May

A Night in May (German: Eine Nacht im Mai) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Viktor Staal, and Karl Schönböck.
It was made by UFA the leading German company at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Max Mellin. Some location filming took place around Wannsee.

## Cast

* Marika Rökk as Inge Fleming
* Viktor Staal as Willy Prinz
* Karl Schönböck as Waldemar Becker
* Gisela Schlüter as Alma
* Oskar Sima as Direktor Fleming Jr.
* Albert Florath as Direktor Fleming Sr.
* Ingeborg von Kusserow as Friedl
* Mady Rahl as Mimi
* Franz Arzdorf as Berghoff
* Ursula Herking as Johanna
* Ludwig Schmitz as Schupo Emil
# Labatie-d'Andaure

Labatie-d'Andaure (French pronunciation:; Occitan: La Bastia d'Andaura) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.
# Kosmos 4

Kosmos 4 (Russian: Космос 4 meaning Kosmos 4), also known as Zenit-2 No.2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 14 was the first Soviet reconnaissance satellite to successfully reach orbit.

## Spacecraft

Kosmos 4 was a Zenit-2 satellite, a first generation, low resolution reconnaissance satellite derived from the Vostok spacecraft used for crewed flights. It was the fourth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the second Soviet attempt to launch a reconnaissance satellite, the previous attempt having failed after one of the Vostok-K engines shut down prematurely, on 11 December 1961. Kosmos 4 had a mass of 4,610 kg (10,160 lb).

## Launch

It was launched on a Vostok-K rocket, which was making its seventh flight. It was the last Zenit launch to use the Vostok-K, before launches switched to the Vostok-2 starting with the next launch attempt in June 1962. The launch was conducted from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and occurred at 10:02 GMT on 26 April 1962. Kosmos 4 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 285 km (177 mi), an apogee of 317 km (197 mi), an inclination of 65.0°, and an orbital period of 90.60 minutes.

## Mission

It conducted a four-day mission, to measure radiation before and after the U.S. nuclear tests conducted during project Starfish Prime. However, leaks from the oxygen system tanks used for the orientation system resulted in the premature return of the spacecraft after three days of flight. During most of the flight the spacecraft was uncontrollable, before being deorbited and landing by parachute on 29 April 1962, and recovered by the Soviet forces in the steppe in Kazakhstan.
The next Zenit launch attempt, scheduled for May 1962 but delayed to 1 June 1962, failed to reach orbit, but the next launch successfully reached orbit as Kosmos 7.
# Miloslavsky District

Miloslavsky District (Russian: Милосла́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,397 square kilometers (539 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Miloslavskoye. Population: 13,455 (2010 Census); 16,564 (2002 Census); 20,808 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Miloslavskoye accounts for 33.3% of the district's total population.

## Notable residents

* Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet Olympic weightlifter, born in Pokrovo-Shishkino
# Dolní Dvůr

Dolní Dvůr (German: Niederhof) is a municipality and village in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

## Etymology

The name literally means 'lower court'.

## Geography

Dolní Dvůr is located about 19 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Trutnov and 50 km (31 mi) north of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Giant Mountains. The highest point is located on the slopes of the Liščí hora Mountain at 1,284 m (4,213 ft) above sea level. Most of the municipal territory lies within the Krkonoše National Park. The Malé Labe River flows through the municipality and creates a valley, in which the villages are situated.

## History

The first written mention of Dolní Dvůr is from 1539. In 1601, the village was separated from Lánov and the municipality was founded.

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1869 | 1,352 | — |
| 1880 | 1,324 | −2.1% |
| 1890 | 1,279 | −3.4% |
| 1900 | 1,301 | +1.7% |
| 1910 | 1,183 | −9.1% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1921 | 1,020 | −13.8% |
| 1930 | 998 | −2.2% |
| 1950 | 341 | −65.8% |
| 1961 | 347 | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 307 | −11.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1980 | 268 | −12.7% |
| 1991 | 244 | −9.0% |
| 2001 | 249 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 272 | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 249 | −8.5% |
Source: Censuses :

## Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

## Sport

Dolní Dvůr is known for a ski resort with eight ski slopes.

## Sights

The main landmark of Dolní Dvůr is the Church of Saint Joseph. It was built in the Neoclassical style in 1802–1806. It is equipped by a unique carillon.
# Le Cheylard

Le Cheylard (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Lo Chailar) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 1,717 | — |
| 1800 | 1,722 | +0.04% |
| 1806 | 2,024 | +2.73% |
| 1821 | 2,008 | −0.05% |
| 1831 | 2,252 | +1.15% |
| 1836 | 2,542 | +2.45% |
| 1841 | 2,353 | −1.53% |
| 1846 | 2,512 | +1.32% |
| 1851 | 2,498 | −0.11% |
| 1856 | 3,257 | +5.45% |
| 1861 | 3,755 | +2.89% |
| 1866 | 3,422 | −1.84% |
| 1872 | 3,224 | −0.99% |
| 1876 | 3,242 | +0.14% |
| 1881 | 3,059 | −1.16% |
| 1886 | 3,054 | −0.03% |
| 1891 | 3,228 | +1.11% |
| 1896 | 3,198 | −0.19% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 3,373 | +1.07% |
| 1906 | 3,507 | +0.78% |
| 1911 | 3,478 | −0.17% |
| 1921 | 3,078 | −1.21% |
| 1926 | 3,098 | +0.13% |
| 1931 | 3,296 | +1.25% |
| 1936 | 3,288 | −0.05% |
| 1946 | 3,515 | +0.67% |
| 1954 | 3,502 | −0.05% |
| 1962 | 3,735 | +0.81% |
| 1968 | 3,979 | +1.06% |
| 1975 | 4,262 | +0.99% |
| 1982 | 4,239 | −0.08% |
| 1990 | 3,833 | −1.25% |
| 1999 | 3,514 | −0.96% |
| 2007 | 3,313 | −0.73% |
| 2012 | 3,098 | −1.33% |
| 2017 | 2,952 | −0.96% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :
# Boucieu-le-Roi

Boucieu-le-Roi (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Bociu) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.
# Sainte-Foi

Sainte-Foi (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Santa Fe) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

## Population

Inhabitants of Sainte-Foi are called Fidésiens.
# Boisseuilh

Boisseuilh (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Boissuelh) is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.
# Yegoryevsky District, Altai Krai

Yegoryevsky District (Russian: Его́рьевский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is 2,500 square kilometers (970 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Novoyegoryevskoye. Population: 14,170 (2010 Census); 16,024 (2002 Census); 15,919 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Novoyegoryevskoye accounts for 40.9% of the district's total population.

## Geography

Lakes Gorkoye and Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye are located in the district.
# Labatmale

Labatmale (French pronunciation:; Occitan: La Vatmala) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-west France.
# Rieucros

Rieucros (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Riucròs) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

## Population

Inhabitants are called Rieucrosains.
# Le Pizou

Le Pizou (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Lo Pison) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
# Radio Magic

Radio Magic (German: Funkzauber) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Werner Krauss, Xenia Desni, and Fern Andra. The film's art direction was by Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller. It premiered on 30 September 1927. The runtime is 60 minutes.

## Cast

* Werner Krauss as Theophil Schimmelpfenning, der Funkaugust
* Xenia Desni as Gerda Reiner, Stenotypistin
* Fern Andra as Melitta Mirabella, Seiltänzerin
* Alfred Braun as Sprecher des Berliner Rundfunks
* Margarete Kupfer as Frau Reiner
* Gerd Briese as George Lenz, Gerdas Bräutigam
* Anton Pointner as Herr Haßdorf, Erfinder
* Leo Peukert as Max Bügeleisen
* Ellen Plessow as Victoria Fadenschein, Bügeleisens Hausdame
* Fritz Kampers as Schupo
# Metamorphoses (disambiguation)

Metamorphoses is a themed work of poetry composed by Ovid.
Metamorphoses, the plural of metamorphosis may also refer to:

## Cinema

* Métamorphoses (1946 film), directed by Charles Dekeukeleire
* Metamorphoses (1978 film), a 1978 anime film produced by Sanrio
* Métamorphoses (2014 film), directed by Christophe Honoré

## Music

* Métamorphoses (album), a 2000 album by Jean-Michel Jarre
* Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, a piece for solo oboe by Benjamin Britten
* Metamorphosen, a work for 23 solo strings in 1945 by Richard Strauss

## Literature

* The Golden Ass, by Lucius Apuleius where the narrator is transformed into a donkey, also known as The Metamorphoses of Apuleius
* Metamorphoses (play), by Mary Zimmerman based on Ovid's work
* Metamorphoses, by Antoninus Liberalis

## Other uses

* Metamorphoses (TV series), a Brazilian telenovela television series starring Paolla Oliveira
* Ovid's Metamorphoses (sculpture), a 1889 sculpture by Auguste Rodin
* Metamorphoses, 1952 ballet choreographed by George Balanchine
# Embassy of Azerbaijan, Moscow

The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation. It is located at 16 Leontyevsky Lane (Russian: Леонтьевский переулок, 16) in the Presnensky District of Moscow.
# Smila, Greece

Smila (Greek: Σμίλα) is a village and a community in the municipality of Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is situated in the plains north of the river Alfeios, 1 km north of Strefi, 3 km west of Pelopio, 7 km northwest of Olympia and 10 km east of Pyrgos. The community includes the small village Karoutes.
The myth says that the village was called Smila because Praxiteles (the artist who made the famous statue of Hermes), lost his chisel (Greek: σμίλη) here. Many ancient artifacts have been found in this village, especially in the northern part. They are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. A great cheesemaking tradition has been established in Smila over the past few years, and several well known cheesemakers have been born in Smila, some of whom have found extensive occupation as ship chefs. Smila suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires.

## Population

| Year | Village population | Community population |
| 1981 | 484 | - |
| 1991 | 528 | - |
| 2001 | 453 | 522 |
| 2011 | 341 | 390 |
| 2021 | 256 | 307 |
# Montfort-sur-Boulzane

Montfort-sur-Boulzane (French pronunciation: , literally Montfort on Boulzane; Occitan: Montfòrt) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
# Villevieille

Villevieille (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Vilavièlha) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

## Geography

The village is located on the banks of the Vidourle.

### Climate

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa). On 28 June 2019, during the June 2019 European heat wave, the temperature reached 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) in Villevieille, briefly the highest in French meteorological history, before being surpassed by Gallargues-le-Montueux later the same day.
Climate data for Villevieille (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1970−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.7 (83.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 35.5 (95.9) | 45.4 (113.7) | 41.6 (106.9) | 40.9 (105.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 26.3 (79.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 45.4 (113.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.2 (88.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 21.0 (69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.9 (75.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 1.7 (35.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 5.6 (42.1) | 2.5 (36.5) | 8.7 (47.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.9 (7.0) | −10.1 (13.8) | −10.7 (12.7) | −2.7 (27.1) | 0.9 (33.6) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.5 (45.5) | 5.5 (41.9) | 2.2 (36.0) | −2.2 (28.0) | −7.9 (17.8) | −9.7 (14.5) | −13.9 (7.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 62.2 (2.45) | 42.5 (1.67) | 47.0 (1.85) | 71.2 (2.80) | 53.1 (2.09) | 39.3 (1.55) | 21.6 (0.85) | 48.8 (1.92) | 107.6 (4.24) | 103.7 (4.08) | 97.8 (3.85) | 66.3 (2.61) | 761.1 (29.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 65.4 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||
# Charles Adams (rugby union)

Charles Adams (8 December 1883 — 13 November 1965) was an Irish international rugby union player.
A forward, Adams played his club rugby for Old Wesley and was capped 16 times by Ireland from 1908 to 1914, before his international career was effectively ended by World War I. He served with the 7th Battalion of the Dublin Fusiliers in Gallipoli and Salonika. In 1917, Adams was captured by the Germans and held as a prisoner of war.
# Sredgora

Sredgora (pronounced; German: Mittenwald, Gottschee German: Mittnbold) is a settlement in the Municipality of Semič in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

## Name

The name Sredgora is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, from sredi 'in the middle of' + gora 'forest'. In Slovene and Slavic in general, the common noun gora refers not only to a mountain, but also to a forest in a hilly or mountainous area. The German name of the village, Mittenwald, semantically corresponds to the Slovene name and is a compound of mitten 'in the middle of' + Wald 'forest'.

## History

The village was inhabited by Gottschee Germans that were expelled in 1941 during the Second World War and was burned to the ground in 1944. The local church, now a ruin, was dedicated to Mary Magdalene and belonged to the Parish of Planina.
# Brode, Škofja Loka

Brode (pronounced; in older sources also Brodi, German: Wrodech) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

## Name

Brode was attested in written sources in 1291 as Furten and in villa Fůrten (and again as Furten in 1318 and Furtten circa 1400). The name is originally a plural accusative of the Slovene common noun brod 'ford, shallow river crossing' and thus refers to a local geographical feature. In the past the German name was Wrodech.

## Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Thomas. It is a late Gothic church and originally had a flat ceiling which was vaulted in the 18th century. Remains of frescos from the mid-16th century by the painter Jernej of Loka can be seen, depicting the Last Judgment, The Crucifixion, Saint George and the Dragon, and the Sacrifice of Isaac. The main altar dates to 1774.
# 36th Special Aviation Regiment

The 36th Special Regiment of Aviation Transport (Polish: 36 Specjalny Pułk Lotnictwa Transportowego; 36 SPLT) was a special aviation regiment of the Polish Air Force, established in 1945. All of its aircraft were for national public use, the most important being transport of Polish politicians and Ministry of National Defence highest officials & forces commanders. It was headquartered at the 1st Air Base at Warsaw Chopin Airport (formerly Okęcie). Between 1947 and 1974 it operated as Special Air Regiment, earlier as Government Transport Squadron. It was shut down in 2011 and its fleet retired.

## Accidents

* On 28 February 1973 a government airliner Antonov An-24W serial number 97305702 (tail number 012), crashed in Szczecin, north-west Poland. All 18 people on board were killed (including ministers of the interior of Poland and Czechoslovakia).
* On 4 December 2003 Mi-8 helicopter carrying Poland's Prime Minister Leszek Miller crashed near Warsaw, all people on board survived.
* On 10 April 2010 one of two Tupolev Tu-154 airplanes (serial number 90A-837; Polish aircraft 101) crash landed in fog at Smolensk North, Russia. All 96 on board died, including Poland's President Lech Kaczyński and 42 other officials en route to the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre nearby. The crash also took lives of the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army and most senior military commanding officers, the National Bank of Poland governor, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and dignitaries in the government, vice-speakers and members of the Senate of the Republic of Poland and Sejm of the Republic of Poland houses of the National Assembly of the Republic of Poland, and senior members of clergy of various denominations.
On 4 August 2011, the regiment was disbanded by the Polish Minister of National Defence as a direct consequence of the 2010 crash. The regiment officially ceased to exist on 31 December 2011; however, the 1st Air Transport Base continues to transport government VIPs by helicopter. Since then all Polish government officials have been using civil aircraft owned by LOT Polish Airlines, mainly two Embraer 175 operated exclusively for government.

## Equipment disbandment in 2011

Previously operated transport aircraft including Lisunov Li-2, Ilyushin Il-14, Antonov An-24 and Tupolev Tu-134.
| Model | Origin | In Service |
| Tupolev Tu-154M Lux | Soviet Union | 1 |
| Yakovlev Yak-40 | Soviet Union | 4 |
| PZL M28 | Poland | 3 |
| PZL W-3 Sokół | Poland | 5 |
| Bell 412 | United States | 1 |
| Mi-8 | Soviet Union | 7 |