Krn

Krn (pronounced [ˈkəɾn]; Italian: Monte Nero; 2244 m) is a mountain of the southwestern Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. The mountain is located about 50 km from the Adriatic Sea. The Soča River flows to the west of the peak, and the smaller Lepenjica River to the northeast and the Tolminka River to the southwest. Krn has a mighty western wall, which is best viewed from Kobarid or Drežnica.

On the southern side of the mountain lie the small villages of Vrsno, Krn, Drežnica, Drežniške Ravne and Magozd. On the northern side lies Lake Krn, the largest glacial lake in Slovenia.

During the First World War the Battles of the Isonzo took place in the area. The top of the neighbouring mountain Batognica (2164 m) was blown off because of an accidental weapon depot explosion. A lot of remnants from the war remain scattered around the peak.

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State National Council

Krajowa Rada Narodowa in Polish (translated as State National Council or Homeland National Council, abbreviated to KRN) was a parliament-like political body created during the later period of World War II in German-occupied Warsaw. Its founding was the initial stage in the formation of a communist government of Poland. The existence of the KRN was later accepted by the Soviet Union and the Council became to a large extent subjugated and controlled by the Soviets.

The KRN was established on the night of 31 December 1943 on the initiative of the recreated in 1942 (after the destruction of the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) in Joseph Stalin's prewar Great Purge) Polish communist party, the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) led by Władysław Gomułka. It was the implementation of the Party's Central Committee decision of 7 November 1943. The Council was declared to be the "actual political representation of the Polish nation, empowered to act on behalf of the nation and manage its affairs until the time of Poland's liberation from the occupation". From the beginning, the KRN viewed the prewar Sanation regime and the contemporary Polish government in exile as illegitimate, based on the "elitist-totalitarian" April Constitution, "whose legality had never been recognized by the nation", and as representative of narrow reactionary interests. The new government formation would be based on the "worker-peasant alliance" and on the alliance with the Soviet Union. The Armia Ludowa was established as the KRN's armed force. The exile government and the Polish Underground State, especially the Armia Krajowa command, were worried by this development and by the progressing social radicalization in Poland. They accelerated the formation of the already planned Council of National Unity (Rada Jedności Narodowej, RJN), their own parliament, created on 9 January 1944.

Julian Alps

The Julian Alps (Slovene: Julijske Alpe, Italian: Alpi Giulie) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia and of the former Yugoslavia. They are named after Julius Caesar, who founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at the foot of the mountains. A large part of the Julian Alps is included in Triglav National Park. The second highest peak of the range, the 2,775m high Jôf di Montasio, lies in Italy.

The Julian Alps cover an estimated 4,400 km² (of which 1,542 km² lies in Italy). They are located between Sava valley and Kanalska Dolina. They are divided into the Eastern and Western Julian Alps.

Eastern Julian Alps

There are many peaks in the Eastern Julian Alps over 2,000m high, and they are mainly parts of ridges. The most important peaks are visible by height and massiveness. There are high plains on the eastern border like Pokljuka, Mežakla and Jelovica.