Radom is a city in east-central
Poland with 219,703 inhabitants (2013). It is located south of Poland's capital,
Warsaw, on the
Mleczna River, in (as of 1999) the
Masovian Voivodeship, having previously been the capital of
Radom Voivodeship (1975–1998). Despite being part of the Masovian Voivodeship, the city historically belongs to
Lesser Poland. For centuries, Radom was part of the
Sandomierz Voivodeship of the
Kingdom of Poland and the later
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was an important center of administration, having served as seat of the Crown Council. The
Pact of Vilnius and Radom was signed there in 1401, and the
Nihil novi and
Laski's Statute were adopted by the
Sejm at Radom's Royal Castle in 1505. In 1976, it was a center of
anti Communist street protests.