sentences:  The very fact that Russian authorities waited for so long to grant Sosnowiec town rights is seen as a consequence of the Polish January Uprising 1863/64, after which numerous towns had seen their status reduced to a village.Sosnowiec was first post-1860s location in Congress Poland to have received town charter, the second was Puławy in 1906.Natural resources and a good geographical location had an important influence on the development of Sosnowiec.