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Poland,
Polska, Republic
of Poland, Rzeczpospolita
Polska
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Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around the middle of the 10th
century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following
century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the
nation. In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and
Austria partitioned Poland amongst themselves. Poland regained its independence
in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II. It
became a Soviet satellite state following the war, but its government was
comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the
formation of the independent trade union "Solidarity" that over time became a political force and by 1990 had swept parliamentary elections and the presidency. A "shock therapy" program during the early 1990s enabled the country to transform its economy into one of the most robust in Central Europe, but Poland currently suffers low GDP growth and high unemployment. Solidarity suffered a major defeat in the 2001 parliamentary elections when it failed to elect a single deputy to the lower house of Parliament, and the new leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union subsequently pledged to reduce the Trade Union's political role. Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. |
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Photos from Poland County
Potoka, Radziejowice and Autumn in Podkowa Leśna Old
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1. Dependency status: UN country 2. Government type: republic 3. Location: Central Europe, east of Germany 4. Border Countries: Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 428 km 5. Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers 6. Terrain: mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border 7. Area: 312,685 km2 8. Capital: Warsaw 9. Administrative divisions: 16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie 10. Population: 38,626,349 (July 2004 est.) 11. Languages: Polish 12. Religions: Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5% 13. Currency: zloty (PLN) 14. Original language tekst: NA 15. Time diference to GMT: |
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