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Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa

Polish People's Republic

Polish

Polska

Rzeczpospolita Polska

Poland

Republic of Poland

Pologne

République de Pologne

Polonia

República de Polonia

Polen

POL

PL

ISO616

PL00

Place Type
nation
Description
Poland is a republic of northeastern Europe, bordered on the east by Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, on the west by Germany, on the south by the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and on the north by the Baltic Sea. However, its boundaries have changed many times over the centuries. It was settled by Slavic tribes in the 2nd millennium BCE, and over time saw incursions by Ostrogoths, Slavs, Huns and Avars. Many small states formed in the 9th century, until a united in kingdom emerged in 1025. It was part of the Polish-Lithuanian empire in the 15 and 16th centuries. It was subsequently invaded in turn by Tartars, Ottomans and Russians. Its territory shrank as it was overrun and partitioned by various European powers between the 18th and 20th centuries. Following World War II, it was dominated by the USSR and had a Communist government, which collapsed in 1989, to be followed by a Western-style democracy. The official language is Polish.
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Source
Britannica Book of the Year (1990); Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Britannica Book of the Year (1994); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's French Dictionary (1981); Cassell's German Dictionary (1982); Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Handbook (1988); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)...

Born

Julian Stanczak (American, born Poland, 1928–2017)

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