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The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, expansionism and becoming one of the largest European powers; to its collapse and partitions, two world wars, communism, and the restoration of democracy. The roots of Polish history can be traced to ancient times ...
The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Marxist–Leninist regime in Poland after the end of World War II. These years, while featuring general industrialization, urbanization and many improvements in the standard of living, [a1] were marred by early Stalinist repressions, social unrest, political strife and severe economic ...
The history of interwar Poland comprises the period from the revival of the independent Polish state in 1918, until the Invasion of Poland from the West by Nazi Germany in 1939 at the onset of World War II, followed by the Soviet Union from the East two weeks later. The two decades of Poland's sovereignty between the world wars are known as the ...
History of Poland. From 1989 through 1991, Poland engaged in a democratic transition which put an end to the Polish People's Republic and led to the foundation of a democratic government, known as the Third Polish Republic (Polish: III Rzeczpospolita Polska), following the First and Second Polish Republic.
Cabinets of Free Poland in Exile (1972-1990) Alternative government-in-exile, created by Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki. Cabinet of Sergiusz Ursyn-Szantyr. Cabinet of Zenon Janasiak. Cabinet of Ryszard Jóżef Zawisza. Cabinet of Stanisław Zięba. Cabinet of Jan Zygmunt Sobolewski. Cabinet of Jan Libront. Cabinet of Jan Alfred Chanerley-Łokcikowski.
June 18–21. Trial of the Sixteen Polish Underground leaders in Moscow. July 10–25. Augustów roundup of anti-Communist partisans. August 2. Potsdam Conference concludes between the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. August 11. Kraków pogrom with one dead victim. 1946.
History of Poland. From 1795 to 1918, Poland was split between Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy, and Russia and had no independent existence. In 1795 the third and the last of the three 18th-century partitions of Poland ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Nevertheless, events both within and outside the Polish lands kept ...
Politics of Poland. The government of Poland takes the form of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. [1][2] However, its form of government has also been identified as semi-presidential. [3][4][5][6]