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POLAND
Emblem of Poland
The emblem of Poland is white eagle on a red shield. The eagle symbolizes power, potency and majesty. White signifies right, red – dignity.
Polish postwar history
The queue for a toilet paper.
In June 1956, workers in the industrial city of Poznań went on strike.
Martial law in Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law (December 13, 1981).
Round-table talks.
1980 strike at Gdańsk Shipyard, birthplace of Solidarity.
,,Solidarność” contributed to the end of communism in Poland in 1989
POLAND
European Union (from 2004)
NATO (from 1999)
United Nations (from 1945)
Political structure in Poland
Poland is a democratic country. Polish Parliament is
located in Warsaw. Authorities in Poland consist
of…
Authorities
Executive branch
- President (Lech Kaczyński)- Prime minister (Donald Tusk)- The Cabinet of ministers
Legislative branch
- Sejm- Sentate- National assembly
Judiciary branch
Donald Tusk Lech Kaczyński
Rysy is the highest peak.
Wisła is the longest river.
Śniardwy is the biggest lake.
Hańcza is the dippest lake.
Warszawa is the biggest city. It is our capital city
The bigger desert is Pustynia
Błędowska.
Puszcza Białowieska is the Oldest forest.
Forest Białowieża
Lake Śniardwy
Lake Hańcza
River Wisła
Peak Rysy
Desert Błędowska
ŁÓDŹ
Lodz is Poland`s third largest city with the population of 753,192 . It is located in the centre of the country and serves as the capital of the region. The coat of arms contains a boat, alluding to the city's name which literally means "a boat".
LandmarksOne of landmarks in Lodz is Museum Of Art.
The chapel of Karol Scheibler, next to the Old Evangelical.
KrakówWawel from the Vistula River.
Kraków's Sukiennice, with medieval city-hall tower at right.
Brama Floriańska, north exit toward the Barbican
Warszawa
View of Warsaw
Palace of Culture and Science
Belweder Palace
FAMOUS POLES
KAROL WOJTYŁA- JOHN PAUL II IN 1978 POLISH CARDINAL
WAS CHOOSEN TO BE THE FIRST NON-ITALIAN POPE, HE CHOOSE
THE NAMES JOHN PAUL IN HONOUR OF HIS
PREDECESSORS.
Lech Wałęsa - union activist, politician. From 1990 to 1995
president of Polish Republic. He supported economic reconstruction and
constitutional Poland. He got peaceful Nobel’s prize in year
1983.
Wiesława Szymborska – one of the most prominent poetess,
literary critic, essayist, translator of baroque French poetry, laureate of Nobel’s
prize in 1996.
Frederyk Chopin was the most prominent polish pianist and
composer. He composed works designed on piano. Chopinian festival be holds every year in Poland. It’s the most popular festival of classic music in the
world.
Mikołaj Kopernik, prominent Polish astronomer,
mathematician, doctor, lawyer, translator of Italian poetry and
the economist. Kopernik as first in modern times worked out the heliocentric model of
sunny arrangement.
Sport in PolandAdam Małysz is a Polish ski jumper. Małysz has won 38 World Cup competitions and win the World Cup 3 times in row.
Robert Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. From 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team. In June 2008 he achieved his maiden F1 victory in the Canadian Grand Prix
Poland and Ukraine will be the host nations of the final of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship .
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