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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