Poland

A reconstruction of a [[Bronze Age Poland, }} officially the Republic of Poland, }} is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, and borders Lithuania and Russia to the northeast; Belarus and Ukraine to the east; Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south; and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the fifth largest EU country by land area, covering . The capital and largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk.

Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Glacial Period. Culturally diverse throughout late antiquity, in the early medieval period the region became inhabited by the West Slavic tribal Polans, who gave Poland its name. The process of establishing statehood coincided with the conversion of a pagan ruler of the Polans to Christianity in 966 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1025, the Kingdom of Poland emerged, and in 1569 it cemented its long-standing association with Lithuania, forming the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. At the time, the Commonwealth was one of Europe's great powers, with an elective monarchy and a uniquely liberal political system. It adopted Europe's first modern constitution in 1791.

With the passing of the prosperous Polish Golden Age, the country was partitioned by neighbouring states at the end of the 18th century. At the end of World War I in 1918, Poland regained its independence with the founding of the Second Polish Republic, which emerged victorious in various conflicts of the interbellum period. In September 1939, the invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union marked the beginning of World War II, which resulted in the Holocaust and millions of Polish casualties. Forced into the Eastern Bloc in the global Cold War, the Polish People's Republic was a signatory of the Warsaw Pact. Through the 1980 emergence and contributions of the Solidarity movement, which initiated the fall of the Iron Curtain, the communist government was dissolved and Poland re-established itself as a liberal democracy in 1989, as the first of its neighbours.

Poland is a semi-presidential republic with its bicameral legislature comprising the Sejm and the Senate. Considered a middle power, it is a developed market and high-income economy that is the sixth largest in the EU by nominal GDP and the fifth largest by PPP-adjusted GDP. Poland enjoys a very high standard of living, safety, and economic freedom, as well as free university education and universal health care. It has 17 UNESCO-administered World Heritage Sites, 15 of which are cultural. Poland is a founding member state of the United Nations and a member of the Council of Europe, World Trade Organisation, OECD, NATO, and the European Union (including the Schengen Area). Provided by Wikipedia
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    by POLAND
    Warsaw (pub. 1918-)
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    by Poland, Mathias
    Published 1987
    1987.
    2 microfiches.
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    by Poland, Dorette
    Published 1985
    Germany : Universität Hamburg, 1985.
    100, LIII S : graph. Darst ; 21 cm.
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    by Poland, Franciscus
    Published 1895
    Dresdae 1895.
    1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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    by Poland, Bernard William
    Published 1921
    Chicago, Ill., Loyola university press [c1921]
    138 p. 19 cm.
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    by Poland, Franz, 1857-
    Published 1885
    Lipsiae, Typis B.G. Teubneri, 1885.
    118 p.
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    by Poland, Franz, 1857-
    Published 1895
    Dresdae, Rammingsche Buchdruckerei, 1895.
    [3]-27 p.
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    [Krakau] Burgverlag Krakau g. m. b. h., 1943.
    135, [1] p. illus., maps (1 fold.) diagrs. 24 cm.
    “...Poland. Hauptabteilung Wissenschaft und Unterricht...”
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    Strassburg, Printer of the Ariminensis, 1479.
    320 p. fol.
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    Stockholm, Gutterwitz, 1597.
    62 l. 4to.
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    Stockholm, Gutterwitz, 1596.
    128 p. 4to.
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    [Stockholm, Gutterwitz, 1593]
    1 broadside. fol.
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    [Stockholm, Gutterwitz, 1594]
    1 broadside. fol.
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    Stockholm, Gutterwitz, 1598]
    8 l. Fol.
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    Warsaw? 1598]
    1 broadside. fol.
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    Published 1974
    Warszawa : Wydawn. Prawnicze, 1974.
    394 p. ; 21 cm.
    “...Poland...”
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    Published 1974
    Warszawa, Wydawn. Prawnicze. 1974.
    577 p. 18 cm.
    “...Poland...”
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    Published 1977
    Warszawa : Wydaw. Prawnicze, 1977 dr. ukończ. 1978
    224 p. ; 21 cm.
    “...Poland...”
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    Warszawa [s.n.]
    v. ill. 29-44 cm.
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    Published 1945
    [Warszawa?] : Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik", 1945.
    1 online resource (78 pages).
    “...Poland...”
    Center for Research Libraries
    Online Resource
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