According to A2ZGOV, Gdansk is a major seaport in Poland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Gdansk on the southern coast of the Baltic. The first mention of the city dates back to the end of the 10th century. In the period from 1361 to 1669, Gdansk was part of the…
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State Structure and Political System of Poland
Poland is a democratic constitutional state that implements the principles of social justice, the rule of the people, a unitary state, separation of powers, pluralism and subsidiarity. Parliamentary republic. The 1997 Constitution is in force. Check computerminus for political system of Poland. Since January 1999, a three-stage administrative-territorial division has been introduced: 16 voivodeships – Lower…
Poland History Part 19
From that moment on, Marshal Piłsudski once again became the decisive factor in Polish political life. He initiated a slow and systematic reform of the state and the simultaneous spiritual emancipation of citizens from the burdensome legacy of the times of political slavery. The strengthening of the executive power, the internal consolidation of the state…
Poland History Part 18
The Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919) established: 1. that Posnania and Pomerania would return to Poland, which thus almost recovered its western borders in 1772; 2. that plebiscites were held, under the control of the main powers, in Upper Silesia, Warmia and Masuria (Allenstein); 3. that Danzig be established as a free city to…
Poland History Part 17
The five decades that followed are characterized, in all three territories of ancient Poland, by the temporary renunciation of any forced change of the conditions that the Congress of Vienna and the subsequent and fruitless revolts had created for the Poles subjected to Austria, Prussia and Russia; and by the systematic effort for their economic,…
Poland History Part 16
In Vienna, Russia was favored; most of ancient Poland, although constitutionally divided into two zones, was now reunited within its dominions. It is therefore for him that the most important acts concerning Polish history are carried out, in the following hundred years, on its territory. A few months after the Congress of Vienna, Alexander granted…
Poland History Part 15
According to sportsqna.com, several factors led Poland to this situation which presented no more ways out. First of all, its own territorial configuration. It was not only the consequence of natural conditions, but also of two factors that appear dominant in Polish history: the almost complete absence of aggression and the excessive spreading of borders…
Poland History Part 14
But minds were still divided; but against the opponents of any reform and in part also against the king himself, at first too prone to procrastination, the patriotic party had the upper hand, that in this constituent diet he obtained the majority and carried out not only a series of important reforms – among other…
Poland History Part 13
In the first years of his reign he only succeeded in improving the desolate conditions of the cities, in healing the finances and laying the foundations for a renewal of the command centers of the army with the establishment of the “cadet” school. For the rest, too much was the disproportion between his good intentions…
Poland History Part 12
According to rrrjewelry.com, Sobieski was succeeded on the Polish throne by Frederick Augustus, elector of Saxony (in Poland: August II, 1697-1733), imposed, against the national candidate, by the French prince de Conti (whose landing in Poland was opposed by the Dancers), from the three neighboring powers. At the beginning of his reign, Poland regained, in…