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The Second Polish Republic was mainly flat with an average elevation of 233 m (764 ft) above sea level, except for the southernmost Carpathian Mountains (after the Second World War and its border changes, the average elevation of Poland decreased to 173 m (568 ft)). Only 13% of territory, along the southern border, was higher than 300 m (980 ft).
Polish voivodeships, 1922–1939. Administrative Map in 1939 showing April 1938 voivodship revisions and Slovak border changes. Subdivisions of the Second Polish Republic became an issue immediately after the creation of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been partitioned in the late 18th
Harsh policies implemented by the Second Polish Republic were often a response to OUN-B violence, [44] but contributed to a further deterioration of relations between the two ethnic groups. Between 1921 and 1938, Polish colonists and war veterans were encouraged to settle in the Volhynian and Galician countryside; their number reached 17,700 in ...
The Life and Death of a Small Town and the World of Polish Jews (1999). Landau, Z. and Tomaszewski, J. The Polish Economy in the Twentieth Century (Routledge, 1985) Olszewski, A. K. An Outline of Polish Art and Architecture, 1890-1980 (Warsaw: Interpress 1989.) Roszkowski, Wojciech. Landowners in Poland, 1918-1939 (Cambridge University Press, 1991)
I Rzeczpospolita (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) II Rzeczpospolita (Second Polish Republic) III Rzeczpospolita (Third Polish Republic), shown within the European Union. Rzeczpospolita (pronounced [ʐɛt͡ʂpɔs'pɔlita] ⓘ) is the official name of Poland and a traditional name for some of its predecessor states.
Polonization or Polonisation (Polish: polonizacja) [1] is the acquisition or imposition of elements of Polish culture, in particular the Polish language.This happened in some historic periods among non-Polish populations in territories controlled by or substantially under the influence of Poland.
Since the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), Sejm has referred only to the lower house of parliament. During the existence of the Polish People's Republic, the Sejm, then a unicameral parliament, was the supreme organ of state power in the country.
Unification of the Polish Army Day, Pilsudski in the Wawel Castle. In 1921–1939, the Polish armed forces consisted of the army and navy. The army consisted of main weapons: infantry, cavalry (from 1924 - cavalry) and artillery, technical weapons: sappers, communication and car troops and armored weapons, auxiliary weapons: gendarmerie and rolling stock.