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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
The Second Polish Republic (1918−1939) — modern history of Poland from the end of the World War I to the beginning of the World War II See also: History of Poland (1918–1939) See also the preceding Category:History of Poland (1795–1918) and the succeeding Category:Poland in World War II
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)
The Second Polish Republic reaffirmed its sovereignty after a series of military conflicts, most notably the Polish–Soviet War, when Poland inflicted a crushing defeat on the Red Army at the Battle of Warsaw. [121] The inter-war period heralded a new era of Polish politics. Whilst Polish political activists had faced heavy censorship in the ...
After a century of foreign rule, the Second Polish Republic was reborn in the aftermath of World War I. The borders of the republic were ratified by the Treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919. They were a result of several cross-national conflicts including Polish–Ukrainian War (November 1918 – July 1919) and the Greater Poland ...
The Fifth Term Sejm (parliament) of the Second Polish Republic was formed after the general election, which took place on 6 November 1938, with previous, Fourth Term Sejm, having been dissolved on 13 September 1938.
In 1925, the Sugar Consumption Propaganda Commission (Polish: Komisja Propagandy Konsumpcji Cukru, KPKC) was established in Second Polish Republic, headed by Hipolit Liciński. [1] The main objective of the commission was to increase sugar consumption through various propaganda activities and cooperation with state institutions. [2]