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unusual facts about Republic of Poland



Banner of Poland

In August 1919, the Sejm (lower house of parliament) of the renascent Republic of Poland adopted a law defining the Banner of the Republic of Poland (chorągiew Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).

Chlebowo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Under Nazi German rule, the village's name was Germanised to Lindenhain in 1937; after it fell to the Republic of Poland according to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II), it was renamed Niemaszchleba and again in 1953 Chlebowo.

Kaszëbskô Jednota

Kaszëbskô Jednota - is an association of people who want to actively participate in the life of the Kashubian nation and who recognize its right to cultural autonomy and self-identity within the multi-ethnic society, which constitutes uniform state of the Republic of Poland.

Middle Silesia

Upon the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, the region fell to the Republic of Poland and the German population was expelled.

Osiecko, Lubusz Voivodeship

Osiecko returned to the Republic of Poland after World War II as stipulated by the Allied Potsdam Agreement and the German population was expelled.

Treaty of Zgorzelec

The Treaty of Zgorzelec (Full title The Agreement Concerning the Demarcation of the Established and the Existing Polish-German State Frontier, also known as the Treaty of Görlitz and Treaty of Zgorzelic) between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR) was signed on 6 July 1950 in Polish Zgorzelec, since 1945 the eastern part of the divided city of Görlitz.


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Commemorative coins of Poland: 2001

Obverse: An image of the Kraków's crib with an image of the Eagle as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland incorporated in a gate.

Jacek Rostowski

Vincent-Rostowski joined the Cabinet of Premier Donald Tusk on November 16, 2007, and currently serves as Finance Minister of the Republic of Poland.

James A. Pawelczyk

(Polish Cosmonaut Mirosław Hermaszewski was the first Pole in space in 1978 when he flew aboard a Soyuz 30 spacecraft as part of a Soviet bloc program 'Interkosmos'.) In 1999, Pawelczyk and three other astronauts from the STS-90 crew were guests of State of the Republic of Poland.

Kazimierz Sabbat

He became President of the Republic of Poland (in Exile) in 1986 succeeding Edward Raczyński.

Order of the Builders of People's Poland

The reverse has a red enameled medallion with, in gold, the letters PRL, standing for Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa - People's Republic of Poland (orders awarded before the state's name changed in 1952 have the letters RP for Rzeczpospolita Polska).