Here are 20 facts about the State of Poland In the local language, the original name of the poles is polska.

Here are 20 facts about the State of Poland In the local language, the original name of the poles is polska.

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Here are 20 facts about the State of Poland 

Here are 20 facts about the State of Poland 

In the local language, the original name of the poles is polska.

The name is most likely derived from the phrase polska ziemia, which means land of poland. The term comes from the name of the polanie tribe, which is a group of western slavic tribes that inhabited the river valleys in greater Poland around the 6th to 8th centuries AD.

In ancient Polish, polanie can also be interpreted as a person living in open ground.

The land originally inhabited by the polanie people was also known as staropolska, or old poland, and later as wielkopolska, or large poland. Meanwhile, in polish literature, the name of this country is sometimes also referred to as lechia as an alternative name. The name comes from the name of lech, a legendary ruler of the lechites or lechitic tribe.

The design of the polish national flag consists of two colors, namely white and red. The design of the flag was first used in 1807, and was officially adopted as the flag of the country on May 2, 1919. The design of the flag is similar to the design of the flag of our country, only the layout is reversed.

In the polish constitution, white and red colors are defined as national colors. In addition, these two colors used traditionally represented the kingdom of poland in the past. But modern versions of the two colors today have different meanings.

The white color can be interpreted as a symbol of peace and hope for all poles, and the red color symbolizes the struggle for independence.

The national anthem of poland is mazurka dąbrowski. The song is also commonly known as jeszcze polska nie zginęla which means poland has not perished, the song was written in 1797 by jozef wybicki.

The song was composed in Italy, when polish troops were fighting against napoleon. The zloty or what is widely known as the polish zloty is the official currency of the republic of poland.

Currency It is one of the most traded currencies in the region of central and eastern Europe. The term zloty itself is an adjective form of the word zloto which means gold in Polish.

Internationally this currency is encoded with PLN. If we convert to the currency of our country, 1 polish zloty has an exchange rate of 3,329 rupiah.

As mentioned at the beginning, that Polish is the official language spoken in the country. However, did you know that Polish is considered one of the most difficult languages to learn in the world, especially for foreigners. This is related to pronunciation with the technique of bending the tongue which is considered quite difficult in pronouncing the word for word and the gender system is quite complex.

In addition, unlike the latin alphabet which has only 26 letters, the polish alphabet consists of 32 letters. Stretched across several geographical areas, poland is the 9th largest country on the continent.

With its territory having access to the sea, mountains, and open terrain, topographically, poland has one of the most diverse environments in europe.

The country has almost 800 kilometers of sandy coastline, sand dunes in the pomerania region, wetlands in the biebrzanski national park, and even has the only desert in central Europe, namely the pustynia błedowska.

Along with belarusians, poland is home to the last primeval forest on the continent. the forest is the bialowieza forest, it is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the ancient forest that once spanned almost the entire plains of Europe.

By UNESCO this bialoweiza national park was designated as one of the world heritage sites in 1976. Poland is also home to european bison.

The animal is said to be the heaviest land mammal in europe, this is because european bison weigh an average of more than 600 kilograms. This extinct animal in parts of Europe and Asia can still be found wandering in the national park of bialowieza, poland.

Not only the bialowieza national park, the country is home to more than 1,300 lakes and 24 national parks. Poland also has one of the richest geothermal water resources in europe spread over a third of the country.

Known as the polish underground salt cathedral, the wieliczka salt mine or kopalnia soli wieliczka located in the krakow region is one of the oldest functional salt mines in the world.

Built in the 13th century, it is also one of the UNESCO heritage sites that exist in the country of Poland Since it was built in the 13th century, this underground salt mine has been producing salt continuously until 2007.

What's interesting about this salt mine located 135 meters underground is that those of you who visit here will be treated to views of the room, statues, chandeliers, and the entire chapel carved from rock salt.

In all, Poland has as many as 17 UNESCO world heritage sites and among them is the largest castle in the world which is malbork castle.

Measured by land area the castle of the fortification of the teutonic order built in the 13th century in the city of malbork this is the largest castle in the world. There is also a historical center or old town of Warsaw which is also one of the UNESCO world heritage sites.

You know, in its history, during World War II more than 80% of the city was destroyed. Interestingly, after the war ended the city was rebuilt by looking at detailed paintings by bernardo bellotto.

So it can be said that the old city of Warsaw that we see today is not entirely original. In the history of World War II, the highest number of mass murders committed by the nazis during the era occurred in poland.

At least about 1.1 million people from different parts of europe were massacred in the auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, with more than 80% of them being Jews. Poland adopted its first written constitution in the spring of 1791, which was the first legal form of constitution and document in europe and the 2nd in the world.

But unfortunately, it only lasted for only 14 months and 3 weeks before finally poland was partitioned for more than 100 years by the russian empire, prussia and austria.

Poland is probably one of the countries that has fought for independence more than any other country in the world, which is about 40 times.

The country was even briefly lost to the world map after it was partitioned by the russian empire, prussia and austria. Poland only reappeared to the world map as a sovereign state after the end of world war II. Poland is one of the most educated countries in europe.

With about 90% of the population completing high school and 50% of citizens of this country having a bachelor's degree.

Research shows that students in poland perform better academically than in most member countries of the organization for economic co-operation and development or OECD Higher education in poland is free for polish citizens.

International students usually have to pay relatively low tuition fees to study in the country. The jagiellonian university founded in 1364, was the first institution of higher education established in poland, and is one of the oldest universities still in operation to this day.

Nicolaus copernicus and pope john paul II were two world-renowned figures who graduated from this university. In addition to free education, one of the advantages of citizens in Poland, is that his government provides benefits for people who have not had a job for 12 months.

if it is more than 12 months, then the polish government will dismiss the allowance. This country also has a fairly unique name rule, almost all Polish people always give their daughters names with the suffix of the letter A. This is because they believe that the letter A is a symbol of the soul of feminism or the rise of women.

Polish! Is it true that it was once missing from the Map of the world?

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Polish! Is it true that it was once missing from the Map of the world?

Polish! Is it true that it was once missing from the Map of the world?

Poland is a country on the european continent that is quite familiar to us. This is because the country of Poland has a flag design that is very similar to the design of the flag of our country. Only the position is reversed, but besides the flag are there any other similarities between this country and the country?

More fully about the country of poland this is the article The republic of poland, is a country located in the region of central europe.

Stretching from the baltic sea in the north to the sudeten mountains and carpathian mountains in the south, the country also referred to as rzeczpospolita polska in the local language is bordered by 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.

In addition, poland also shares a maritime border with the country of denmark and sweden. Its territory covers an area of 312,696 square kilometers. Which if we try to compare with the area of the area in Indonesia, the land area of this Polish has a slightly smaller size with the area of the province of Papua, with an area of 319,036 square kilometers.

With a population of 38,179,800, Poland is the fifth most populous country in the european union and ninth in the european continent. About 98% or almost all of the country's population comes from the ethnic group of poles. Where this ethnicity is a nation or ethnic group that is mostly descended from western slavic peoples.

It is said that the poles are one of the most religious countries on the continent, where roman catholicism remains their national identity. Of the approximately 88% of the population who embrace Christianity in the country, about 87% are roman catholics.

Polish is the official language spoken in poland, besides polish is also one of the official languages spoken in the organization of the european union. Polish is also spoken as a second language in some regions of the lithuanian state.

Poland is a republic-shaped state, with its rule taking place within the framework of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. However, today his form of government has also been identified as semi-presidential. The president or head of state is elected by voting for a five-year term.

The current president of poland is andrzej duda and its prime minister is mateusz morawiecki. Most of the activities of the polish government are run from the national capital in the city of Warsaw. Apart from being the capital of the country, warsaw is also the largest and most populous city in the country.

Based on its population of 1.8 million, Warsaw is the 7th most populous capital in the european union. Poland is classified as a high-income economy by the world bank, the country has a very diverse economy that ranks 21st in the 2017 economic complexity index.

The largest component of the country's economy is the service sector, then followed by the industrial and agricultural sectors. Poland is the 6th largest economic power in the european union. According to eurostat, poland in 2020 had a higher minimum wage than the united states, when measured by purchasing power standards.

History of poland. The history of poland begins with the arrival of the lechit tribe. Lechitic or lechites is the name given to the western slavic peoples who inhabited the territory of poland and eastern Germany. It was these lechit tribes that established permanent settlements on the territory of the polish in the early middle ages.

It was not until the beginning of the 10th century AD that the lechit tribes and some other western slavic tribes that occupied the territory together formed a federation of tribes and later developed into a centralized monarchical state.

The piast dynasty was the dynasty that first ruled poland in the mid-10th century. Duke mieszko I was the first historically documented ruler of Poland.

He was revered as the founder of the state of poland, and was glorified as a figure who was instrumental in spreading christianity in poland after being baptized in 966.

Poland officially became a kingdom in 1025, thanks to the efforts of mieszko I's son, boleslaw I. Under king boleslaw I, the territory of poland was expanded by seizing parts of the territory of the day after tomorrow, Moravia, upper Hungary and the eastern provinces.

In the 14th to the 16th centuries, the poles were ruled by kings of the jagiellon dynasty, this was due to the fact that the last king of the piast dynasty had no sons as heirs to the kingdom.

Under the power of this jagiellon dynasty, the poles established close ties with the grand duchy of Lithuania, and continued the efforts to expand the sovereign territory culminating in the establishment of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth state in 1569, and became one of the largest countries in europe of that era. At first the polish-lithuanian commonwealth state was able to maintain the level of prosperity achieved by poland during the jagiellon dynasty by implementing a highly developed democratic system of the nobility.

However, since the middle of the 17th century, this great country entered an age of decline due to war and the decline of the political system. The independence of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth state ended in 1795, after the russian empire, the prussian kingdom, and the austrian habsburg monarchy stormed and divided the country's territory.

The second polish republic was founded in 1918 after the weakening of the three powers that controlled its territory as a result of world war I During this period, it also managed to combine the territories of the three former powers dividing into a cohesive nation-state.

The sovereignty of this second polish republic could last at least until 1939. On September 1, 1939, nazi germany carried out their invasion of poland, which also marked the beginning of the world war II era.

The invasion by the Germans was followed by the Soviet Union on September 17, 1939. As agreed in the molotov–ribbentrop pact, the territory of poland was later divided into two zones, one occupied by nazi germany, and the other by the soviet union.

However, during wartime, the polish people formed a polish government in exile and helped the allies to win the war by participating in military campaigns, both on the eastern front and on the western front.

In the protracted battles of 1944 and 1945, the soviet red army and their polish allies managed to defeat and expel the german army from the poles.

This success also paved the way for the establishment of a satellite communist state of the soviet union, which since 1952 has been officially known as the people's republic of Poland. The events of the 1989 revolution were part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in central, eastern and surrounding Europe.

That period is often also called the collapse of communism. This is also what led to the breakup of the soviet union and the abandonment of communist regimes in many parts of the State The event also drastically changed the balance of world power, marking the end of the cold war and the beginning of the post-cold war era.

In the years 1989 to 1991, the poles were involved in a democratic transition that ended the people's republic of poland and led to the establishment of a democratic government, known as the third polish republic, or polish republic as we know it today. That's a bit of a summary of the history about the country. And to get to know more about this country.