Second Polish Republic

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The Second Polish Republic was the independent Polish state that existed between World War I and World War II, ultimately destroyed by the joint German and Soviet invasion in 1939.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical country
sovereign state
alliance Franco-Polish alliance
Polish–Romanian alliance
alsoKnownAs Second Polish Republic
surface form: Interwar Poland

Second Polish Republic
surface form: Second Republic of Poland
area approximately 388,000 square kilometres
borderedBy Czechoslovakia
Free City of Danzig
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Romania
Soviet Union
capital Warsaw
constitution April Constitution of 1935
March Constitution of 1921
continent Europe
conventionalLongName Poland
surface form: Republic of Poland
country Poland
currency Polish złoty
dissolutionCause Invasion of Poland
surface form: German invasion of Poland

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland
endTime 1939-09-28
ethnicGroup Belarusians
Germans
Jews
Poles
Ukrainians
event May Coup of 1926
Polish–Soviet War
firstPresident Gabriel Narutowicz
firstPrimeMinister Jędrzej Moraczewski
followedBy German occupation of Poland
Polish government-in-exile
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
governmentType parliamentary republic
hadPort Gdynia
hadPortAccess Baltic Sea
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Poland
headOfStateTitle President of Poland
legislature Sejm
locatedIn Central Europe
majorCity Kraków
Lwów
Poznań
Wilno
Łódź
nativeName Poland
surface form: Rzeczpospolita Polska
notableLeader Ignacy Mościcki
Józef Piłsudski
officialLanguage Polish
population approximately 32,000,000 (1931)
populationCensusYear 1931
precededBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Empire

German Empire
Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
Russian Empire
previousCurrency Polish marka
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Judaism
Roman Catholicism
startTime 1918-11-11
upperHouse Senate of Poland

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1939 Defensive War precededBy Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Interwar period in Poland
Battle of the Niemen River countryInvolved Second Polish Republic
Battle of Zadwórze countryAtTime Second Polish Republic
Battle of Komarów country Second Polish Republic
Battle of Komarów belligerent Second Polish Republic
Battle of Kock (1939) location Second Polish Republic
Polish capitulation at Hel countryInvolved Second Polish Republic
Białystok historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Białystok Ghetto locatedIn Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic territory (prewar)
Prussian Silesia successor Second Polish Republic
Lwów Polytechnic country Second Polish Republic
Lwów Polytechnic locatedIn Second Polish Republic
Lwów Polytechnic historicalPeriod Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: interwar Poland
Paul Baran countryOfBirth Second Polish Republic
Ukrainian People’s Republic followedBy Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Polish Republic (Second Polish Republic) in some western territories
Ukrainian People’s Republic alliedWith Second Polish Republic
Order of the White Eagle (Poland) reinstatedBy Second Polish Republic
Przewrót majowy country Second Polish Republic
West Ukrainian People’s Republic successor Second Polish Republic
Stanisław Wojciechowski participantIn Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: rebuilding of the Second Polish Republic
Stanisław Wojciechowski countryLed Second Polish Republic
Sanation movement country Second Polish Republic
May Coup d'État politicalContext Second Polish Republic
Congress Poland followedBy Second Polish Republic
Pomorze Army country Second Polish Republic
Pomorze Army formedIn Second Polish Republic
Polish independence movement significantEvent Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Restoration of Polish independence in 1918
Council of Ministers country Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the Second Polish Republic
Council of Ministers appliesToJurisdiction Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the Second Polish Republic
Council of Ministers partOf Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: government of the Second Polish Republic
Province of West Prussia succeededBy Second Polish Republic
Bombing of Wieluń location Second Polish Republic
Józef Lipski countryRepresented Second Polish Republic
Tadeusz Kutrzeba residence Second Polish Republic
Władysław Bortnowski militaryAllegiance Second Polish Republic
Polish Socialist Party activeIn Second Polish Republic
Siege of Warsaw (1939) location Second Polish Republic
Bitwa nad Bzurą country Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: II Rzeczpospolita Polska
Poznań Army country Second Polish Republic
Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic country Second Polish Republic
Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic locatedIn Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Interwar Poland
Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic partOf Second Polish Republic
Polish–Lithuanian War conflictBetween Second Polish Republic
Polish–Lithuanian War opponent Second Polish Republic
Zułów historicalCountry Second Polish Republic
Marshal of Poland historicalContext Second Polish Republic
Battle of the Border location Second Polish Republic