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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Polish coastal defenses developedBy Second Polish Republic
Brzeżany formerCountry Second Polish Republic
Brzeżany wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
Province of Posen followedBy Second Polish Republic
Józef Unrug allegiance Second Polish Republic
Roman Catholic Church (regional) locatedIn Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church (regional) in Lwów
Westerplatte Peninsula controlledBy Second Polish Republic
Vilnius Region partOf Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic (de facto, interwar period)
Vilnius Region disputedTerritory Second Polish Republic
Adam Ulam birthPlace Second Polish Republic
Vistula Land province of the Russian Empire successor Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Vistula Land
Vistula Delta historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Kosciuszko Squadron hasAllegiance Second Polish Republic
Senate country Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Senate of the Second Polish Republic
Senate jurisdiction Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Senate of the Second Polish Republic
Battle of Warsaw (1920) country Second Polish Republic
Battle of Warsaw (1920) opponent Second Polish Republic
Kampania wrześniowa location Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: II Rzeczpospolita
Kampania wrześniowa belligerent Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: II Rzeczpospolita Polska
Rury Jezuickie locatedInFormerPoliticalEntity Second Polish Republic
Polish Thermopylae locatedIn Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Lwów
Polish Thermopylae country Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Battle of Zadwórze
Polish Thermopylae opponent Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Battle of Zadwórze
Polish intelligentsia associatedWithEvent Second Polish Republic
Fablok (First Factory of Locomotives in Poland) operatedIn Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Fablok
Defense of Zamość (1920) country Second Polish Republic
Defense of Zamość (1920) opponent Second Polish Republic
Polish–Slovak border separatesFormerEntities Second Polish Republic
Adam Czerniaków historicalPeriod Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: interwar Poland
Oshpitsin wasUnderRuleOf Second Polish Republic
Austrian Partition of Poland followedBy Second Polish Republic
Kock partOf Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic (interwar period)
Independent Operational Group Polesie country Second Polish Republic
Kleeberg’s improvised formations country Second Polish Republic
Malbork locatedInHistoricalState Second Polish Republic
Polish 1st Cavalry Division country Second Polish Republic
Austro-Hungarian Empire followedBy Second Polish Republic
Częstochowa partOf Second Polish Republic
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski location Second Polish Republic
Upper Silesia historicalCountry Second Polish Republic
Leszno historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Pinsk historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Polish–German front location Second Polish Republic
Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade country Second Polish Republic
Stanisław Lem placeOfBirth Second Polish Republic