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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Anna Walentynowicz countryOfBirth Second Polish Republic
Lemko region partOfHistoricalEntity Second Polish Republic
ORP Grom builtFor Second Polish Republic
Jacek Kuroń countryOfBirth Second Polish Republic
Silesians historicallyRuledBy Second Polish Republic
Battle of Kodziowce participant Second Polish Republic
Silesian Uprisings country Second Polish Republic
Silesian Uprisings supportedBy Second Polish Republic
Radin historicalRegion Second Polish Republic
Third Silesian Uprising country Second Polish Republic
Battle of Kock belligerent Second Polish Republic
Yisrael Meir Kagan deathPlace Second Polish Republic
pre-war Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille (Kościuszko Squadron) country Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: 111th Fighter Escadrille
Lviv region historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Eastern Galicia wasContestedBy Second Polish Republic
Eastern Galicia wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
Polish–Czechoslovak War conflictBetween Second Polish Republic
Polish–Czechoslovak War belligerent Second Polish Republic
Krajna reintegratedInto Second Polish Republic
Kulm partOf Second Polish Republic
Ukrainian War of Independence participant Second Polish Republic
Silesian Parliament country Second Polish Republic
Drohobych wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
Warsaw Agreement (1920, with Poland) signatory Second Polish Republic
Council of National Defense of Poland country Second Polish Republic
Podolia historicallyPartOf Second Polish Republic
Liuboml hasHistoricalPeriod Second Polish Republic
Turiysk locatedInFormerEntity Second Polish Republic
Polish government of Wincenty Witos country Second Polish Republic
ZUNR followedBy Second Polish Republic
ZUNR opposedBy Second Polish Republic
Polish People's Party "Piast" country Second Polish Republic
Polish People's Party "Piast" operatedIn Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: interwar Poland
Sanacja (healing) country Second Polish Republic
BBWR country Second Polish Republic
OZN locatedIn Second Polish Republic
Sanacja emergedIn Second Polish Republic
Sanacja governed Second Polish Republic
National Democracy region Second Polish Republic
northwestern Ukraine historicalEventContext Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: interwar Poland
Western Krai successorEntity Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic (for some territories)
President Stanisław Wojciechowski countryOfCitizenship Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Stanisław Wojciechowski
President Stanisław Wojciechowski headOfStateOf Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Stanisław Wojciechowski
Švenčionys locatedInFormerAdministrativeEntity Second Polish Republic
Władysław Grabski placeOfActivity Second Polish Republic
Kovel locatedInFormerCountry Second Polish Republic
Kattowitz historicalCountry Second Polish Republic