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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Battle of Grudziądz countryInvolved Second Polish Republic
Battle of Nowy Targ (1939) historicalPeriod Second Polish Republic
Battle of Pszczyna belligerent Second Polish Republic
Święciany wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
Święciany wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Interwar Poland
Oszmiana historicalTerritory Second Polish Republic
Lida countryInPast Second Polish Republic
Republic of Central Lithuania patronState Second Polish Republic
Republic of Central Lithuania supportedBy Second Polish Republic
Republic of Central Lithuania precededBy Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Republic of Poland (1918–1939)
Republic of Central Lithuania followedBy Second Polish Republic
Republic of Central Lithuania incorporatedInto Second Polish Republic
Republic of Central Lithuania borderedBy Second Polish Republic
Aleksandra Piłsudska associatedWith Second Polish Republic
Battle of Borowa Góra belligerent Second Polish Republic
Wartheland (during World War II) annexedFrom Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Wartheland
Battle of Krojanty location Second Polish Republic
Maurycy Zamoyski activeInPeriod Second Polish Republic
Polish Polesie historicalRegionOf Second Polish Republic
Ukrainian Galician Army opponent Second Polish Republic
Battle of Lviv (1918) country Second Polish Republic
Chortkiv offensive opponent Second Polish Republic
Battle of Przemyśl (1918–1919) countryAtTime Second Polish Republic
Order of Reborn Poland establishedBy Second Polish Republic
Polonia Restituta usedAsMottoBy Second Polish Republic
Polonia Restituta relatedConcept Second Polish Republic
Officer's Cross establishedBy Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Regierungsbezirk Hohensalza previousTerritoryOf Second Polish Republic
Września historicalSovereign Second Polish Republic
Battle of Mikołów belligerent Second Polish Republic
Polish historicalStateTradition Second Polish Republic
Tadeusz Kasprzycki employer Second Polish Republic
Tadeusz Kasprzycki countryOfService Second Polish Republic
Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands country Second Polish Republic
Halych historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic (interwar period)
Ludwig Ehrlich workLocation Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: interwar Poland
Warsaw Voivodeship partOf Second Polish Republic
Janusz Onyszkiewicz placeOfBirth Second Polish Republic
Cisleithanian crown lands succeededBy Second Polish Republic
Regency Kingdom followedBy Second Polish Republic
Regency Kingdom followedBy Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Republic of Poland (1918–1939)
Regency Council followedBy Second Polish Republic
Władysław Wróblewski workLocation Second Polish Republic
Władysław Wróblewski affiliation Second Polish Republic
Antoni Ponikowski headOfGovernmentFor Second Polish Republic