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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Western Special Military District bordered Second Polish Republic
Zoppot hasHistoricalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Litbel succeededBy Second Polish Republic
Lit-Bel followedBy Second Polish Republic
Belarusian national movement operatedIn Second Polish Republic
Piła historicallyRuledBy Second Polish Republic
Wojciech Kilar placeOfBirth Second Polish Republic
Volkovysk partOf Second Polish Republic
Olsztyn historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Zdzisław Lubomirski activeIn Second Polish Republic
Stanisławów formerCountry Second Polish Republic
Stanisławów partOf Second Polish Republic
Stanisławów wasUnderRuleOf Second Polish Republic
Sokal historicalCountry Second Polish Republic
Zhovkva wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
Anna Szafranek "Hanka" historicalRegion Second Polish Republic
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (intelligence support) citizenship Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Chorobrów historicalPoliticalEntity Second Polish Republic
Anielewicz countryOfCitizenship Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Mordechai Anielewicz
Złoczów, Poland partOf Second Polish Republic
Lubawa historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Kholm partOf Second Polish Republic
Polish School of Mathematics historicalContext Second Polish Republic
Scottish Café historicalContext Second Polish Republic
Independence Day associatedWith Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Polish Independence Day
Bund in Poland activeInPeriod Second Polish Republic
European theatre of interwar conflicts hasKeyActor Second Polish Republic
PRL predecessor Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Polish People's Republic
Constitution of 1952 predecessorStateForm Second Polish Republic
S. Ansky placeOfDeath Second Polish Republic
Brześć nad Bugiem historicalAffiliation Second Polish Republic
Chełm wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic between World War I and World War II
Władysław Reymont placeOfDeath Second Polish Republic
Proskuriv wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic (contested region)
Olesko historicalCountry Second Polish Republic
Mołodeczno locatedInThePast Second Polish Republic
Mołodeczno countryInThePast Second Polish Republic
Ignacy Kłopotowski areaOfActivity Second Polish Republic
Navahrudak wasPartOf Second Polish Republic
Curzon Line separates Second Polish Republic
Wiszniewo country Second Polish Republic
city of Posen usedAsNameDuring Second Polish Republic
subject surface form: Posen
this entity surface form: Second Polish Republic (as German exonym)
Rawitsch wasIncorporatedInto Second Polish Republic
Rawicz historicallyBelongedTo Second Polish Republic
Defense of Hel Peninsula (1939) countryInvolved Second Polish Republic
Polish grosz historicalUse Second Polish Republic
Kremenets wasPartOf Second Polish Republic