It’s a very beautiful country with valleys and uplands.

Our country...

Poland...

Officially Republic of Poland

What to say? There is a lot because there is 322575 km² and the number of inhabitants is more than 38136000.

The country lies in Europe by the Baltic Sea, it borders with Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania and Russia and through the sea with Sweden and Denmark. Warsaw is the capital city... it is very beautiful and historical city and the third and the last capital of Poland (the previous ones were Gniezno and Krakow – both very beautiful but because of safety the capital was moved inside the country. Warsaw – the town full of monuments and fast cars. It’s one of the best developed towns in Poland. The numbers of factories and fumes is very high and it is very busy and noisy and very crowded with a lot of traffic jams. Now some facts:

The official date of founding Polish country is 966 when Mieszko I was converted to Christianity. In 1025 Poland became monarchy and in 1569 the union with Lithuania was signed. Throughout history Poland always has been a multiethnical and multiworshiping country. It lasted to 1795 when there were a partition between Prussia, Russia and Austria. Poland regained the independence in 1918 after World War I. During World War II the country was occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union. After war Poland became a republic under very strong influence of the Soviet Union. In 1989 the political system changed into democracy and capitalism. Poland is a member of EU, NATO, ONZ, OECD, WTO.

Where is the name from?
The origin the name Poland isn’t clear. According to one theory it origins from the tribe of Polanie living in the area of Wielkpolska. The word Polanie origins from word “pole” (field) in connection with farming as the main activity of the tribe, or living in fields (areas without woods). (in contrast with Wislanie or Mazowszanie). But there are some historians (such as Przemyslaw Urbanczyk and Zofia Kuratowska) who believe that there were no Polanie who occur in 1000.

There is also another theory according to which long time ago Poland was called as field. In the past there were Latin names: terra Poloniae or Regnum Poloniae. Monarchy of Poland. The name of Poland was used in reference to whole country in XI century. The word “Polacy” occurs in st. Wojciech’s work , probably written in Rome between 999 to 1001.

Political system is a very boring subject to discuss because it happens quite a lot.

The border line is 3511 km, 440 km is the coastline. Poland borders with:

* Germany (467 km),
* Czech Republic (796 km) and Slovakia (541 km),
* Ukraine (535 km) and Belorussia (418 km),
* Lithuania (104 km) and Russia (210 km).

Poland is in GMT+1.00 zone.
The longest rivers are Vistula (1047 km) and Odra (854 km, in Poland 742 km) Warta (808 km), Bug (772 km, in Poland 224 km, the border 363 km), Narew (484 km) and San (443 km).

The biggest lakes in Poland are Sniardwy (113,8 km²) and Mamry (104 km²) in Mazury district.