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Second Polish Republic
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country in Central and Eastern Europe (1918–1939)
The Second Polish Republic was an independent nation in Central and Eastern Europe that existed from 1918 to 1939, arising after Poland regained sovereignty following World War I. It matters as a significant period in Polish history when the nation reasserted itself as a distinct state after more than a century of foreign occupation and partition.
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- Instance of
- sovereign state
- Part of
- history of Poland
- Demonym
- Polka
- Country
- Second Polish Republic
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Official language
- Polish
- Currency
- złoty
- Population
- 34849000
- Area
- 388634.38972
- Form of government
- one-party state
- Legislature
- Sejm of the Republic of Poland
- Anthem
- Poland Is Not Yet Lost
- Shares border with
- Kingdom of Romania
- Followed by
- Polish government-in-exile
- Follows
- Russian Republic
- Image
- Polonia Tryumphans by Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski, 1929.png
- Flag
- flag of Poland
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Poland
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)
- different from
- Poland
- topic's main category
- Category:Second Polish Republic
- Commons category
- Second Polish Republic
- inception
- 1918-11-16
- Commons gallery
- Second Polish Republic
- native label
- Rzeczpospolita Polska
- language used
- Lithuanian
- territory claimed by
- Polish Socialistic Soviet Republic
- replaced by
- Polish government-in-exile
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- replaces
- Austria–Hungary
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Lithuania
- short name
- Польша
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1939-09-28
- official religion
- Judaism
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The Second Polish Republic, officially known at the time as the Republic of Poland, was the Polish state that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939 after being established in the final stage of World War I. The Second Republic was taken over in 1939 on the eve of its twenty-first anniversary, after it was invaded by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic, marking the beginning of the European theatre of the Second World War. The Polish government-in-exile was established in Paris and later London after the fall of France in 1940.
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