Polish Republic

Polish Republic may refer to:

  • First Polish Republic: applied in hindsight to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, an elective monarchy also called Noble Republic. See also Rzeczpospolita, Constitution of May 3, 1791
  • Second Polish Republic: the name applied to the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II
  • Polish People's Republic: the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1989, under communist control since 1944
  • Third Polish Republic: the current state of Poland, since 1990

Famous quotes containing the words polish and/or republic:

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    Then I write the pretty mottoes which you find inside the
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    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

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    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)