Polish People's Republic (pol)

Polish People's Republic

Polish People's Republic ranks 13,186th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Batavia, Dutch East Indies, East Dulwich, and Burbage, Leicestershire. Memorable people born in Polish People's Republic include Agnieszka Radwańska. Memorable people who died in Polish People's Republic include Zofia Nałkowska and Józef Lange. Polish People's Republic has been the birth place of many tennis players and the death place of many writers and cyclists. Polish People's Republic is located in Poland.

The Polish People's Republic was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern-day Republic of Poland. From 1947 to 1952 it was known as the Republic of Poland, and it was also often simply known as Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million near the end of its existence, it was the second most-populous communist and Eastern Bloc country in Europe. A unitary state with a Marxist–Leninist government, it was also one of the main signatories of the Warsaw Pact alliance. The largest city and official capital since 1947 was Warsaw, followed by the industrial city of Łódź and cultural city of Kraków. The country was bordered by the Baltic Sea to the north, the Soviet Union to the east, Czechoslovakia to the south, and East Germany to the west. Read more on Wikipedia