1. POLAND

3. Emblem of Poland The emblem of Poland is white eagle on a red shield. The eagle symbolizes power, potency and majesty. White signifies right, red – dignity.

4. Polish postwar history The queue for a toilet paper. In June 1956, workers in the industrial city of Poznań went on strike.

5. Martial law in Poland Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law (December 13, 1981). Round-table talks. 1980 strike at Gdańsk Shipyard, birthplace of Solidarity.,,Solidarność” contributed to the end of communism in Poland in 1989

6. POLAND European Union (from 2004) NATO (from 1999) United Nations (from 1945)

7. Political structure in Poland Poland is a democratic country. Polish Parliament is located in Warsaw. Authorities in Poland consist of…

8. Authorities Executive branch - President (Lech Kaczyński) - Prime minister (Donald Tusk) - The Cabinet of ministers Legislative branch - Sejm - Sentate - National assembly Judiciary branch Donald Tusk Lech Kaczyński

9. Rysy is the highest peak. Wisła is the longest river. Śniardwy is the biggest lake. Hańcza is the dippest lake.Warszawa is the biggest city. It is our capital city The bigger desert is Pustynia Błędowska. Puszcza Białowieska is the Oldest forest.

10. Forest Białowieża Lake Śniardwy Lake Hańcza River Wisła Peak Rysy Desert Błędowska

11. ŁÓDŹ Lodz is Poland`s third largest city with the population of 753,192. It is located in the centre of the country and serves as the capital of the region. The coat of arms contains a boat, alluding to the city's name which literally means "a boat".

12. Landmarks One of landmarks in Lodz is Museum Of Art. The chapel of Karol Scheibler, next to the Old Evangelical.

13. Kraków Wawel from the Vistula River. Kraków's Sukiennice, with medieval city-hall tower at right. Brama Floriańska, north exit toward the Barbican

14. Warszawa View of Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science Belweder Palace

15. FAMOUS POLES KAROL WOJTYŁA- JOHN PAUL II IN 1978 POLISH CARDINAL WAS CHOOSEN TO BE THE FIRST NON-ITALIAN POPE, HE CHOOSE THE NAMES JOHN PAUL IN HONOUR OF HIS PREDECESSORS.

16. Lech Wał ę sa - union activist, politician. From 1990 to 1995 president of Polish Republic. He supported economic reconstruction and constitutional Poland. He got peaceful Nobel’s prize in year 1983. Wiesława Szymborska – one of the most prominent poetess, literary critic, essayist, translator of baroque French poetry, laureate of Nobel’s prize in 1996.

17. Frederyk Chopin was the most prominent polish pianist and composer. He composed works designed on piano. Chopinian festival be holds every year in Poland. It’s the most popular festival of classic music in the world. Mikołaj Kopernik, prominent Polish astronomer, mathematician, doctor, lawyer, translator of Italian poetry and the economist. Kopernik as first in modern times worked out the heliocentric model of sunny arrangement.

18. Sport in Poland Adam Małysz is a Polish ski jumper. Małysz has won 38 World Cup competitions and win the World Cup 3 times in row. Robert Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. From 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team. In June 2008 he achieved his maiden F1 victory in the Canadian Grand Prix Poland and Ukraine will be the host nations of the final of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship.

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