Transcript Emblem of Poland

POLAND
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.
Polish postwar history
The queue for a toilet paper.
In June 1956, workers in the
industrial city of Poznań
went on strike.
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
POLAND
European Union
(from 2004)
NATO
(from 1999)
United Nations
(from 1945)
Political structure in Poland
Poland is a democratic
country. Polish Parliament is
located in Warsaw.
Authorities in Poland consist
of…
Authorities
Donald Tusk
Executive
branch
Lech Kaczyński
Legislative
branch
- President (Lech Kaczyński) - Sejm
- Prime minister (Donald Tusk) - Sentate
- The Cabinet of ministers
- National assembly
Judiciary
branch
Hańcza is the dippest lake.
Rysy is the highest peak.
The bigger
desert is
Pustynia
Błędowska.
Śniardwy is the biggest lake.
Warszawa is the biggest city. It is our capital city
Puszcza Białowieska is the
Oldest forest.
Wisła is the longest river.
Lake Hańcza
Lake Śniardwy
River Wisła
Forest Białowieża
Desert Błędowska
Peak Rysy
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".
Landmarks
One of landmarks in Lodz is Museum
Of Art.
The chapel of Karol Scheibler, next to the Old
Evangelical.
Kraków
Wawel from the Vistula
River.
Kraków's Sukiennice, with
medieval city-hall tower at
right.
Brama Floriańska, north
exit toward the Barbican
Warszawa
View of Warsaw
Belweder Palace
Palace of Culture
and Science
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.
Lech Wałęsa - 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.
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.
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.
Poland and
Ukraine will be the
host nations of the
final of the 2012
UEFA European
Football
Championship .
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
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