the republic of poland rzeczpospolita polska
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THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA. THE FLAG AND THE EMBLEM. BASIC INFORMATION:. The c apital (and t he largest city) is Warsaw The total area of Poland is 312,679 km 2 Poland has a population of over 38.5 million people - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE REPUBLIC OF POLANDRZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA
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THE FLAG AND THE EMBLEM
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BASIC INFORMATION:
• The capital (and the largest city) is Warsaw• The total area of Poland is 312,679 km2
• Poland has a population of over 38.5 million people
• Poland is a member of the European Union, the NATO, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and many others.
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• CRACOW
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GDANSK
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WARSAW
The capital of Poland.
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POLAND'S MASURIAN LAKE DISTRICT
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THE TATRA MOUNTAINS
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SOPOT AND THE BALTIC SEA
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• Nicolaus Copernicus - an astronomer and the first person to formulate the heliocentric model, with the Sun in the center of the universe.
FAMOUS PEOPLE:
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•Marie Skłodowska-Curie – a French-Polish physicist and chemist, famous for her pioneering research into radioactivity. She discovered two elements, polonium and radium. She received two Nobel Prizes: in Physics and in Chemistry.
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• Frédéric Chopin – a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered to be one of the greatest masters of Romantic music.
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• John Paul II - was the Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second-longest serving Pope in history and the first non-Italian since 1523.
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• Jan Matejko - was a Polish painter known for paintings of notable national, historical events, both political and military.