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:

    The total and universal want of manners, both in males and females, is ... remarkable ... that polish which removes the coarser and rougher parts of our nature is unknown and undreamed of.
    Frances Trollope (1780–1863)

    The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.
    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)