Transcript The Polish White Eagle

The Polish White Eagle
A thousand years
ago there lived
three brothers,
Lech, Czech, and
Rus. The families
grew larger and
they needed more
space. The
brothers decided
to travel in different
directions to
search for new
homes.
● They traveled long and the brothers decided
to travel in different directions to search for
new homes. Czech went to the left, Rus went
to the right and Lech rode straight . Rus setted
up Russia and Czech – Czech Republic.
● One day Lech saw the eagle's
nest.
● "Here is where we will stay! We
will call this place GNIEZNO."
declared Lech.
● They called themselves Polans.
They made a banner with a white
eagle on a red field and flew it
over the town of Gniezno which
became the first historical capital
of Poland.
Baptism of Poland
Baptism of Poland and the personal
baptism of Mieszko I. It was a landmark
event in Poland.
The Constitution of May 3, 1791
First in Europe and second in the world. It gave
rights to the people of lower states.
Maria Sklodowska Curie
She has
become a
Polish meme
was a French-Polish
physicist and
chemist, famous for
her pioneering
research on
radioactivity. She
was the first woman
to win a Nobel Prize,
the only woman to
win in two fields, and
the only person to
win in multiple
sciences.
Spanish Civil War
At the beginning of the war, Poles took part in the
defense of Madrid and Barcelona in the people's
militia formations.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish renaissance
mathematician,
lawyer,astronomer
and doctor.
Discovered that
the earth revolves
around the sun.
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Chopin was one of the greatest Polish
composers.
He was inspired by Polish folk music.
As a child he showed extraordinary
musical talent and performed in public.
Wawel Dragon
This Legend is about Dragon, which lives in
Kraków in cave under the Wawel Hill.
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Battle of
Grunwald15.
07.1410
Battle of Grunwald was one of the biggest battles
between the Tutonic Knights under the leadership of
Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen and the combined
forces of the Polish, Lithuanian-Ruthenian and Czech
troops under the command of Władysław Jagiełło and
Lithuanian Duke Vytautas.
Battle of Grunwald today
The annual staging of the Battle of Grunwald
is a tradition. The knights, medieval
craftsmen and enthusiasts gather to show
you what really happened.
Communism in Poland
1945-1989
Propagand
a
class
struggle
Labor
camps
hammer and sickle communist symbol
Partitions of Poland
I Partition- 1772
II Partition- 1793
III Partition- 1795
Did you know, that Poland didn’t exist on maps for over
123
years? But we got our country back on 11th November
1918 and since then the date is Polish Independence
Day.
First World War
The armed conflict lasted since 1914 between the Alied
Powers and Axis Powers.The war ended with the
surrender of Germany on 11th November 1918. On 11th
November Poland regained independence after 123
years of partition between Russia, Prussia and
Austria. Since 1989 it is a public holiday in Poland
II WORLD WAR
In Poland, World War II started on the 1st
September 1939. 16 days later, on the 17th
September, Poland was also attacked by
USSR (the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, also known as Soviet Union). The
war lasted six years. On 8th May 1945,
Germany surrendred.
Presidents
VII 1989–XII 1990 Wojciech Jaruzelski
XII 1995–XII 2005 Aleksander Kwaśniewski
XII 1990–XII 1995 Lech Wałęsa
XII 2005 - IV 2010 Lech Kaczyński
And…The current president of
Poland is…
Bronisław Komorowski
Lech
Wałęsa
Polish politician, he co-founded Solidarity,
won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, President of
Poland between 1990-1995.
Pope Pole in Spain
On 3-4 May 2003
Pope John Paul II
visited Madrid.
It was his 99
pilgrimage.
Accession of Poland to the European
Union
(2004)
Poland in Schengen
21 December 2007 Poland joined the
Schengen area. Now we don’t need passport
to travel ;D
Disaster in
Smoleńsk
On 10 April 2010 the
plane with Polish
President
accompanied by a
group of very
important people
crashed in
Smoleńsk.
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„Poland and Spain in terms of
football are two different worlds.”
Only the first ten minutes were played
well by Poles. They stood up to the
Spaniards, but then the rivals gave our
players a real lesson in football.
How
Polish
people
see the
world.