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Study in Poland
| Poland: it is more than a thousand years of complicated yet grand history with outstanding people creating the Polish history and history of the world, people like Nicolas Copernikus, who "stoped the Sun and moved the Earth", king Sobieski, who defended Vienna against the Turks, Maria Curie-Sklodowska, who discovered radium and polonium, a great composer Friderick Chopin, Polish airmen fighting in the battle of England, about whom Winston Churchill once said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few", Lech Walesa, Zbigniew Boniek, Andrzej Wajda, Arthur Rubinstein, Czeslaw Milosz, Pope John Paul II. |
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Poland: a 16th century power, merely a duchy in the 18th century, 6 years of Nazi occupation during World War II, 44 years of communism and a source of its decline. Here the first in the Europe democratic constitution was established in 1791, and 2 years later the first Ministry of Education.
Poland: the very heart of Europe, crossing of cultures and trade routes, a land of mountains, sea, lakes and woods, amber, delicious meals, Arabian horses. It is famous for Polish hospitality and swiftly developing economy. 15 years after regaining its sovereignty , it is a member of NATO, since 1 May 2004 a member of the European Union and since 1st January 2008 a member of Schengen zone. |
FACTS
Poland is 120 times bigger than Liechtenstein and 520 times bigger than Singapore. The Voivodeship of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska)
is exactly the size of Belgium. |  |
| Capital: |
Warsaw (Warszawa) |
| Major cities: |
Łódź, Cracow (Kraków), Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Lublin |
| Government: |
Republic |
| Area: |
312,600 sq km (9th largest country in Europe) |
| Population: |
38,686,000 (2006) |
| Language: |
Polish |
| Religion: |
Roman Catholic 89,8%, Estern Orthodox, Protestant, and other |
| Currency: |
Złoty (PLN) |
| Calling code: |
+48 |
| Internet TLD: |
.pl |
| Time zone: |
UTC+1 |
| Climate: |
moderate with both maritime and continental elements (January, down to -20°C, July up to 30°C) |
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