by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Poland
The Polish society of the Second Republic has built its statehood under extremely difficult circumstances, both internally and externally. Despite this, during their 20 years of independence, the Polish people managed to adapt quickly to the ever-changing Modern... 
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Poland, Russian Empire
History is a battleground, perennially fought over, endlessly contested. Nowhere does this aphorism hold true more than in Russia. A majority of Russians recently voted Joseph Stalin the “most outstanding person” in world history (followed, naturally, by current... 
by admin | Dec 2, 2019 | Poland
In 1919, nearly one hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine and Poland in pogroms. These ethnic riots dominated headlines and international affairs of their time as aid workers warned that six million Jews were in danger of complete extermination. Twenty years... 
by admin | Oct 27, 2019 | Poland
Prior to World War I, Poland was a memory, and its territory was divided among the empires of Germany, Russia and Austro-Hungary; these powers along with France and Great Britain were wrestling for dominance of the continent, as illustrated in this serio-comic map.... 
by Ciprian Stoleru | Oct 15, 2019 | Poland, Romania
The main objective of Romania’s foreign policy in the interwar period was to defend the borders established at the Paris Peace Conference. To ensure the security of Romania, the politicians in Bucharest sought to build a whole system of regional alliances, but France...