Polish Republic

Sections of the history of Poland (and partly the history of Lithuania ) are referred to as the Polish Republic (Polish Rzeczpospolita Polska ) or Republic of Poland :

• the First Polish Republic ( Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów ) from 1386/1569 to 1795 (see Aristocratic Republic )
• the Second Polish Republic ( II Rzeczpospolita , II RP ) from 1918 to 1939 (see interwar period )
• the People's Republic of Poland ( Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa , PRL ) from 1944/1952 to 1989 (under the supremacy of the Soviet Union )
• the Third Polish Republic ( III Rzeczpospolita , III RP ) since 1989 (describes the history of Poland since the end of the communist regime)

See also:

• Rzeczpospolita

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