2. Poland in Europe
Poland is located in
Central Europe.
Neighbouring
countries:
•Germany
•The Czech Republic
•Slovakia
•Ukraine
•Belarus
•Lithuania
•Russia
The flag and
emblem of Poland
3. A Map of Poland
The capital city of Poland is
Vistula
Warsaw.
Polish territory is 312 thousand
Warsaw km2.
It is divided into 16
voivodeships.
The longest river in Poland is
Vistula (1047 km).
4. Poland in EU
Poland has been the
member of the European
Union since 1 May 2004.
Polish Presidency of the
European Union:
1 July 2011 –
31 December 2011
5. Poland in numbers
POPULATION OF
POLAND:
38 million POPULATION OF
WARSAW
(THE CAPITAL CITY)
1 720 398
THERE ARE
908 TOWNS THERE ARE
AND 43 000 VILLAGES 23 National Parks
7. Nicolaus Copernicus
A famous Polish astronomer who proved
that Earth and other planets revolved
around the sun.
Painting: „Astronomer
Copernicus, or a conversation
with God”
8. Frédéric Chopin
The pianist, one of the great masters
of Romantic music.
The statue of Chopin.
9. John Paul II
reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church
from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was
the second-longest serving Pope in history
and the first non-Italian since 1523.
John Paul II was acclaimed as one of
the most influential leaders of the 20th
century.
10. Lech Wałęsa
is a Polish politician, trade-union
organizer, and human-rights
activist. He co-founded Solidarity
(Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's
first independent trade
union, won the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1983 and served as President
of Poland between 1990 and 1995.
12. Polish Nobel Prize Winners
• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1905) – a novelist,
• Maria Curie Skłodowska (1903, 1911) – a physicist and
chemist.
• Wladyslaw Reymont (1924) – a novelist.
• Czeslaw Milosz (1980) – a poet, prose writer and
translator.
• Lech Walesa (1983) – co-founder of Solidarity, social
activist.
• Wislawa Szymborska (1996) – a poet, essayist, translator.
16. Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine
2012 UEFA European Football
Championship was hosted for the first
time by Poland and Ukraine, between 8
June and 1 July 2012.
Spain won the tournament.
33. Gimnazjum nr 1 im. Janusza Kusocinskiego w Ostrołęce
The full name of our school:
The Lower - Secondary School No. 1 in Ostroleka under the pantronage of
Janusz Kusocinski
Students attending our school are 13 – 16 years old. There are 800 students
at our school. We are the biggest lower-secondary school in Ostroleka.
34. Our patron - Janusz Kusocinski
Janusz Kusocioski
A Polish athlete, gold and silver medalist at 1932 Olympics
and European Championships.
Janusz Kusociński
