History Of Poland
Poland came to force in 992 with the help of Boleslaw Chrobry who was the first ruler. He ruled over the lands and river stretching right from Baltic to Vistula. He was always well equipped with necessary military and army comprising of nearly 20,000 strong men. He was successful in all his attempts and preferred Germany to a great extent. |
Although nobles tell a different story about him which was that the masses hated him to the core.
It is said that during Civil War he had to be hidden in Hungary. However, after he died a series of disasters took place where the neighboring countries attacked and captured Poland. His son could neither take control of the situation and finally lost over to his enemies. This was the time when churches in Poland were destroyed, men and women murdered. With the help of Henry VIII, a new law and rule soon fell under Casimir. Soon after his death, Poland was back under the rule of an incompetent person named Wladislaw Herman. The rules were broken and clergy could only consist of foreigners, rich and highly educated men.
During this period hospitals, houses, Inns were constructed along with practicing and learning new techniques of cultivating soil .Towards the end of thirteenth century Poland had already manage to be in a terrible condition. Soon the nation got divided into small unions and territories and this really proved to be a disaster. None of the rulers could find a remedy for this thing. The states were then ruled by Jagiellonian and eventually that too declined in 1795. Poland got independent on 1918 but did participate in World War II. However, in 1939, Hitler did order his men to capture parts of Poland. By 1941, Poland was completely under the rule of Hitler.
Nearly 2.5 million people were sent to Germany for labor purposes and nearly 3 million Jews were killed in camps like Majdanek and Treblinka. However, after the Yalta Conference, the nation was ruled by Communist people.
During the 1970s, the growth rate was so high that it earned a reputation of being the only country with the highest economy. Lech Walesa was adjudged as the first ever president of Poland in 1990. The first all open parliamentary elections took place in 1991 and the (SLD) received the highest vote. The September 2001 elections saw SLD once again as the winner.
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