Permanent historical factsheet

Independence of Poland

Poland · Government / Government of Poland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1917–1992Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1917

Jan Kucharzewski1917

Government / Government of Poland

Russia supports Polish independence

1918

Ladislaw WroblewskiNovember 1918

Government / Government of Poland

Polish independence is guaranteed by the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles

Josef Klemens Pilsudski1918

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

The Republic of Poland is founded

1939

Josef Beck30 March 1939

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

Agrees Chamberlains proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence

1989

Wojciech Jaruzelski6 January 1989

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

Claims nationalism has triumphed over collaboration with Russia

1992

Lech Walesa1992

Government / Government of Poland

Russian troops start to leave Poland

Names involved

Jan KucharzewskiJosef BeckJosef Klemens PilsudskiLadislaw WroblewskiLech WalesaWojciech Jaruzelski

Provenance

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