Abstract
Poland was conceived near the middle of the tenth century and reached its golden age in the sixteenth century. In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland among themselves. Poland regained its independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II. It became a Soviet satellite state following the war, but its government was comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of the first independent free trade union in Eastern Europe, Solidarnosc (Solidarity) that over time became a political force and by 1990 had swept parliamentary elections and the presidency.
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Purnell, L.D., Fenkl, E.A. (2019). People of Polish Heritage. In: Handbook for Culturally Competent Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21946-8_25
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