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POLAND in brief
Country`s full name: The Republic of Poland
National flag: Color: top - white, bottom - red Enlarge
National banner: flag with national emblem - national symbol used by ships, civil air ports, diplomatic missions and consular posts
National emblem: White eagle in a crown against a red background
Time: GMT/UTC plus one hour
Capital: Warsaw
Language: Polish
Population: 38 million
Currency: 1 zloty = 100 groszy
Area: 312,685 km2 (120,727 sqm)
Political system: Parliamentary democracy
Territory:
* total area of the country - 312 685 km2 (120,727 sqm)
* territorial sea - 8 622 km2
Poland is the 9th biggest country in Europe, and 63rd in the world.
Neighbouring countries (border length):
* Russia (Kaliningrad District) (210 km)
* Lithuania (103 km)
* Byelorussia (416 km)
* Ukraine (529 km)
* Slovakia (539 km)
* Czech Republic (790 km)
* Germany (467 km)
* Length of sea border (528 km)
Total length of national border 3582 km
Nobel Prize Winners:
* Maria Sklodowska-Curie
1903 - with her husband Piotr Curie, in physics, for discovering polonium and radium;
1911 - in chemistry, for her work on chemical and physical characteristics of polonium and radium.
* Henryk Sienkiewicz
1905 - in literature
* Wladyslaw Reymont
1924 - in literature, for his novel "Chlopi"
* Czeslaw Milosz
1980 - in literature
* Lech Walesa
1983 - Peace Nobel Prize
* Wislawa Szymborska
1996 - Nobel Prize in Literature
"Most Famous Polish People in the world:
* John Paul II (Pope)
* Nicolas Copernic (Mikolaj Kopernik - astronome)
* Tadeusz Kosciuszko (American and Polish army general)
* Frederic Chopin (composer)
* Roman Polanski (director)
* Andrzej Wajda (director)
* Mariusz Pudzianowski (strongman)
Pulawy |
Town history
Puławy was established in the beginning of the 17th century as a small trade and fishing settlement situated at the bank of Vistula river. In the years 1671-76 Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski - the grand crown marshal - decided to have a defensive residence erected here in baroque style under the direction of the architect - Tylman of Gameren. In 1702 Puławy became the property of the Sieniawski family. During the Northern War in 1706 the Swedish troops led by king Charles XII passed Vistula and burnt the setllement. Its reconstruction was undertaken by Elżbieta Sieniawska and her daughter Zofia, the wife of August Czartoryski. In this way Puławy passed on to the Czartoryski family. Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski's marriage with Izabela of the Flemming, as well as their removal to Puławy, open a new chapter in the settlement's history. Puławy, also known as 'Polish Athens' became a known centre of political and cultural life of the country. Many noteworthy personae of the Polish Enlightenment sojourned on the court, among others Franciszek Dionizy KniaĽnin, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Grzegorz Piramowicz, Jan Paweł Woronicz, painters - Piotr Norblin and Zygmunt Vogel, as well as musician and composer - Franciszek Lessel and many others. When Poland lost its independence, Duchess Izabela, driven by patriotic feelings, decided to raise the Sybil's Temple. A prominent architect - Chrystian Piotr Aigner - was the author of the project. Stylized on antique mode, the building became the first Polish national remnants museum. Nearby, the Gothic House was built. It was designed to gather collections from the country and abroad, among others famous paintings such as: "Lady with a Weasel" by Leonardo da Vinci or "Charitable Samaritanian" by Rembrandt. After the failure of the November Uprising in 1831 the Puławy goods were confiscated by the tsar's government, and in 1845 Puławy carried the name 'New Alexandria'. In 1862 in Puławy the Polytechnical and Agricultural-Forest Institute was created, renamed in 1869 to Rural and Forestry Institute, which exists till today as Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation. In this way Puławy became an important scientific centre; this tradition is still continued by numerous scientific-research institutions. In 1906 the New Alexandria was given municipal rights. After Poland's gaining independence in 1918 the name of the town was once again chaged from New Alexandria to Puławy.
During the I World War the Russian troops built a wooden bridge on Vistula river in Puławy, destroyed in 1939 and rebuilt in the first years after the war. During the II World War the town was destroyed in 60 %. Thanks to the decision of the construction of Nitrogen Works in Puławy - a factory producing fertilizers for the agriculture - an intensive economic development of the town began. Already in the semiwar period Puławy became an important scientific centre (on the basis of the created by tsar's authorities in 1869 Polytechnical and Agricultural-Forest Institute). Presently the town is the seat of many scientific posts of national importance: Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Apiculture Division of the Institute of pomology and Floriculture, National Veterinary Research Institute, Fertilizers Research Institute, Diagnostic Centre of Biohazard Combat of the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. The economic character of the town is given by Zakłady Azotowe "Puławy" S.A. - the largest Polish producer of nitrogen fertilizers, melamine and caprolactam.
Over the years there have been many annual events of international rank organized in Puławy, such as: the International Jazz Music Workshops, Chamber Music Workshops, Polish Traditional Dance Tournament "O Pierścień Księżnej Izabeli" - National Championships and National Meetings of Puppet-Show Artists. In June, on the occasion of the 'Days of Puławy' and 'Days of the Chemist", cycles of concerts, theater performances and exhibitions are organized.
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Miejski Osrodek Sportu i Rekreacji Pulawy
ul. Partyzantow 11
24 - 100 Pulawy
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