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Physical map of the Second Polish Republic. The country's total area, after the annexation of Trans-Olza, was 389,720 km 2 (150,470 sq mi). It extended 903 km (561 mi) from north to south and 894 km (556 mi) from east to west.
May 5, 2023 · Soviet and German sphere of influence in the Second Polish Republic according to Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 1939.PNG 1,551 × 1,739; 457 KB
Shortly before the Second World War, in April 1939, Poland had 264 powiats, 611 urban and 3195 rural gminas and 40533 gromads. The division was based on a three-tier system. On the lowest rung were the gminy, which were little more than local town and village governments.
Car Plates (since 1937)Voivodeship Separate CityCapitalArea In 1000 km2 (1930)00-19Warsaw0.1485-8931.720-2426.025-2922.2The Second Republic With an area of about 150,000 square miles (389,000 square km) and more than 27 million inhabitants (more than 35 million by 1939), interwar Poland was the sixth largest country in Europe.
Wołyń Voivodeship in dark burgundy within the Second Polish Republic in dark grey, in relation to a base map of the Partitioned Poland. At the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, acting on behalf of its constituent republics Bolshevik Russia defaulted on all Imperial Russia's commitments to the Triple Entente alliance.
- Interwar period
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I.
The Second Polish Republic is a traditional name for the Polish state that existed after Poland regained its independence in 1918. In the minds of many Poles, the Second Republic ceased to exist with the German invasion of 1939.
