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  Causes of the Polish-Soviet War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meanwhile, with the success of the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918, Poland had regained her independence lost in 1795 with the Third Partition of Poland.
After 123 years' of Poland's rule by her three imperial neighbors, the Second Polish Republic was proclaimed and the reborn country proceeded to carve out its borders from the territories of her former partitioners, Russia, Germany and Austro-Hungary.
Poland, its territory a major frontline of the First World War, was already engaged in various border conflicts with Germany (Greatpoland Uprising and the Silesian Uprisings) and Czechoslovakia (border conflicts between Poland and Czechoslovakia).
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 List of Polish uprisings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Polish concept of uprising is derived from the system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where the citizens were supposed to play an important role in the governing of the country.
Following the example, national uprising were perfectly organised movements against the oppressors.
Many of them occured during the century of uprisings (1764-1864), and were, with small exceptions, all defeated.
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 Pila - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
After the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it was annexed by Prussia.In 1806, together with most of GreatPoland, it was recaptured by the Duchy of Warsaw, but in 1815 the Congress of Viennagranted it to Prussia again.
The Polish language was banned fromoffices and education and the city saw a significant influx of German settlers.
After World War I the city was not included in the newly-reborn Poland.After the Great Poland Uprising, the new Polish-Germanborder ran 5 kilometres south of the city.
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 Great Poland Uprising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The uprising forces consisted of members of Polish Military Organization of the Prussian Partition Guards Guards and Security Service and many The ruling body was High People's Council the military commanders: major Stanisław Taczak and Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki.
By 15 January 1919 the uprising forces managed to take of most of the Poznań province engaging heavy fighting with regular but demoralized German up until the German-Allies ceasefire on 16 February.
The Great Poland Uprising is considered to the only successful of all Polish uprisings.
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 List of Polish uprisings - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Polish concept of uprising is derived from the system of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where the citizens were supposed to play important role in the governing the country.
The rebelion movement were shaped in the Confederation, the kind of council, where people voted majority of votes.
Main of them occured during the century of uprisings 1764-1864, and were with small exceptions, all defeated.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Polish_Uprisings   (160 words)

  
 Great Poland Uprising - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
With the public speech of Ignacy Paderewski, famous Polish pianist and politician, on 27 December 1918, Polish inhabitants of Poznań started a military uprising against Germany.
The uprising forces consisted of Polish Military Organization of the Prussian Partition, People's Guards, Guards and Security Service and many volunteers.
By the 15 January 1919 the uprising forces managed to take control of most of Poznań province taking part in heavy fightings with regular but demoralized German army, upto German-Allies ceasefire on 16 Ferbuary 1919.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Greatpoland_Uprising   (172 words)

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