Poland a Historical Atlas
Publisher: Dorset Press; Dorset
Published: June 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780880293945
Subjects: Poland -- Historical geography -- Maps.; Poland -- History -- Maps.
Description: 1 atlas (321 p.) ill. 29 cm.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements … 6; title: Contents … 7; title: Foreword … 9; title: ◦; title: Poland, the Middle Ground … 11; title: Chronology of Poland’s Constitutional and Political Development (c. 840-1981) … 17; title: Poland’s Indigenous Democratic Process … 41; title: Evolution of Polish Identity—the Milestones … 45; title: ◦; title: ATLAS:; title: ◦; title: POLAND WITHIN WESTERN CIVILIZATION 966-1986, an Introduction … 47; title: Poland in Western Civilization (1004-1986) … 48; title: The Range of Borders of Poland in the Middle Ground of Europe … 50; title: The Polish Lands … 51; title: 1986:  Poland … 52; title: Graph:  A Comparison of Polish Population Growth with All of Europe … 53; title: ◦; title: HEREDITARY MONARCHY c. 840-1370 … 55; title: Genealogical Table of the Piast Dynasty and Marital Alliances … 56; title: A.D. c. 840:  Founding of Polish-Polabian Piast Dynasty of the Polanians … 58; title: 822-907:  Great Moravia; 896 Arrival of the Hungarians … 59; title: 989:  Unification of Ethnic Poland by Mieszko I … 60; title: 1004:  Polish Empire within Western Christianity … 61; title: 1004:  Polish Empire of Boleslaus the Brave:  Military Successes … 62; title: 1004:  Attempt to unify the Western Slavs by Boleslaus the Brave … 63; title: 1018:  Empires of Poland and Denmark within the Trade Routes … 64; title: 1031:  Independent Metropolitan See of Poland … 65; title: 1102-1138:  Military Successes of Boleslaus III … 66; title: 1138:  Feudal Crisis of Fragmentation Spreads to Poland … 67; title: 1138-1227:  Senioral System Designed by Boleslaus III … 68; title: 1201:  Fragmented Poland within Western Civilization. Beginning of German Aggression in the Baltic at Riga … 69; title: 10th-13th Century Romanesque architecture within the borders of the Polish Kingdom … 70; title: 1232:  The States of the Silesian and Mazovian Piasts … 71; title: 1241:  Double Threat:  the Mongol Empire and the German Monastic States … 72; title: 1308:  Aggression against Poland, Betrayal by the Teutonic Order; The Massacre of Gdansk … 73; title: 1320:  Kingdom of Poland of Ladislas the Short … 74; title: 1370:  Kingdom of Poland of Casimir the Great; Polish Defenses 1333-1370 … 75; title: 1370:  Kingdom of Poland of Casimir the Great; Agriculture, Mining, Industry, Towns, Immigration Routes … 76; title: 1370:  Kingdom of Poland of Casimir the Great & Polish Ethnic Borders … 77; title: 800-1370:  Territorial Development of Poland as a Hereditary Monarchy … 78; title: ◦; title: TRANSITION TO CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY 1370-1493 … 79; title: Genealogical Table of the Jagiellonian Dynasty (c. 1275-1572 Including the Vasa Dynasty and Marital Alliances) … 80; title: 1370-1382:  The First Union of Poland with Hungary … 82; title: 1403:  German Aggression in the Baltic a Cause for Unification within Scandinavia and of Poland and Lithuania … 83; title: 1403:  Consolidation of the Union of Poland and Lithuania … 84; title: 1410:  Battle of Grunwald:  Defeat of the German Monastic State … 85; title: 1444:  Battle of Varna; The End of the Second Union of Poland with Hungary 1439-1444 … 86; title: 1454-1466:  The Thirteen Year War, Recovery of Gdansk, Pomerania and Establishment of the Polish Fief of Prussia … 87; title: 1464-1466:  An Attempt by Poland, Bohemia, and Hungary to Form an Organization of United Nations of Europe … 88; title: 1480:  Poland in Dynastic Union with Lithuania and Bohemia Allied with Hungary against Moslem Aggression by Ottoman Turks and their Crimean Vassals … 89; title: ◦; title: CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY 1493-1569 … 91; title: 1493:  Polish Jagiellonian Realm the Shield of Western Christianity … 92; title: 1493:  Polish Jagiellonian Realm on the Front of Turkish aggression; German and Italian Power Vacuum; Decline of the Golden Horde … 93; title: 1493:  The Jagiellonian Realm (Dates) … 94; title: 1493:  The Jagiellonian Realm of the Second Polish Dynasty within Trade Routes of Europe … 95; title: 1495:  Constitutional Kingdom of Poland a Sanctuary of the World’s Largest Jewish Community of Judeo-Germanic sub-culture … 96; title: 1510:  Copernican Universe – The Birth of Modern Astronomy … 97; title: 1525:  The Hohenzollern Homage in Cracow; Beginning of a Long Series of Hohenzollern Homages to Poland … 98; title: 1526:  Disaster at Mohacz; Death of Louis II, the Second Jagiellonian King Killed in Battle against Moslems … 99; title: ◦; title: THE FIRST POLISH REPUBLIC 1569-1795 … 101; title: Diagram of Government Structure of the Polish Republic … 102; title: Table of General Elections … 103; title: Diagram of Autonomous Jewish Government in the Polish Republic … 104; title: 1569:  Founding of the First Polish Republic amidst Absolutist Europe … 105; title: 1569:  The Lands of the First Polish Republic … 106; title: 1569:  Political Situation during the Founding of the Republic of Poland-Lithuania … 107; title: 1576-1582:  Poland’s Victorious Campaign in War with Muscovy Russian Empire over Livonia … 108; title: 1585-1586:  Unrealized Polish Plan to Unify All the Slavs, Free the Balkans, and Evict the Moslems from Europe – the Proposed Campaign … 109; title: 1594-1596:  Nalevayko’s Uprising for Civil Rights of Ukrainian Cossacks … 110; title: 1600:  Jan Zamoyski’s Defense Line on the Danube River … 111; title: 1605:  Victory over the Swedes at Riga-Kircholm and 1610:  Victory over the Russians near Moscow at Klushino; Occupation of Moscow … 112; title: 1606-1609:  Civil War to Uphold the Constitution and Social Contract of the Republic Led by Zebrzydowski … 113; title: 1609-1618:  Poland’s Victory in War with Russia; 1619-1621 Inconclusive War with Turkey … 114; title: 1618:  Republic of Poland-Lithuania the Bastion of Western Christianity … 115; title: 1618:  Grain Export – Waterways and Trade – The Index of Poland’s Economy … 116; title: 1618:  The First Polish Republic within International Trade Routes … 117; title: 1618:  Fortresses and Defense Castles … 118; title: 1618:  Languages of the Multinational Republic … 119; title: 1644-1647:  An Unrealized Plan to Eliminate Tartar Terrorism and to Free the Balkans from the Moslem Yoke … 120; title: 1648-1651:  Cossack Uprising – The End of Great Power Status of the Polish Nobles’ Republic … 121; title: 1648-1651:  Cossack Uprising – Battles and Pacts … 122; title: 1654-1656:  Muscovy and Cossack Invasion … 123; title: 1655-1657:  Swedish Invasion and Treason of Magnates … 124; title: 1656-1657:  Invasion by Sweden, Brandenburg, and Transylvania. Polish Counteroffensives … 125; title: 1658-1667:  The Republic of Poland-Lithuania-Ruthenia; 1665-1666:  Rebellion Against Constitutional Reforms Led by Jerzy Lubomirski … 126; title: 1587-1660:  Swedish Expansion and Plunder … 127; title: 1657-1667:  Territorial and Population Losses of the Republic … 128; title: 1648-1672:  The Deluge of Invasions and Territorial Losses of the Republic by 1667 … 129; title: 1667-1683:  War with Turkey after the Loss of Podolia. The Last Two Great Victories of the First Polish Republic:  Chocim and Vienna … 130; title: 1683:  Poland Facing Turkish and Russian Empires … 131; title: 1683:  Aug.-Sept. Sobieski’s Victorious Campaign Against Turkey … 132; title: 1683:  Sept. 12 5AM-2 PM, Sobieski’s Victory at Vienna … 133; title: 1683:  Sept. 12 2 PM-4 PM, Sobieski’s Victory at Vienna … 134; title: 1683:  Sept. 12 4 PM-10 PM, Sobieski’s Victory at Vienna … 135; title: 1697:  Rape of the Polish Election … 136; title: 1697:  Poland Succumbing to the Saxon Night of Degradation, Plunder of Polish Resources, and Nearly a Century of Economic Stagnation … 137; title: 17th and 18th Century Headquarters of Political Machines … 138; title: 1700-1721:  Swedish-Russian War in Poland … 139; title: 1713-1717:  The Saxon Coup – Beginning of 50 Years of Russian Subversion of the Republic … 140; title: 1717:  Republic of Poland within Western Christianity. Crisis of Sovereignty. Poland Exhausted by Wars, Subversion, Anarchy and Economic Regression … 141; title: 1733-1735:  War of Polish Succession … 142; title: 1740:  Demilitarized and Neutralized Polish Republic Outflanked by the Conquest of Silesia by the Berlin Government of the New Prussia of the Hohenzollerns … 143; title: 1745-1756:  Unrealized Russian Plan to Shift Poland West by Evicting Hohenzollerns from East Prussia in Exchange for Podolia, Part of Ukraine, or Byelorussia … 144; title: 1768-1772:  War of the First Partition – Fought by the Bar Confederacy. The Birth of Modern Polish Nationalism … 145; title: 1772:  The First Partition of Poland During National Rebirth … 146; title: 1773:  The School System under the First Ministry of Education in Europe … 147; title: 1792-1793:  War of the Second Partition … 148; title: 1793:  The Second Partition of Poland … 149; title: 1794:  War of the Third Partition – Kosciuszko Insurrection … 150; title: 1795:  The Third Partition of Poland … 151; title: 1795:  Total Obliteration of the Republic – Territorial Losses since 1618 … 152; title: 1795:  Europe after Obliteration of Poland. The Short Lived High Water Mark of German Expansion on the Slavic Territory … 153; title: 1768-1795:  Struggle for Liberty in Poland and America … 154; title: 1776-1783:  Campaigns of Polish Soldiers of Liberty in American War of Independence … 155; title: 1386-1772:  Territorial Development of the Union of Poland-Lithuania … 156; title: ◦; title: THE CENTURY OF PARTITIONS 1795-1918 … 157; title: 1800:  The “Slavic Card” and Adam Czartoryski Plan … 158; title: 1807:  Grad Duchy of Warsaw – a French Protectorate … 159; title: 1809:  Invasion by Austria … 160; title: 1812:  “The Second Polish War” of Napoleon – Conquest of Moscow … 161; title: 1815:  Polish Constitutional Kingdom within Russian Empire … 162; title: 1815:  Abuse of Poland at the Congress of Vienna … 163; title: 1830-1831:  November Uprising; Revolution in Warsaw; Polish-Russian War … 164; title: 1844-1849:  Poles Leading in European Revolutions … 165; title: 1850:  Industry on the Polish Lands … 166; title: 1863-1864:  January Uprising – Guerilla War Against Russia – Final Elimination of Serfdom … 167; title: 1830-1864:  A Comparison of November and January Uprisings … 168; title: 1900:  Industry and Railroads in the Polish Lands … 169; title: 1905-1907:  Struggle to Preserve Polish Language and Land Ownership … 170; title: 1905-1907:  Revolution, Urban Guerilla, and Massive Peasant Strikes … 171; title: 1914:  Polish Americans as a Percent of Population – Compared to 1980; 1870-1914 Polish Emigration … 172; title: ◦; title: THE SECOND POLISH REPUBLIC 1918-1945 … 173; title: 1918:  Demands for Rebuilding the Polish Republic … 174; title: 1918-1922:  Comparison of Demanded and Actual Frontiers … 175; title: 1918-1922:  Six Concurrent Wars for the Borders of Poland … 176; title: 1919-1920:  Pilsudski’s Federation Plan of Nations Between Germany and Russia … 177; title: Nov. 1918-Mar. 1919:  The Polish Soviet War. Failure of Soviet “Target Vistula” Offensive … 178; title: Mar.-Dec. 1919:  Polish Soviet War – Polish Counteroffensive … 179; title: 1919-1920:  Battles for Minsk and Dvinsk … 180; title: 1920 Apr.-May:  Polish Offensive reaching Kiev. A Move to Forestall the New and Massive Soviet Offensive in the North … 181; title: 1920 May-June:  Battle of the Berezina and the Soviet Counteroffensive at Kiev … 182; title: 1920 May-June:  Details of the Battle of the Berezina … 183; title: 1920 July:  Soviet Breakthrough in Byelorussia … 184; title: 1920 July:  Soviet Advance during Plebiscite in Mazuria. “Polish Soviet” … 185; title: 1920 Aug.:  Soviet Advance on Warsaw … 186; title: 1920 Aug.:  The Rout of Soviet Armies Advancing on Warsaw … 187; title: 1920 Aug.-Sept.:  Defeat of the Soviet Cavalry at Zamosc … 188; title: 1920 Sept.:  Polish Victory on the Niemen River … 189; title: 1920 Sept.-Oct.:  Polish Offensive in Byelorussia … 190; title: 1919-1920:  The Frontlines of Soviet-Polish War … 191; title: 1922:  Poland in Western Civilization. The Main Barrier Against Communism … 192; title: 1931:  Poland – Density of Population (Census of 1931) … 193; title: 1931:  Poland – Agricultural Population as a Percent of the Total … 194; title: Aug. 31, 1939:  Polish, German, and Soviet Order of Battle ... 195; title: Sept. 1-3, 1939:  Battle of the Borders … 196; title: Sept. 3-6, 1939:  German Blitzkrieg Tactics Maturing in Poland … 197; title: Sept. 7-Oct. 9:  German Pincers, Polish Counteroffensive, Soviet Invasion … 198; title: Sept. 28, 1939:  Hitler-Stalin Line of Partition of Poland … 199; title: 1939:  Hitler-Stalin Partnership – Partition of Poland … 200; title: June 1941:  Occupied Poland:  the Most Terrorized and Devastated Country in Europe … 201; title: Jan. 1942:  Gen. Sikorski’s Plan for a Confederation of Nations Between Germany and Soviet Union Based on the Atlantic Charter … 202; title: 1939-1945:  Resistance under German Occupation; Europe’s only Underground State … 203; title: 1940-1945:  Campaigns of Polish Forces … 204; title: July 1941-Nov. 1942:  Operation Fanout or Wachlarz by Poland’s Underground Government … 205; title: Nov. 1942:  Nazi Death Machine in a Full Swing – Martyrdom of the Jews … 206; title: Diagram:  Jews – 1000 Years in Poland:  Immigration and Emigration … 207; title: Diagram:  History of Yiddish in Poland – the Cultural Gap … 208; title: May 11-18, 1944:  Polish Victory at Monte Cassino, Italy … 209; title: Aug.-Oct. 1944:  Warsaw Uprising – German and Soviet Roles … 210; title: 1944:  The Agony of the Second Polish Republic … 211; title: ◦; title: THE THIRD POLISH REPUBLIC 1944-PRESENT … 213; title: Apr.-May 1945:  Polish Soldiers on All Fronts of Collapsing Germany; Civil War in Poland, New National Frontiers of 1945; Western betrayal of Poland … 214; title: 1945:  Death March in Brandenburg; a Small Part of the German Genocide of Three Million Polish Christians … 215; title: 1944-1947:  Civil War and Gigantic Deportations; the People’s Poland … 216; title: 1945-1986:  Demography of North-Western Poland, Lands East of the Oder-Neisse Acquired from Germany in Compensation for Lands Lost to Soviet Union … 217; title: 1986:  The Polish People’ Republic – within the Soviet Bloc while Culturally a Part of Western Civilization – Resisting Sovietization … 218; title: 1018-1986:  The Range of Territorial Changes of the Polish State … 219; title: ◦; title: APPENDIX:  PREHISTORY AND LANGUAGE EVOLUTION … 221; title: Diagram:  The Range of the Theories on Language and European Migrations. Prehistory and History of the Indo-European Languages Leading to Modern Polish … 228; title: Diagram:  The Indo-European Language Family and the Satem-Centum Divide … 229; title: Diagram:  The Slavs among Indo-Europeans … 230; title: Diagram:  Arrival of the Indo-Europeans … 231; title: 8500 BC:  Beginning of Agriculture … 232; title: 4500 BC:  First Indo-Europeans in the Neolithic Europe … 233; title: 2800 BC:  Indo-European Expansion within Neolithic Cultures … 234; title: 1900 BC:  Geographic Isolation of Language Sub-families. East/West Interphase of Language Subfamilies  Balto-Slavic, Germanic, etc. … 235; title: 1600 BC:  Bronze Age Indo-European East/West Interphase … 236; title: 1300 BC:  Lusatian and Dnieper Bronze Age Cultures; the Genesis of the Slav Peoples … 237; title: 1200 BC:  West Slavic Urnfield Burials Spread to the Celts … 238; title: 1000 BC:  Expansion of the Western Slavs and the Illyrians … 239; title: 700 BC:  Migration:  Irano-Scyths, the Nomadic Horsemen … 240; title: 550 BC:  Beginning of the Iron Age of the Slavs … 241; title: 470 BC:  Biskupin Island Fortress (550-450 BC) … 242; title: 190 BC:  Migration of Irano-Sarmatians, the Nomadic Horsemen … 243; title: 90 BC:  Gothic and Irano-Sarmatian Pressure on the Slavs … 244; title: Rome AD 20:  Roman Expansion after Breaking the Power of the Celts … 245; title: 250:  Advance of the Germanic tribes towards the Roman Frontiers … 246; title: 360:  Short-Lived Ostrogothic Hegemony over the Balto-Slavs – Advance of the Huns … 247; title: 400:  Advance of the Huns and Flight of the Germanic Tribes … 248; title: 450:  Hegemony of the Huns … 249; title: 476:  Fall of Rome … 250; title: 540:  Slavization of Sarmatian Antes, Serboi, and Choroates … 251; title: 570:  Avar Advance, Hegemony, and Alliances with the Slavs … 252; title: 623-658:  The First Slav State of Samon – Defeat of the Avars … 253; title: 740:  Success of Slavic Military Democracies … 254; title: 880:  Area Settled by the Slavs … 255; title: 20-880:  Expansion of Slavic Settlements … 256; title: 880:  The Use of the Plow with Metal Shares … 257; title: 1000:  Languages of Europe – Slavization of the Bulgars – Arrival of the Hungarian Magyars and Illyrian Vlachs into the Central Balkans … 258; title: 600-1500:  Advance of Christianity by Centuries … 259; title: 1986:  The Legacy of Eastern and Western Christianity – Roman and Greek Alphabets … 260; title: ◦; title: Bibliography of Recommended Reading … 261; title: List of Coats of Arms of Polish Towns … 263; title: Multilingual Glossary of Place Names … 265; title: Outline of Polish History – Map Titles and Annotations … 269; title: Index … 296