Question

opisać po angielsku polskę: stolicę, coś o polsce, o sławnych ludziach, tradycjach itp.

Answer 1

 

Poland officially the Republic of Poland is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany  to the west; the Czech Republic  and Slovakia  to the south;Ukraine , Belarus  and LIhtuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea  and KAlingrad Olbast, a Russian exlave , to the north. The total area of Poland  is 312,679 square kilometres , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people which makes it the 34th most popular country in the worldand the sixth most populous memeber of European Union , being its most populous Slavic  member.

Warsaw is the capital and largestet city  of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly 260 kilometers (162 mi) from the Baltis Sea and 300 kilometers (186 mi) from the Carpathians Moutains . Warsaw is the 9th largest city  in the European Union  by population.

Famous people are:Pope John Paul II .Nicolaus Copernicus, Frederic Chopin.

Polish cushinehas both influenced and been influenced by the cuisines of surrounding countries. For centuries the Polish kitchen has been the arena for competing influences from France and Italy, while it also borrowed extensively from more exotic tables: Tartar, Armenian, Lithuanian, Cossack, Hungarian and Jewish.

Polish cities and towns reflect the whole spectrum of European styles. Romansque architecture is represented by St. Andrew's Church in Kraków, and characteristic for Poland Bric Gothic  by St.Mary Cruch in Gdańsk. Richly decorated attics  and  the common elements of the Polish Renaissance architecture, like in City HAll in Poznań. For some time the late renaissance, so called mannerism, most notably in Bishop’s Palace in Kielce, coexisted with the early baroque like in Church of SS. Peter and Paul in Kraków.

Answer 2

Poland is a country in central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuana to the east, and the Baltic Sea and Russian to the north. The capital of Poland is Warsaw. Warsaw is the biggest city in Poland. Poland's teritority extends across several geographical regions. In the northwest is the Baltic seacoast, in the northeast are lot of lakes. Farther south lies the Polish mountain regoin like Sudets, Carpatian Mountains( including the Beskids) and Świętokrzyskie mountains.

Poland is a democracy, with a president ( Bronisław Komoroski now) as a head state. In Poland are more than 38 mln inhabitants.  

Poland is the birthplace of some world famous individuals, for example: Pope John Paul II, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Adam Mickiewicz, Fryderyk Chopin, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Pola Negri, Mikołaj Kopernik, józef Piłsudski or Jan Matejko. Poland got 6 Nobel Prize Winners: Maria Skłodowska-Curie( 2 times), Henryk Sienkiewicz, Władysław Reymont, Lech Wałęsa, Wisława Szymborska and Czesław Miłosz.

Typically polish festivites have a connection with Cristian tradition.

Advent-  is the time of the fasting, prayer and focus on divine service, and lasts four weeks.

Marzanna- on the fourth Sunday in the time of fasting is a ceremony of destruction. Destruction, or Death is represented by a doll named Marzanna, Morena or simply death. This doll is plunged into water or burned. Marzanna’s symbolism represents winter, death, sickness, destruction and starvation of the people.

Easter Monday- called "Dyngus"  in that time people sprinkle themselves with water.

Andrzejki- is the time of predictions for young ladies throughout Poland, regarding love and marriage. Although this ritual is widely known and practiced, there is uncertainty as to how this particular tradition came about.