What happened in Poland after the cold war?

Answer 1

I don't know if the answer is relevant to the question and my grammar is pretty bad but, better have something than nothing.

One of Gorbachev's policies was Glasnost- meaning 'openness' or 'a making public'. His aim of this policy was to have a more free exchange of ideas, more debate about current issues and controversies. The -policy was going slowly under way, in April 1986 a terrible accident took place at a nuclear power station near Chernobyl Ukraine. In results of this explosion there was a massive radiation released which spread across Belorussia, Poland and into Scandinavia. Poland has banned some of the food because of the radiation. In the second stage of perestroika the elections had big influence on Poland and then on Hungary that was Poland's and Hungary's first encouragement and desire to have partial freedom which in conclusion later on led to the collapse of communism in the satellite states. 'As soon as Gorbachev came to power he made clear to the leaders of the satellite state that the USSR would no longer interfere in their internal affairs.'

The collapse of communism started in Poland. Jaruzelski was in power since 1981 he tried to improve the economy by all means though always failed. Talks began in February 1988 later on Solidarity has been allowed to be a political party, in the elections held in June 1989 Solidarity has won 92 out of 100 seats in lower house. Jaruzelski was narrowly elected President thanks to the communist seats and he chose a solidarity member, Mazowiecki, as his prime minister. In 1990 Lech Walesa came to power . 'The peaceful revolution in Poland was complete.'

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Answer 2

Poland was one of the first Eastern European countries to take advantage of Gorbachev's adoption of glasnost (the policy that allowed citizens to worship their own religions and write books to oppose the government).

In 1980, Polish employees formed the labor union Solidarity to oppose Communist rule in Poland. Million of Poles supported this resistance and Union leader Lech Walesa.

The next year, the Polish government banished Solidarity, angering the citizens, so during the 1980s, industrialism declined and foregin debt surpassed $40 billion.

In 1988, Polish employees left their jobs and demanded raises and the legalization of Solidarity, so then military leader General Jaruzelski legalized Solidarity in April 1989 and resolved to hold Poland's first free elction since the takeover by Communism.

In the 1989-90 elections, citizens voted Solidarity candidates over Communists, electing Lech Walesa president in 1990, who then adopted shock therapy (the same policy that Boris Yeltsin adopted for Russia to remove price controls, lower trade barriers, and end taxes to state-owned industries), which caused inflation and increased unemployment (which also happened in Russia in 1992-94 because of Yeltsin's shock therapy).

Though Poland's econmy improved mid-1990s, Poles voted for former Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski over Walesa in the 1995 elections.

In 1999, President Kwasniewski arranged for Poland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (a group of countries (including U.S., Canda, Britain, and France) pledging to protect each other from any outside attack.

Thus, Poland supported the war against terrorism after the 9/11.

In appreciation of such support, U.S. President George W. Bush invited Polish President Kwasniewski to visit Washington in July 2002.

Although unemployment and poverty continued to be major issues in Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewki still tried to promote democracy and free commerce.

Answer 3

It got warmer