History of Poland (1989–present)

Part of a series on the History of Poland Topics Polonophile Polonization Flag Name Coat of arms Monarchs Military history Wars Territorial evolution Jewish history Statehood Prehistory and protohistory Stone Age Kuyavian long barrows Bronocice pot Bronze and Iron Age Biskupin Antiquity Polish tribes Middle Ages Early Middle Ages Christianization Piast period10th century–1385Jagiellonian period1385–1572 Early modernEarly elective monarchy1572–1648Deluge and decline1648–1764Three partitions1764–1795 ModernPartitioned Poland1795–1918World War I1914–1918Second Republic1918–1939World War II1939–1945Communist Poland1945–1989 ContemporaryThird Republic1989–present Timeline of Polish historyBibliography of the history of Poland Poland portal History portalvte From 1989 through 1991, Poland engaged in a democratic transition, which put an end to the Polish People's Republic and led to the foundation of a democratic government, known as the Third Polish Republic (Polish: III Rzeczpospolita Polska), following the First and Second Polish Republic. After ten years of democratic consolidation, Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union on 1 May 2004. Background Tens