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DANCES OF POLAND

Introductory Notes

by Ada Dziewanowska

First, a few woras about Poland in genera! Some people thlnk that Polana 16 part of Easti Europę. But lf you draw a cross on the map o: Europę, you can see that she ls rlght ln the heart of the continent. For centurles Poland has been a brldge between the cultures of the East and the cultures of the West. In size • she compares to the area of New Kexico or Texas. Nlnety percent of Polana*s terrltory ls a fiat or moaestly hllly land wlth the exceptlon of the Carpathlan Mountalns ln the south, where starts her maln rlver, the Vlstula (Wl6ła). In several places there are still remair of untouched forests wlth whlch she was once mostly covered.

The boundarles of Poland have been ln a constant state of change. In 1492 when olum    -    ed wlth Lithu-

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