The Polish Pavilion at Expo 2010 quickly drew crowds to see this amazing eight minute animation of the entire history of Poland as a country. For those of us who heard about it but were unlucky enough not to make it to Shanghai we had to make do with a few thirty second clips on the internet which really really made everyone who saw it want to see the whole version.

The compelling animation traces Poland's history from feudal times to the present day. You will see the world wars, the partition of the country, Chopin, the rise and fall of Communism, Solidarnosc (solidarity) and much more. To capture the entire history of a nation in just eight minutes is an amazing achievement. If you are not Polish then a number of the dates may not mean a great deal to you. However, follow this link to Wikipedia's History of Poland page (which is excellent) and you will be able to find explanations behind each of the dates in the animation.

Amazing! I enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing

Thanks erandi,

probably most of you will not "understand" this movie but still it's great animation, even if you don't give a fuck about history of my country.

; )

I have red about poland actually, I understood quite well the history after 1900.
Anyway, in 800-900 the map is wrong in balcan. Bulgaria wasn't that big.

I've noticed, you're very proud of your country.

Every fucking day ! We have H I S TO R Y

if they put this much effort into a game i would be amazed this has the graphic animation detail as much as assasins creed which is top notch graphics right next to crysis

Great animation. Thanks.

I seem to find eastern european countries very exotic, I think Poland is eastern europe, correct me if wrong.

Poland is in Central Europe.