The foundation of Poland's economic development in the years 1936-1939 was the country's investment policy. The person who created it and who implemented it in practice was Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (1888-1974), the deputy prime minister for economy and the minister of treasury in Poland’s last two pre-war cabinets. He was the co-author of developing expanding the port of Gdynia and the Polish merchant navy and one of the creators of the blueprint of the Central Industrial Zone (COP). The period between the great crisis and the Second World war were the first years of modern state interventionism in the country’s economy. The years 1936-39 witnessed the greatest effort in preparing the country for war, in which the main role was played by state capital. Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski initiated a four-year investment plan (1936-1940), and later he prepared a 15-year plan (1939-1954), of which only the 1936-1939 plan was financially secure. An integral part of implementing the state investment plans was the development of the COP, which bore the name of „security triangle” (priority was given to armaments investments). The COP was to enhance industrialization of the state and transforming Poland into an industrial and agricultural country. The outbreak of WW2 on September 1, 1939 cut short the implementation of these plans at the very moment when they had started to bear fruit. The implementation of some of these tasks were re-started following the end of WW2.
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Pod pojęciem 'kresy północno-wschodnie Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej' rozumiemy obszar trzech ówczesnych województw: wileńskiego, nowogródzkiego i poleskiego. Omawiane województwa różniły się między sobą. Struktura gospodarcza, narodowo-ściowa i kulturowa Wileńszczyzny i Nowogródczyzny były podobne. W dużej mierze zbliżone do ziem Polski centralnej. Polesie miało swoją specyfikę. Słabszy był tu poten-cjał gospodarczy, mniejszy udział Polaków w strukturze narodowościowej.
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Under the notion 'north-eastern borderland of Second Republic of Poland' we mean territory of three contemporary provinces: Vilnius, Novogrod and Polyssia, Discussed provinces were different. The structure of economy, nationality and culture in Vilnius and Novogrod provinces was similar. Considerably they were related to Central Poland. Polyssia province was specific. There was weaker economy, less of Polish in nation structure.
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