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27 kwi 2020 · With a history of Polish migration dating back to the 1830s – and more than one million people of Polish descent in its metropolitan area today – Chicago is the traditional capital of the Polish diaspora in the United States.
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- Poland Word by Word
The second biggest population of Polish people (ca. 1,5 million) lives outside Poland – in Chicago. How was it happened?
Polish Downtown was Chicago's oldest and most prominent Polish settlement. Polish Downtown was the political, cultural and social capital of Poles in Chicago and of other Polish Americans throughout North America. [1]
18 lis 2019 · The first wave of Polish immigration to Chicago was in the 1860s. Since then, Chicago has long been home to one of the largest Polish populations outside of Europe. Polish Americans have not only helped shape the city; they’ve also helped influence the political development of Poland itself.
Zwiedzamy Stany Zjednoczone - w dzisiejszym odcinku zapraszam na film z wciąż Polskiego Chicago! Pokażemy wam Jackowo (Polska dzielnica w Chicago), oraz Downtown Chicago, centrum miasta. Jakie...
Chicago is home to a thriving Polish community that has been an integral part of our city’s culture for generations. The Polish population here is one of the largest in the world outside of Poland, bringing proud Polish tradition, dining options, and history to every corner of Chicago.
The first Polish emigrants to Chicago were noblemen who had fled Poland after the Polish-Russian War of 1830–1831. They arrived with ill-fated plans of establishing a “New Poland” in Illinois. Among these early settlers was John Napieralski, believed to have been the first Pole in Chicago.
