FRM563938: April, 1973. Shooting lessons in Polish Army Aviation Regiment in Poznan. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563953: Warsaw, Poland, 01.1978. Victory Square ( Plac Zwyciestwa) nowadays Pilsudski Square ( Plac Pilsudskiego). Changing of honour guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument at winter time. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563962: Katowice, 03.1977. Steel workers using blast furnace in Huta Krakow. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564004: Bialorus, 1934. Fashion and fabrics practical lesson for older female pupils. the boys took a locksmith workshop instead. Photograph taken by Bronislaw Buniakowski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564028: Turoszow, 1950-1960s. Turow mining and power plant, Turoszow brown coal open-pit mining. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564031: Turoszow, 1950-1960s. Turow mining and power plant, Turoszow brown coal open-pit mining. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564038: 06.1972. Fidel Castro's visit to Poland. From left: Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz, Fidel Castro and Edward Gierek. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564049: Poland, 14.12.1976. Edward Gierek - opening of Huta Katowice with the participation of USSR Prime Minister, A. Kosygin and the Prime Minister of Poland, P. Jaroszewicz. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564067: Warsaw, 1958-1959. New Years Eve. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564073: Bialorus 1934. Picnic inviting summer. Photograph taken by Bronislaw Buniakowski. / Bridgeman Images

TRK559671: The Flight Into Egypt by Llorenc Matamala i Pinol, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain / Bridgeman Images

TRK559677: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family by Antoni Gaudi. Detail. Spain. / Bridgeman Images

TRK561769: Temple of Ramses III. Reliefs winged beetles with wings outstretched as a symbol of protection. Egypt. / Bridgeman Images

TRK561775: Temple of Ramses III. The pharaoh Ramses III, who wears the Khepresh, making offerings to the gods. Relief. Egypt. / Bridgeman Images

TRK562534: Viololyra. XIX century. Heraklion. Crete. Greece. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564107: Bytom, Poland, 11.1971. Lesson at the vocational secondary school for workers. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564125: 08.1980 Gdansk. General strike in Lenin Gdansk Shipyard, main gate. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564138: Warsaw. Ceremony at Legia stadium after Poland advanced to the World cup finals in 1974. Kazimierz Deyna (right) (23.10.1947 - 01.09.1989). Polish footballer, and one of the best markers in international football. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564177: Gdansk, 1989. Celebrations at Westerplatte. Pictured: Lech Walesa, Wojciech Jaruzeski; Tadeusz Mazowiecki. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564183: Warsaw, 02-03.04.2005. Zamkowy Square. Warsaw residents praying after receiving news of the death of the Pope, in Saint Anna Church. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564189: Warsaw, 08.04.2005. Day of Pope John Paul II's funeral which was held in the Vatican. Warsaw residents go on a thanksgiving march i honor of Pope John Paul II. 200 000 people (mainly young) took part in the march. At 21.37 which is the time when the Pope died, sirens were sounded and everyone lifted a candle in the air. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564228: Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko (04.02.1746 - 15.10.1817), Polish-Lithuanian army general during the Kosciuszko uprising against imperialist Russia and Prussia in 1794. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564231: 1946. Return of seasonal workers from Rzesz. Isar ship transported them to Szczecin. Polish people transported to Germany. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564237: 23 April 1935. President of the Republic of Poland, Ignacy Moscicki signing the April constitution. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564249: Stanislaw Moniuszko (05.05.1819-04.06.1872). The father of Polish national opera. Polish composer, conductor and teacher. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564275: Golancz, Greater Poland, 1919. Steam threshing machine. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564290: Wadowice, town in Souther Poland, 50km from Cracow, the birthplace of pope John Paul II. Monument of the Pope in front of the Virgin Mary's Offertory minor basilica. Themonument is believed to have miraculous power and atrracts pilgrims from all over the country Lesser Poland Province, 2006 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564303: Warsaw, 1989. George Bush's visit to Poland. Fot,Jerzy Kosnik / Bridgeman Images

FRM564333: Orthodox Holy Spirit parish in Bialystok, Eastern Poland the largest contemporary Eastern Orthodox church in Poland. built 1982 - 1999. July 2006 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564349: Poznan one of the oldest and largest Polish cities,Western Poland, Monumentof the victims of Poznan 1956 protests - the first anti-communist mass protest in socialist Poland Greater Poland Province, 2007 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564358: Gdansk, Neptune sculpture - fountain, the old town city on the Baltic coast, northern Poland, Pomerania province. Polands fourth largest metropolitan area. 2008 / Bridgeman Images

TRK563422: Palace of Catalan Music. Detail. Barcelona. Spain. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563488: Pope John Paul II's first Pilgrimage to Poland in 1979. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563512: Warsaw, 25.05.1981. Participants in a student march protesting by the tomb of the unknown soldier. In second row: Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Priest Henryk Jankowski, Zbigniew Bujak, Seweryn Jaworski and Wojciech Ziembicki. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563515: Warsaw, protest 08.03.1988. University of Warsaw 30th anniversary of March 1968. Flowers laid under a board in the courtyard, the Solidarity flag is raised outside. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563537: Warsaw, 01.05.1988. 1st of May demonstrations in front of Stanislaw Kostki church. Military agents attack the crowds in an effort to disperse them. / Bridgeman Images