The Russians remain implacably opposed to letting Bush build a ground-based mid-course interceptor—the GBI—base in Poland to try to shoot down any future Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles.
In 2014 he celebrated the 150th anniversary of the abolition of Poland's feudal system by erecting a rainbow-coloured triumphal arch outside a neighbour's home.
NATO is still extremely active in some 4,000 U.S. troops in Poland and the Baltic states and tens of thousands on 48 hour standby bolstering NATO's allies and sending a clear message to Russia.
In volume 25, page 934, column two, the encyclopaedia states that the European bison, or wisent, may be found only in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland, which is also incorrect.