Day in History: December 27
Greater Poland (Poznan) Uprising The historical region of Poland, the Greater Poland Province, after the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, became part of Prussia. Under German rule, Poles were subjected to systematic discrimination and oppression. December 27 , 1918 in There was an armed uprising in Poznan, called Greater Poland, when armed units of the Polish Civil Guard occupied the building of the Prussian Police Presidium of Poznan. Fighting between Poles and Germans continued until February 1919, when the Entente countries signed an armistice with Germany, which extended to the territory of Greater Poland. On June 28, 1919, the Versailles Peace Treaty was signed, according to which Greater Poland was incorporated into the Polish state along with the territories conquered by the rebels. Introduction of a unified passport system in the USSR On December 27, 1932, a decree was signed “On the establishment of a unified passport system