Thirty three percent of Poles single out the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope in 1978 as the number one event of which the nation should be most proud, according to a new survey.

The survey by the CBOS Institute, finds that the collapse of communism in 1989 is the second most proudest moment for Poles and mentioned by 22 percent of the respondents.

The rise of the Solidarity movement is third (18 percent), followed by the twenty seven year-long pontificate of John Paul II (12 percent), the regaining of independence in 1918 (8 percent) and the Warsaw Rising of 1944 (6 percent).

The victorious Polish-Soviet War of 1920 and Poland’s accession to the European Union and NATO were singled out by 5 percent of respondents.

Asked about the most important turning points in the nation’s history, Poles assign the top priority to the collapse of communism (23 percent), followed by WW II (22 percent), the election of the Polish Pope (20 percent), the Solidarity revolution (18 percent), the partitions of Poland between the three neighbouring powers (9 percent), the crash of the presidential plane in Russia in April 2010 (8 percent) and the regaining of independence (8 percent).

The survey was carried out between 10 and 16 of June. (mk)

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