The 40th US president, Ronald Reagan, was one of few Western politicians to actively support Poland’s opposition and stand fervidly again communism. A day after the late leader’s centenary, we look at Reagan’s legacy in Poland.

Alicja Baczyńska reports

These are Ronald Reagan’s memorable words in his landmark speech at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in 1987, where he appealed to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to shift towards democracy. Considered one of the greatest leaders in US history, his policies helped bring about an end to Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union and the eastern bloc.