Wielka Encyklopedia PWN is a universal encyclopedia

Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....

 in Polish, published by Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe (State Scientific Publishers, PWN) in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, between 2001 and 2005.

It is a replacement for the socialist-era Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN

Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN

Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN was, until 2005, the largest Polish encyclopedia ever written. It was published between 1962 and 1970 by Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe in Warsaw...

(Great Universal Encyclopedia), which was considered outdated and criticised for reflecting the official ideology of the period when it was produced (1962-1970). It surpasses the its predecessor in size, with 140 thousand entries in 30 volumes plus a supplement and is now the largest Polish "traditional" encyclopedia ever written.

The Polish Wikipedia

Polish Wikipedia

Polish Wikipedia is the Polish-language edition of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia. The ninth-oldest edition of Wikipedia, it was started on September 26, 2001. With about articles, it is the seventh-largest Wikipedia edition, after the English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish...

exceeded the Great PWN Encyclopedia's number of articles on 22 October 2005.