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The article presents aspects related to the perception of the Polish culture by foreign students of the University of Warsaw. Comments by representatives of these nations, with whom we share a common history and a Slavic ethnic char-acteristic, became the basis for deliberations. Aspects are also addressed here related to migration to Poland, its causes and characteristics. The analysis cov-ered cultural knowledge about Poland, ways of perceiving the shared history and mental differences mentioned by foreign students coming from the east-ern territories of the First Republic of Poland.