▁organized ▁by ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁and ▁aim ed ▁at ▁the ▁r uling ▁san acja ▁government . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁political ▁protest ▁in ▁the ▁Second ▁Polish ▁Republic , ▁taking ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 2 ▁vo iv odes hips ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Polish ▁Republic . ▁It ▁is ▁estimated ▁that ▁several ▁million ▁pe as ants ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁demonstr ations , ▁and ▁the ▁strike ▁was ▁supported ▁not ▁only ▁by ▁Polish ▁pe as ants , ▁but ▁also ▁by ▁the ▁Ukrain ian ▁and ▁Bel arus ian ▁far mers , ▁who ▁made ▁a ▁majority ▁in ▁eastern ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Polish ▁Republic . ▁ ▁Background ▁By ▁mid - 1 9 3 0 s , ▁Poland , ▁a ▁country ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁agricult ural ▁sector , ▁was ▁significantly ▁affected ▁by ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression , ▁with ▁pe as ants ▁being ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁affected ▁groups . ▁Polish ▁pe asant ry , ▁especially ▁in ▁over pop ulated ▁areas ▁of ▁L esser ▁Poland , ▁was ▁des per ately ▁poor . ▁Pr ices ▁of ▁food ▁products ▁fell ▁down , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁smaller ▁prof its ▁for ▁the ▁pe as ants . ▁In ▁some ▁provinces , ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide ▁went ▁backwards ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁with ▁im min ent ▁prospect ▁of ▁hung er . ▁Un emp loyment ▁among ▁youth ▁in ▁villages ▁was ▁w ides p read , ▁and ▁this ▁grew ▁radical ization ▁and ▁fr ustration ▁of ▁the ▁imp over ished ▁people . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁increasing ly ▁more ▁author itar ian ▁government ▁(