Gdańsk Shipyard

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Gdańsk Shipyard is a historic Polish shipbuilding complex best known as the birthplace of the Solidarity movement that helped end communist rule in Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical site
industrial complex
shipyard
associatedWith Lech Wałęsa
Polish opposition movement
Solidarność
surface form: Solidarity (trade union)
builtOnSiteOf Deutsche Werke Kiel
surface form: Deutsche Werke shipyard

Schichau-Werke shipyard
former German shipyards
country Poland
currentUse cultural and office spaces
shipbuilding
tourist attraction
employerOf Lech Wałęsa
Polish shipyard workers
formerlyKnownAs Gdańsk Shipyard self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
foundedIn 1945
hasGate Gdańsk Shipyard self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gate No. 2 of Gdańsk Shipyard
hasMonument Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970
hasNearbyInstitution European Solidarity Centre
heritageStatus site of European heritage
historicalEra Cold War
industry ship repair
shipbuilding
knownFor birthplace of the Solidarity movement
role in the fall of communism in Eastern Europe
workers’ strikes in 1980
locatedIn Baltic coast
Gdańsk
Pomeranian Voivodeship
near Gdańsk Old Town
Port of Gdańsk
ownership state-owned during communist era
partOf Polish shipbuilding industry
periodOfGreatestActivity 1950s
1960s
1970s
politicalSignificance catalyst for democratic transition in Poland
symbol of resistance to communist rule
produced cargo ships
fishing vessels
tankers
region Central and Eastern Europe
significance important site in history of European integration
key site in history of Solidarity
siteOf Polish 1980 strikes
surface form: 1980 Gdańsk Shipyard strike

Gdańsk Agreement
surface form: August Agreements of 1980
underwent restructuring after 1989

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Gdańsk knownFor Gdańsk Shipyard
Gdańsk contains Gdańsk Shipyard
Lech Wałęsa workedAt Gdańsk Shipyard
Polish defense industry hasKeyActor Gdańsk Shipyard
European Solidarity Centre locatedNear Gdańsk Shipyard
Gdańsk Shipyard formerlyKnownAs Gdańsk Shipyard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
Gdańsk Shipyard hasGate Gdańsk Shipyard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gate No. 2 of Gdańsk Shipyard
Anna Walentynowicz employer Gdańsk Shipyard
Anna Walentynowicz workedAt Gdańsk Shipyard
this entity surface form: Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
Gdańsk Agreement signedAt Gdańsk Shipyard
Gdańsk Agreement location Gdańsk Shipyard
Solidarność foundedAt Gdańsk Shipyard
Polish 1980 strikes location Gdańsk Shipyard