Poznań 1956 protests

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historical event political event protest movement workers' uprising

The Poznań 1956 protests were a major workers’ uprising in communist Poland, violently suppressed by the authorities, that helped trigger broader political changes culminating in the Polish October of 1956.

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Label Occurrences
Poznań 1956 protests canonical 3
Poznań June 1956 2
1956 Poznań protests 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political event ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
workers' uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Poznań ⓘ
surface form: Poznań June

Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
surface form: Poznań June 1956
chronologyWithin Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
surface form: Polish People's Republic
commemoratedBy annual commemorations in Poznań ⓘ
monuments in Poznań ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
describedBySource Cold War histories of Eastern Europe ⓘ
Polish historical scholarship ⓘ
endTime 1956-06-29 ⓘ
followedBy Gomułka's rise to power in 1956 ⓘ
Polish October 1956 ⓘ
surface form: Polish October
hasCause Stalinist policies in Poland ⓘ
dissatisfaction with communist rule ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
increased work quotas ⓘ
low wages ⓘ
hasEffect became a symbol of resistance in communist Poland ⓘ
contributed to the Polish October of 1956 ⓘ
exposed social tensions in the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
influenced later Polish workers' protests ⓘ
prompted partial policy concessions by authorities ⓘ
strengthened reformist currents in the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
triggered political changes in Poland ⓘ
weakened hardline Stalinist faction in Poland ⓘ
location Poznań ⓘ
Poznań 1956 protests self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Poznań June 1956
numberOfDeaths at least 57 ⓘ
numberOfInjured hundreds ⓘ
numberOfParticipants approximately 100000 ⓘ
opponent Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
surface form: Polish United Workers' Party leadership

communist authorities of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
participant Citizens' Militia ⓘ
Internal Security Corps ⓘ
Polish Army ⓘ
Polish security forces ⓘ
industrial workers of Poznań ⓘ
workers of the Cegielski factories ⓘ
partOf Cold War-era protests in Eastern Europe ⓘ
opposition to communist rule in Poland ⓘ
pointInTime June 1956 ⓘ
significantPlace Adam Mickiewicz Square in Poznań ⓘ
Cegielski factory complex in Poznań ⓘ
startTime 1956-06-28 ⓘ

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Polish October 1956 → cause → Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
Polish October 1956 → relatedEvent → Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyEvent → Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
Poznań 1956 protests → location → Poznań 1956 protests self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poznań June 1956
Poznań 1956 protests → alsoKnownAs → Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poznań June 1956
Imperial District of Poznań → significantEventLocation → Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1956 Poznań protests