Milicja Obywatelska
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Milicja Obywatelska was the communist-era national police force of the Polish People's Republic, known for its role in political repression and maintaining state control.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
law enforcement agency
ⓘ
national police force ⓘ security service of a socialist state ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Polish People’s Republic ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Poland
ⓘ
Polish People’s Republic ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1990 ⓘ |
| employerOf | functionaries of the Polish communist state ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Citizens' Militia
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorized Reserves of the Citizens’ Militia
Zmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji Obywatelskiej ⓘ border-related units in cooperation with other services ⓘ criminal investigation departments ⓘ political policing units ⓘ riot control units ⓘ traffic police units ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Warsaw ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| inception |
1944
ⓘ
7 October 1944 ⓘ |
| legalForm | state security organ ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| mainRole |
enforcement of communist party control
ⓘ
internal security ⓘ maintaining public order ⓘ political repression ⓘ surveillance of opposition ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Milicja Obywatelska self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
enforcement of martial law in Poland
ⓘ
participation in suppression of the 1970 Polish protests ⓘ participation in suppression of the 1976 protests in Radom and Ursus ⓘ participation in suppression of the Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ repression of the Solidarity movement ⓘ |
| operatedInPoliticalSystem | one-party socialist state ⓘ |
| operationalScope | nationwide in the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Polish democratic opposition
ⓘ
Solidarność ⓘ
surface form:
Solidarity
|
| partOf |
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People's Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People’s Republic
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Public Security of Poland
|
| politicalAlignment |
Polish United Workers' Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish United Workers’ Party
|
| replaced | pre-war Polish police traditions ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Police of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
Policja
Police of Poland ⓘ
surface form:
Polish National Police
|
| shortName | MO ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of Ministers of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Ministers of the Polish People’s Republic
Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
surface form:
Polish United Workers’ Party leadership
|
| symbolizes | communist-era state repression in Poland ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
internal security forces of the Polish People's Republic
this entity surface form:
post‑war Milicja Obywatelska in communist Poland
this entity surface form:
Milicja Obywatelska (w części podległości)