Polish October 1956

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political event political thaw reform movement

Polish October 1956 was a political thaw and reform movement in communist Poland that led to the rise of Władysław Gomułka and a partial loosening of Soviet control.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Polish October 3
Gomułka Thaw 1
October 1956 events in Poland 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political event ⓘ
political thaw ⓘ
reform movement ⓘ
aim increase Polish sovereignty within the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
reduce Stalinist practices in Poland ⓘ
cause Secret Speech of 1956 ⓘ
surface form: Khrushchev's Secret Speech

Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
Stalin's death ⓘ
de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union ⓘ
workers' unrest in Poland ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
endTime 1956-10 ⓘ
followedBy later re-tightening of political control under Gomułka ⓘ
period of relative liberalization in late 1950s Poland ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Polish October 1956 ⓘ
surface form: Gomułka Thaw

Polish October 1956 ⓘ
surface form: October 1956 events in Poland

Polish October 1956 ⓘ
surface form: Polish October
ideology national communism ⓘ
reform communism ⓘ
locatedIn Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
surface form: Polish People's Republic
opposedBy hardline Stalinists in Poland ⓘ
some Soviet leadership members ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
de-Stalinization ⓘ
politicalContext Eastern Bloc ⓘ
surface form: Soviet bloc

communist rule in Poland ⓘ
relatedEvent Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ
Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
result easing of censorship ⓘ
greater autonomy for the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
halt to plans for direct Soviet military intervention in Poland ⓘ
improved relations between state and Catholic Church ⓘ
limited political liberalization in Poland ⓘ
partial loosening of Soviet control over Poland ⓘ
reduction of Stalinist repression in Poland ⓘ
rehabilitation of some purged communists ⓘ
release of some political prisoners ⓘ
rise of Władysław Gomułka to power ⓘ
withdrawal of some Soviet advisors from Poland ⓘ
significantOrganization Polish People’s Army ⓘ
surface form: Polish People's Army

Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church in Poland

Soviet Union ⓘ
significantPerson Bolesław Bierut ⓘ
Edward Ochab ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Władysław Gomułka ⓘ
significantPlace Poznań ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
significantYear 1956 ⓘ
startTime 1956-10 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish People’s Republic → event → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish October
Polish October 1956 → hasAlternativeName → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish October
Polish October 1956 → hasAlternativeName → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
this entity surface form: October 1956 events in Poland
Polish October 1956 → hasAlternativeName → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gomułka Thaw
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyEvent → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish October (1956)
PZPR → involvedIn → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
Polish United Workers' Party → involvedInEvent → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
Edward Gierek → participantIn → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish October political changes
Władysław Gomułka → participatedIn → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish October
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 → precededBy → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
Władysław Gomułka → significantEvent → Polish October 1956 ⓘ