PKWN

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PKWN was the Soviet-backed provisional government established in 1944 to administer liberated Polish territories during World War II and lay the groundwork for communist rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
PKWN canonical 2
PKWN Manifesto 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II-era political body
communist government
provisional government
alsoKnownAs Lublin Committee
backedBy Joseph Stalin
claimedLegitimacyFrom Polish people
conflict World War II
controlledBy Polish Workers' Party
country Poland
declaredIn Chełm
declaredOn 1944-07-22
dissolved 1945-01-01
dominatedBy communist activists
established 1944-07-22
establishedDuring Soviet advance into Poland in 1944
followedBy Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland)
surface form: Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
fullName Polish Committee of National Liberation
surface form: Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
fullNameInEnglish Polish Committee of National Liberation
governmentType one-party dominated regime
provisional government
historicalRegion Lublin Voivodeship
surface form: Lublin region
ideology Stalin era
surface form: Stalinism

communism
implementedPolicy land reform plans
nationalization of key industries (planned)
issuedDocument PKWN Manifesto
languageOfName Polish
legalBasis PKWN Manifesto
locatedIn Lublin
notRecognizedBy Western Allies as sole legitimate Polish government
opposedBy Home Army
Polish government-in-exile
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet
precededBy no recognized Polish authority in Soviet-liberated territories
purpose administer liberated Polish territories during World War II
lay groundwork for communist rule in Poland
recognizedBy Soviet Union
other Eastern Bloc states
replacedInstitution structures of the Polish Underground State in areas under Soviet control
roleInHistory beginning of communist takeover of Poland
seatOfGovernment Lublin
significance foundation for postwar People's Republic of Poland
supervisedBy Soviet military authorities
supportedBy Soviet Union
territorialScope Polish territories liberated by the Red Army
timePeriod World War II

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Referenced by (4)

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

Polish Committee of National Liberation legalBasis PKWN
this entity surface form: PKWN Manifesto
Polish Committee of National Liberation publication PKWN
this entity surface form: PKWN Manifesto