Polish Round Table Agreement

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historical event political agreement transition accord

The Polish Round Table Agreement was a landmark 1989 political accord between Poland’s communist government and opposition forces that initiated a peaceful transition from one-party rule to semi-free elections and ultimately to democracy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Polish Round Table Talks	3
Round Table Accords in Poland	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political agreement ⓘ transition accord ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ surface form: Polish Round Table Talks Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ surface form: Round Table Accords in Poland
cause	economic crisis in Poland in the 1980s ⓘ pressure from the Solidarity movement ⓘ reform policies in the Soviet Union ⓘ social unrest in Poland ⓘ
chronologyWithin	final phase of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
component	agreements on constitutional changes ⓘ agreements on economic reforms ⓘ agreements on media access ⓘ agreements on trade unions ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
endDate	1989-04-05 ⓘ
followedBy	Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ surface form: Polish legislative election, 1989 formation of Tadeusz Mazowiecki's government ⓘ
language	Polish ⓘ
location	Warsaw ⓘ
participant	Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church representatives in Poland General Czesław Kiszczak ⓘ Wojciech Jaruzelski ⓘ surface form: General Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa ⓘ Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ Solidarność ⓘ surface form: Solidarity democratic opposition groups in Poland ⓘ
partOf	Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
precededBy	illegalization of Solidarity in 1981 ⓘ martial law in Poland ⓘ
result	beginning of the end of communist rule in Poland ⓘ creation of a fully elected Senate of Poland ⓘ creation of the office of President of Poland ⓘ formation of a non-communist-led government ⓘ introduction of a partly free Sejm ⓘ legalization of Solidarity ⓘ peaceful political transition in Poland ⓘ semi-free parliamentary elections in Poland ⓘ transition to democracy in Poland ⓘ
significance	example of a peaceful regime change ⓘ key step in the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ milestone in the history of Polish democracy ⓘ model for negotiated transitions in other Eastern Bloc countries ⓘ
startDate	1989-02-06 ⓘ
topic	electoral reform in Poland ⓘ political reforms in Poland ⓘ power-sharing between communists and opposition ⓘ
year	1989 ⓘ

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Polish Round Table Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish Round Table Talks

Polish Round Table Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Round Table Accords in Poland

Polish People’s Republic → event → Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish Round Table Talks

Revolutions of 1989 → hasPart → Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ

Polish United Workers' Party → involvedInEvent → Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ

PZPR → participatedIn → Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ

subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party

this entity surface form: Polish Round Table Talks