Polish Workers' Party

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The Polish Workers' Party was a communist political party in Poland that led the country’s post-World War II transition into a Soviet-aligned socialist state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political party
abbreviation PPR
alignedWith Stalinism
alliedWith Soviet Union
bannedOpposition Polish People's Party
controlled security apparatus in postwar Poland
country Poland
dissolved 1948
founded 1942
goals establish socialist state in Poland
integrate Poland into Soviet sphere of influence
governedAs one-party socialist state
headquartersLocation Warsaw
historicalRegion Eastern and Central Europe
surface form: Central and Eastern Europe
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
keyFigure Bolesław Bierut
Hilary Minc
Jakub Berman
Władysław Gomułka
language Polish
legalStatus ruling party
mediaControl state censorship system in Poland
membershipPolicy single-party dominance
mergedInto Polish United Workers' Party
nativeLabel Polish Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
surface form: People's Republic of Poland
opposed Home Army
Polish government-in-exile
organized Polish People’s Army
surface form: People's Army of Poland
participatedIn Polish Committee of National Liberation
land reform in postwar Poland
nationalization of industry in Poland
partOf Eastern Bloc
politicalPosition far-left
precededBy Communist Party of Poland
replacedBy Polish United Workers' Party
roleInGovernment led post-World War II transition to socialist state
securityCollaboration NKVD
securityOrgan Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego
surface form: Ministry of Public Security
supportedBy Red Army
timePeriod World War II
early Cold War
womenWing League of Women
youthWing Union of Polish Youth

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Polish United Workers' Party precededBy Polish Workers' Party
UB (Polish secret police) subordinateTo Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
this entity surface form: Polish Workers’ Party
Bolesław Bierut memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Bolesław Bierut memberOf Polish Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Poland
Michał Rola-Żymierski memberOf Polish Workers' Party
PZPR foundedBy Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
PZPR precededBy Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
PKWN controlledBy Polish Workers' Party
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing) opposedTo Polish Workers' Party
Władysław Gomułka memberOfPoliticalParty Polish Workers' Party
Wanda Wasilewska memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Polish Workers' Party nativeLabel Polish Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
Stanisław Radkiewicz memberOfPoliticalParty Polish Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish Workers’ Party
Freedom and Independence (WiN) opposed Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Freedom and Independence
this entity surface form: Polish Workers' Party government
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa subordinateTo Polish Workers' Party
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego subordinateTo Polish Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
Bierut memberOf Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Bolesław Bierut
Stalinization of Poland hasMainParticipant Polish Workers' Party
Karol Świerczewski memberOfPoliticalParty Polish Workers' Party
Krajowa Rada Narodowa dominantParty Polish Workers' Party
Krajowa Rada Narodowa includedPoliticalGroup Polish Workers' Party
Edward Ochab memberOf Polish Workers' Party
PPR EnglishName Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
PPR nativeName Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
this entity surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
Hilary Minc memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Radkiewicz memberOf Polish Workers' Party
subject surface form: Stanisław Radkiewicz
Marian Spychalski memberOf Polish Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish Workers’ Party
Armia Ludowa allegiance Polish Workers' Party
Armia Ludowa politicalWing Polish Workers' Party
Jakub Berman memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Communist Party of Poland succeededBy Polish Workers' Party
WiN opposedOrganization Polish Workers' Party