Polish Workers' Party

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communist party political party

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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

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	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	Polska Partia Robotnicza →
operatedIn	People's Republic of Poland →
opposed	Home Army → Polish government-in-exile →
organized	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	Ministry of Public Security →
supportedBy	Red Army →
timePeriod	World War II → early Cold War →
womenWing	League of Women →
youthWing	Union of Polish Youth →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bolesław Bierut → Bolesław Bierut ("Communist Party of Poland") → Michał Rola-Żymierski → Wanda Wasilewska →	memberOf
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego ("Polska Partia Robotnicza") → Urząd Bezpieczeństwa ("Polish Workers’ Party") → Urząd Bezpieczeństwa →	subordinateTo
PKWN → Polish Committee of National Liberation →	controlledBy
Stanisław Radkiewicz ("Polish Workers’ Party") → Władysław Gomułka →	memberOfPoliticalParty
Polish United Workers' Party → Polish United Workers' Party →	precededBy
Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland) →	dominantParty
Polish United Workers' Party →	foundedBy
Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) →	helpedForm
Polish Workers' Party ("Polska Partia Robotnicza") →	nativeLabel
Freedom and Independence ("Polish Workers' Party government") →	opposed
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing) →	opposedTo