Polish United Workers' Party

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communist party political party in Poland ruling party

The Polish United Workers' Party was the communist ruling party of the People's Republic of Poland, controlling the state as part of the Soviet-aligned Eastern Bloc from the late 1940s until the fall of communism in 1989.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
Polish United Workers’ Party 0 12
Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza 0 3
Polish Workers' Party 0 2
Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party 0 1
Polish United Workers' Party government 0 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party →
political party in Poland →
ruling party →
alliedWith Soviet Union →
controlled Polish People’s Army →
surface form: Polish People's Army

government of the People's Republic of Poland →
security services of the People's Republic of Poland →
country Poland →
surface form: People's Republic of Poland
dateFounded 1948-12-15 →
dissolved 1990-01-29 →
dominantPeriod late 1940s–1989 →
foundedBy Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) →
Polish United Workers' Party self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Polish Workers' Party
headquartersLocation Warsaw →
heldMonopolyOfPower yes →
ideology Marxism–Leninism →
communism →
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
introducedPolicy central planning →
collectivization of agriculture (partial) →
nationalization of industry →
involvedInEvent 1968 Polish political crisis →
1970 Polish protests →
1980–1981 strikes in Poland →
Polish October 1956 →
Polish Round Table Agreement →
martial law in Poland (1981–1983) →
keyLeader Bolesław Bierut →
Edward Gierek →
Wojciech Jaruzelski →
Władysław Gomułka →
languageUsed Polish →
legalStatus banned after 1990 →
lostMonopolyOfPower 1989 →
massOrganization All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions →
memberOf Cominform →
Warsaw Pact political structure →
mergerOf Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) →
Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) →
surface form: Polish Workers' Party
nativeName Polish United Workers' Party self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
opposedBy Solidarity movement →
surface form: Solidarity (trade union)
partOf Eastern Bloc regimes →
surface form: Eastern Bloc
placeFounded Warsaw →
politicalPosition far-left →
precededBy Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) →
Polish Workers' Party →
shortName PZPR →
stateSystem one-party state →
succeededBy Democratic Left Alliance →
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland →
womenWing League of Women →
youthWing Union of Socialist Youth →

Referenced by (43)

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

League of Women → affiliatedWith → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Union of Socialist Youth → affiliation → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish People’s Army → allegiance → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Internal Military Service → controlledBy → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
LWP → controlledBy → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Polish People’s Army → controlledBy → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Eastern Bloc regimes → dominantParty → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish People’s Republic → dominantParty → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Edward Gierek → employer → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish United Workers' Party → foundedBy → Polish United Workers' Party self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Polish Workers' Party
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyOrganization → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Round Table Talks of 1989 → hasParticipant → Polish United Workers' Party →
Edward Gierek → headOf → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party
Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) → helpedForm → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Bolesław Bierut → memberOf → Polish United Workers' Party →
Edward Gierek → memberOf → Polish United Workers' Party →
Edward Gierek → memberOf → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish Workers' Party
Michał Rola-Żymierski → memberOf → Polish United Workers' Party →
Wojciech Jaruzelski → memberOf → Polish United Workers' Party →
Stanisław Radkiewicz → memberOfPoliticalParty → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Władysław Gomułka → memberOfPoliticalParty → Polish United Workers' Party →
Cominform → memberOrganization → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish Socialist Party → mergedInto → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) → mergedInto → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish Workers' Party → mergedInto → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish United Workers' Party → nativeName → Polish United Workers' Party self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
PZPR → nativeName → Polish United Workers' Party →
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
1970 Polish protests → opponent → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers' Party government
Solidarity movement → opposedBy → Polish United Workers' Party →
subject surface form: Solidarity
Polish Round Table Agreement → participant → Polish United Workers' Party →
Służba Bezpieczeństwa → politicalAlignment → Polish United Workers' Party →
Edward Osóbka-Morawski → politicalParty → Polish United Workers' Party →
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland → precededBy → Polish United Workers' Party →
Democratic Left Alliance → predecessor → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish Workers' Party → replacedBy → Polish United Workers' Party →
Polish People’s Republic → rulingParty → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Polish October 1956 → significantOrganization → Polish United Workers' Party →
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego → subordinateTo → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
Służba Bezpieczeństwa → subordinateTo → Polish United Workers' Party →
Union of Socialist Youth → subordinateTo → Polish United Workers' Party →
UB (Polish secret police) → subordinateTo → Polish United Workers' Party →
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
League of Women → underAuspicesOf → Polish United Workers' Party →
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party