Polish Committee of National Liberation

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The Polish Committee of National Liberation was a Soviet-backed provisional government established in 1944 to administer liberated Polish territories and lay the groundwork for a communist regime after World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political committee
provisional government
aimedTo establish a communist regime in Poland
alsoKnownAs Polish Committee of National Liberation
surface form: Lublin Committee
chairperson Edward Osóbka-Morawski
conflict Polish–Soviet political dispute over postwar government
controlledBy Polish Workers' Party
country Poland
dateOfPublication 1944-07-22
dissolved 1945-01-01
followedBy Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland)
surface form: Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
follows Polish government-in-exile
surface form: Government of the Republic of Poland in exile
headquartersLocation Lublin
historicalPeriod postwar transition in Poland
ideology Stalinism
communism
implementedPolicy land reform in Poland
nationalization of industry
inception 1944-07-21
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
jurisdiction liberated territories of Poland
legalBasis PKWN
surface form: PKWN Manifesto
locationOfFormation Moscow
member Andrzej Witos
Bolesław Bierut
Michał Rola-Żymierski
Stanisław Radkiewicz
Wanda Wasilewska
nativeName Polish Committee of National Liberation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
notRecognizedBy United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
opposedBy Home Army
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing)
Polish government-in-exile
partOf Soviet strategy for Eastern Europe
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet
publication PKWN
surface form: PKWN Manifesto
recognizedBy Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
reorganizedAs Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland)
surface form: Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
replaced German occupation authorities in Poland
seatTransferredTo Warsaw
shortName PKWN
significantEvent World War II
statedPurpose administration of liberated Polish territories
preparation of postwar political system in Poland
supportedBy Soviet Union
timePeriod 1944–1945

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Polish Armed Forces in the East allegiance Polish Committee of National Liberation
Polish Committee of National Liberation nativeName Polish Committee of National Liberation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
Polish Committee of National Liberation alsoKnownAs Polish Committee of National Liberation
this entity surface form: Lublin Committee
1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division associatedWith Polish Committee of National Liberation
1st Polish Army allegiance Polish Committee of National Liberation
UB (Polish secret police) allegiance Polish Committee of National Liberation
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
2nd Polish Army loyalty Polish Committee of National Liberation
Cross of Valour (Poland) reinstatedBy Polish Committee of National Liberation
Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland) precededBy Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN fullName Polish Committee of National Liberation
this entity surface form: Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
PKWN fullNameInEnglish Polish Committee of National Liberation
Wanda Wasilewska memberOf Polish Committee of National Liberation
this entity surface form: Union of Polish Patriots
Polish Workers' Party participatedIn Polish Committee of National Liberation
Stalinization of Poland hasMainParticipant Polish Committee of National Liberation
Krajowa Rada Narodowa partOf Polish Committee of National Liberation
Krajowa Rada Narodowa subordinateTo Polish Committee of National Liberation
Krajowa Rada Narodowa legislativeBodyFor Polish Committee of National Liberation
Lublin Committee alsoKnownAs Polish Committee of National Liberation
Lublin Committee nativeLabel Polish Committee of National Liberation
this entity surface form: Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
PKWN Manifesto author Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN Manifesto publisher Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN Manifesto promulgatedBy Polish Committee of National Liberation
PPR alliedOrganization Polish Committee of National Liberation
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
this entity surface form: Union of Polish Patriots
PPR participatedIn Polish Committee of National Liberation
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
Ministry of Public Security subordinateTo Polish Committee of National Liberation
subject surface form: Ministry of Public Security (Poland)