Polish Committee of National Liberation

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political committee provisional government

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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political committee → provisional government →
aimedTo	establish a communist regime in Poland →
alsoKnownAs	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 the Republic of Poland →
follows	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 Manifesto →
locationOfFormation	Moscow →
member	Andrzej Witos → Bolesław Bierut → Michał Rola-Żymierski → Stanisław Radkiewicz → Wanda Wasilewska →
nativeName	Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego →
notRecognizedBy	United Kingdom → 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 Manifesto →
recognizedBy	Czechoslovakia → Soviet Union → Yugoslavia →
reorganizedAs	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 →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Polish Army → Polish Armed Forces in the East → Urząd Bezpieczeństwa →	allegiance
Polish Committee of National Liberation ("Lublin Committee") →	alsoKnownAs
1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division →	associatedWith
PKWN ("Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego") →	fullName
PKWN →	fullNameInEnglish
2nd Polish Army →	loyalty
Wanda Wasilewska ("Union of Polish Patriots") →	memberOf
Polish Committee of National Liberation ("Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego") →	nativeName
Polish Workers' Party →	participatedIn
Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland) →	precededBy
Cross of Valour (Poland) →	reinstatedBy