Polish People’s Republic

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The Polish People’s Republic was the communist state that governed Poland from the end of World War II until 1989 under Soviet influence and a one-party socialist system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist state
former country
satellite state
socialist state
abbreviation PRL
borderedBy Baltic Sea
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
Yugoslavia
capital Warsaw
constitution Constitution of 1952
continent Europe
conventionalLongName Polish People’s Republic self-link
country Poland
currency Polish złoty
dominantParty Polish United Workers' Party
surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
economicSystem centrally planned economy
educationSystem state-controlled education
endDate 1989
event 1956 Poznań protests
1970 protests on the Baltic coast
June 1976 protests
Polish October 1956
surface form: Polish October

Polish Round Table Agreement
surface form: Polish Round Table Talks

Solidarity movement
imposition of martial law in Poland
firstDeFactoLeader Bolesław Bierut
followedBy Republic of Poland
Third Polish Republic
governmentType one-party socialist republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the Council of State
ideology Marxism–Leninism
influencedBy Soviet Union
introducedMartialLaw Wojciech Jaruzelski
judicialBody Supreme Court of Poland
legalSystem socialist law
legislature Sejm
locatedIn Central Europe
lowerHouse Sejm
mediaSystem state-controlled media
memberOf Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
nationalAnthem Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
nativeName Polish People’s Republic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa
notableLeader Bolesław Bierut
Edward Gierek
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Władysław Gomułka
officialIdeology state atheism
officialLanguage Polish
partOf Eastern Bloc
politicalSystem single-party system
precededBy General Government
German occupation of Poland
surface form: Nazi Germany occupation of Poland

Second Polish Republic
rulingParty Polish United Workers' Party
surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
secretPolice Służba Bezpieczeństwa
securityService Służba Bezpieczeństwa
shortName Poland
startDate 1944
1947
stateReligion none
stateSecurityAlly KGB
upperHouse none

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UB (Polish secret police) allegiance Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
UB (Polish secret police) jurisdiction Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
Michał Rola-Żymierski employer Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Third Polish Republic follows Polish People’s Republic
Third Polish Republic predecessor Polish People’s Republic
Białystok historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance signedBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Solidarity movement opposedBy Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Solidarity
this entity surface form: Communist government of the Polish People's Republic
Round Table Talks of 1989 organizedBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish communist government
District of Galicia successor Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland) followedBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland) followedBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Government of the Republic of Poland (communist era)
Order of the White Eagle (Poland) abolishedBy Polish People’s Republic
Polish October 1956 locatedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
socialist realism officialArtDoctrineOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Kazimierz Sabbat opposedTo Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Antoni Pająk opposedTo Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic government
Union of Socialist Youth operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
League of Women timePeriod Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of Poland era
All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions historicalContext Polish People’s Republic
PZPR country Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
PZPR governed Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing) politicalSystemContext Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
1970 Polish protests locatedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Polish Workers' Party operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Edward Gierek headOfGovernment Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Edward Gierek employer Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic government
LWP operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People’s Republic
LWP garrisonState Polish People’s Republic
LWP militaryOathReferenced Polish People’s Republic
Internal Military Service operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
Border Protection Troops operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Marshal of Poland historicalContext Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of Poland
Small Constitution of 1947 appliesToTerritory Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski countryLed Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Stanisław Radkiewicz countryOfCitizenship Polish People’s Republic
Stanisław Radkiewicz employer Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: government of the Polish People’s Republic
Lower Silesian Offensive location Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Poland (postwar territory)
Silesia historicallyRuledBy Polish People’s Republic
Reichsgau Wartheland followedBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Służba Bezpieczeństwa country Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Służba Bezpieczeństwa operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Władysław Korczyc politicalAlignment Polish People’s Republic
UB politicalSystemContext Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Resort Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego regionServed Polish People’s Republic
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego subordinateTo Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Polska Ludowa)
Republic of Poland historicalPredecessor Polish People’s Republic