Polish People’s Republic

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communist state former country satellite state socialist state

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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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
Polish People's Republic 14
People's Republic of Poland 10
People’s Republic of Poland 2

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist state ⓘ
former country ⓘ
satellite state ⓘ
socialist state ⓘ
abbreviation PRL ⓘ
borderedBy Baltic Sea ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

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

Order of the White Eagle (Poland) → abolishedBy → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
UB (Polish secret police) → allegiance → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
Small Constitution of 1947 → appliesToTerritory → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Lech Kaczyński → birthCountry → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Polish People’s Republic → conventionalLongName → Polish People’s Republic self-link ⓘ
PZPR → country → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Służba Bezpieczeństwa → country → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Wojciech Jaruzelski → countryLed → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Lech Kaczyński → countryOfCitizenship → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Stanisław Radkiewicz → countryOfCitizenship → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Edward Gierek → employer → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic government
Michał Rola-Żymierski → employer → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Stanisław Radkiewicz → employer → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: government of the Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
this entity surface form: Government of the Republic of Poland (communist era)
Reichsgau Wartheland → followedBy → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Third Polish Republic → follows → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
LWP → garrisonState → 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–Soviet relations → hasKeyOrganization → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Edward Gierek → headOfGovernment → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Białystok → historicalAffiliation → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions → historicalContext → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Marshal of Poland → historicalContext → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of Poland
Republic of Poland → historicalPredecessor → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Silesia → historicallyRuledBy → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
UB (Polish secret police) → jurisdiction → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
1970 Polish protests → locatedIn → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Polish October 1956 → locatedIn → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Lower Silesian Offensive → location → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poland (postwar territory)
LWP → militaryOathReferenced → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Polish People’s Republic → nativeName → Polish People’s Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa
socialist realism → officialArtDoctrineOf → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Internal Military Service → operatedIn → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Polish Workers' Party → operatedIn → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Służba Bezpieczeństwa → operatedIn → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Union of Socialist Youth → operatedIn → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa → operatedIn → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Border Protection Troops → operatedInPoliticalSystem → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
LWP → operatedInPoliticalSystem → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Solidarity movement → opposedBy → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Solidarity
this entity surface form: Communist government of the Polish People's Republic
Antoni Pająk → opposedTo → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic government
Kazimierz Sabbat → opposedTo → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Round Table Talks of 1989 → organizedBy → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish communist government
Władysław Korczyc → politicalAlignment → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Nowa Huta district → politicalContext → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of Poland
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland