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.

UB → politicalSystemContext → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Third Polish Republic → predecessor → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Resort Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego → regionServed → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego → subordinateTo → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Polska Ludowa)
District of Galicia → successor → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
League of Women → timePeriod → Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of Poland era