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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Jeziorany historicAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Dobre Miasto historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Przemyśl wasPartOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Chojnice wasPartOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Ryszard Kaczorowski opposedTo Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People’s Republic communist regime
First Secretary of the Central Committee country Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
ZOMO activeDuring Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
1976 Polish protests opponent Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: government of the Polish People’s Republic
Gołdap becamePartOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Poland after World War II
Polish anti-communist opposition in exile opposedTo Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Edward Ochab headOfGovernment Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Edward Ochab government Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Chorzów historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
National Council of the Republic of Poland (in exile) opposedSystem Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: communist People’s Republic of Poland
Milicja Obywatelska country Polish People’s Republic
Milicja Obywatelska appliesToJurisdiction Polish People’s Republic
Konstal 105Na tram designedIn Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Konstal 105Na
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Oleśnica wasPartOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
1968 Polish political crisis locatedIn Polish People’s Republic
Zofia Gomułkowa political context Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
PPR influencedCreationOf Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
PKiN commissionedBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Government of the Polish People’s Republic
Order of the Banner of Work country Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Defence of the Oder line belligerent Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Constitution of the Polish People's Republic of 1952 country Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Constitution of the Polish People's Republic of 1952 declaredStateName Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Officer Cadet School of Artillery in Chełm historicalContext Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Marian Spychalski countryOfCitizenship Polish People’s Republic
Marian Spychalski placeOfDeath Polish People’s Republic
Lim-5 developedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of Poland
Kwidzyn historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Bytów historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Ustka becamePartOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Poland after World War II
Września historicalSovereign Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Polish historicalStateTradition Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People's Republic country Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People's Republic jurisdiction Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Warsaw Voivodeship partOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Warsaw Voivodeship partOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Henryk Jabłoński headOfStateOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Henryk Jabłoński stateRepresented Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Bolesławiec historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Siedlce Voivodeship partOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
SB country Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Ciechanów Voivodeship partOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Radom Voivodeship partOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Hungarian People's Republic borderedBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Józef Cyrankiewicz governmentForm Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Józef Cyrankiewicz countryServed Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Piła historicallyRuledBy Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland