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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Olsztyn historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Międzyrzecz reintegratedInto Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Poland after World War II
Polish League of Women operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Security Office operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
Ministry of Public Security jurisdiction Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Ministry of Public Security (Poland)
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Komitet do spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego operatedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic
Informacja Wojskowa (we współpracy) operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa
Lubawa historicalAffiliation Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Kholm partOf Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Medical Academy of Łódź operatedInPoliticalEntity Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Polska Ludowa nazwaOficjalna Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa
PRL nativeName Polish People’s Republic
subject surface form: Polish People's Republic
this entity surface form: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa
Constitution of 1952 country Polish People’s Republic
Ignacy Loga-Sowiński workedIn Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1951 country Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1951 signatory Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1951 appliesToJurisdiction Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic borderedBy Polish People’s Republic
Rawicz historicallyBelongedTo Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland
Polish grosz historicalUse Polish People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Poland