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Flag of Poland (1928-1980)

The 1928-1980 Polish flag.

Overview[]

The Polish People's Republic (PPR) (Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa (PRL)) covers the history of Poland under communist control between 1952 and 1989. The name was defined by the Constitution of 1952 which was based on the 1936 Soviet Constitution. Between 1947 and 1952, the name of the Polish state was the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), in accordance with the temporary Constitution of 1947. At the time of its founding during final stages of World War II, Poland was regarded as a puppet entity set up and controlled by the Soviet Union, and over time, it developed into a satellite state of the Soviet Union.

Politics[]

The Soviet Union had much influence over both internal and external affairs, and Red Army forces were stationed in Poland (1945: 500,000; until 1955: 120,000 to 150,000; until 1989: 40,000). In 1945, Soviet generals and advisors formed 80% of the officer cadre of the Polish Armed Forces. The Polish United Workers' Party became the dominant political party, officially making the country a Communist state.

Events in 1956[]

Bolesław Bierut died in March 1956, and was replaced with Edward Ochab. In June, workers in the industrial city of Poznań went on strike, in what became known as the Poznań 1956 protests. Voices began to be raised in the Party and among the intellectuals calling for wider reforms of the Stalinist system. Eventually, power shifted towards Władysław Gomułka, who replaced Bolesław Bierut as party leader. Hardline Stalinists were removed from power and many Soviet officers serving in the Polish Army were dismissed. This marked the end of the Stalinist era. However, by the mid-1960s Gomułka's reformist veil had long since fallen off, and Poland was starting to experience economic as well as political difficulties.

Also see[]

  1. 18 inch Mark XVI torpedo
  2. Polish United Workers' Party
  3. Poznań 1956 protests
  4. 1968 Polish political crisis
  5. 1968 Polish political crisis
  6. 1970 Polish protests
  7. People's Republic of Poland
  8. Bolesław Bierut
  9. 1962 Szczecin military parade accident
  10. Poland
  11. Polish 18 inch torpedo (1945)
  12. Polish October
  13. PZL I-22 Iryda
  14. PZL TS-11 Iskra
  15. 1971 Łódź strikes
  16. Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland
  17. 1981 Declaration of Martial Law in Poland
  18. "Poland is 'toast'!"
  19. Warsaw Radio Mast
  20. The President of Poland
  21. Jarosławiec-Darłowo Highway Strips
  22. Kliniska (Szczecin) Highway Strips
  23. The President of Poland
  24. The 1981 warning strike in Poland
  25. Polish United Workers' Party
  26. 1971 Łódź strikes
  27. 1981 Declaration of Martial Law in Poland
  28. Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland
  29. 1962 Szczecin military parade accident
  30. 1968 Polish political crisis
  31. 1970 Polish protests
  32. Bydgoszcz events of March 1981
  33. Exercise Zapad-81
  34. PZL TS-11 Iskra
  35. The 1981 warning strike in Poland
  36. "Poland is 'toast'!"
  37. 1962 Szczecin military parade accident
  38. 1968 Polish political crisis
  39. 1970 Polish protests
  40. Bydgoszcz events of March 1981
  41. Exercise Zapad-81
  42. Gdynia (Rumia) Highway Strips
  43. Jarosławiec-Darłowo Highway Strips
  44. Kliniska (Szczecin) Highway Strips
  45. Poznań 1956 protests
  46. PZL TS-11 Iskra
  47. Soviet invasion of Denmark
  48. The 1981 warning strike in Poland
  49. The Republic of Mount Tarnica (Attempted nuclear war simulation)
  50. Łask Air Base
  51. Solidarność
  52. Solidarity trades union
  53. Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity"
  54. Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy „Solidarność”
  55. Soviet invasion of Denmark
  56. Gdynia (Rumia) Highway Strips
  57. Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity"
  58. Jarosławiec-Darłowo Highway Strips
  59. Kliniska (Szczecin) Highway Strips
  60. Polish United Workers' Party
  61. Poznań 1956 protests
  62. PZL TS-11 Iskra
  63. Solidarity trades union
  64. Solidarność
  65. TEWA TG50 germanium transistors
  66. The 1981 warning strike in Poland
  67. The Republic of Mount Tarnica (Attempted nuclear war simulation)
  68. Łask Air Base
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Politics and Geo-politics Sakhalin Island - Stalin Monument (Budapest)‎‎ - Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Khrushchev Thaw- Tito–Stalin Split‎-‎‎ Life under communism - Hungarian Revolution of 1956 - Cold War - Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia - Soviet "Era of Stagnation" - Soviet 'oligophrenics' and 'oligophrenia' - Soviet political organs - Soviet Social Apparatus - Russian and Soviet Leaders between 1917 and 2018 - Stalin's purges and ethnic cleansing- Closed Soviet locations - Gulags - Berlin Wall - Détente - Sino-Soviet Split - Brezhnev Doctrine - Stalin's cult of personality - De-Stalinisation -Glasnost - Perestroika - Kuril Islands - Rybachy Peninsula - Kaliningrad Oblast - Eastern bloc - The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Technology and outer space Sputnik 1 - Soviet Space Program - Mirny Diamond Mine - Magnitogorsk - Virgin Lands campaign - Tatra trams#T3 and T3R.P trams - M62 locomotive - TEP80 locomotive -Soviet MSI nMOS chip‎‎ - Soviet Ice Breaker Lenin - Chernobyl disaster - AK-47\Kalashnikov assault rifle -Soviet Opytnoye Konstruktorskoye Buros (OKBs)- The Space Race - Mikhail Kalashnikov - Yuri Gagarin - Vostok rocket-Soyuz rocket - Baikonur Cosmodrome - Plesetsk Cosmodrome - Zenit 2 - Tupolev Tu-160 - R-7 ICBM
People Stalin Monument (Budapest)‎‎ - Vladimir Lenin - Leonid Brezhnev‎ - Mikhail Kalashnikov - Yuri Gagarin - Nikita Khrushchev‎‎ - Joseph Stalin - Stalin's cult of personality - De-Stalinisation - Mikhail Gorbachev‎‎ - Ho Chi Minh - Fidel Castro - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej - Mohammad Najibullah - Maurice Bishop - Zhou Enlai - Salvador Allende - Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
Important places Sakhalin island - Moscow - Nakhodka Port - Vladivostok Navel base - Murmansk Navel base - Arkangelsk Navel base - Kalinningrad Navel base - Sevastopol Navel base - Kazan Higher Tank Command School and related tank factory -Burevestnik Airport- Jüterbog Airfield - Topoľčany Army Barracks and bunker system - Kuril Islands - Berlin Wall - Mirny Diamond Mine - Magnitogorsk - Rybachy Peninsula - St. Petersburg‎ - Closed Soviet locations - Kaliningrad Oblast - Wuxi (diode) Factory 742 - Jiangnan Radio Factory - Agrokomerc -KhPZ Factory No. 183 in Kharkiv/Malyshev Factory - Wuxi (diode) Factory 742 - Jiangnan Radio Factory - Agrokomerc - Baikonur Cosmodrome - Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Systems of state repression What is a police state? - Státní bezpečnost/Štátna bezpečnosť (StB/ŠtB) - Committee for State Security (KGB) - Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye (GRU) - Stasi - Securitate -Gulag - Political disappearances - Berlin Wall - A Bulgarian umbrella assassination – Komitet za dǎržavna sigurnost (CSS) - Censorship East Germany - Communist Party of the Soviet Union - The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The political heretics who were

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Other former European, Central Asian

and Iranian puppet or client states

Litbell - Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (LSSR) - Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic - Soviet Republic of Naissaar - Latvian SSR of 1919-1920 - The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) - Bolshavik Russia - Lemko-Rusyn People's Republic- West Ukrainian People's Republic - Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic - Hungarian Soviet Republic - People's State of Bavaria - Bavarian Soviet Republic - The Soviet Republic of Odessa - Kiev called the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) - Petrograd Soviet - East Turkestan Republic (ETR) - Persian Socialist Soviet Republic - Soviet Republic of Gilan - Azerbaijan People's Government - Republic of Mahabad (1946) - Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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Sources[]

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic
  2. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowa
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1945%E2%80%9389)
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