Communist Poland

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:area 312,679 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:West_Germany
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:censorship state censorship
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Polish_People's_Republic
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Polish_złoty
gptkbp:dissolved democratic transition
gptkbp:economy planned economy
gptkbp:education state-controlled
gptkbp:endDate 1989
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Polish_People's_Republic
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Polish_United_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:governmentType single-party socialist republic
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Wojciech_Jaruzelski
gptkb:Bolesław_Bierut
gptkb:Józef_Cyrankiewicz
gptkb:Piotr_Jaroszewicz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Communist Poland
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Władysław_Gomułka
gptkb:Edward_Gierek
gptkb:Wojciech_Jaruzelski
gptkb:Bolesław_Bierut
gptkb:Stanisław_Kania
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Łódź
gptkb:Gdańsk
gptkb:Kraków
gptkb:Poznań
gptkb:Wrocław
gptkbp:memberState gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowa
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Poznań_1956_protests
gptkb:June_1976_protests
gptkb:March_1968_events
gptkb:1970_Polish_protests
gptkb:1981_hunger_demonstrations
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Lech_Wałęsa
gptkb:Gdańsk_Shipyard_strike_(1980)
Solidarity
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Martial_law_(1981–1983)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Solidarity_movement
gptkb:Martial_law_in_Poland_(1981–1983)
gptkb:Round_Table_Talks_(1989)
gptkb:Polish_October_(1956)
gptkbp:notableFilm gptkb:Polskie_Radio
gptkb:Trybuna_Ludu
gptkb:Telewizja_Polska
gptkbp:notableIndustry agriculture
coal mining
shipbuilding
steel production
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Palace_of_Culture_and_Science
gptkb:Monument_to_the_Ghetto_Heroes
gptkb:Warsaw_Uprising_Monument
gptkbp:notableReform gptkb:Round_Table_Agreement_(1989)
gptkb:Polish_October_(1956)
gptkbp:officialLanguage Polish
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Polish_People's_Republic
gptkbp:population about 38 million (1989)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Second_Polish_Republic
gptkbp:religion predominantly Roman Catholic
gptkbp:secretPolice gptkb:Służba_Bezpieczeństwa
gptkbp:sovietInfluence high
gptkbp:startDate 1947
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Third_Polish_Republic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:March_1968_events_in_Poland
gptkb:Stalinism_in_Poland
gptkb:New_Wave_(Nowa_Fala)
gptkb:1985_Polish_parliamentary_election
gptkb:Small_Constitution_of_1947
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7