Lublin Committee

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The Lublin Committee was a Soviet-backed provisional government formed in 1944 to establish communist rule in postwar Poland.

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Lublin Committee canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist government
political organization
provisional government
aimedTo establish communist rule in postwar Poland
undermine the authority of the Polish government-in-exile
alsoKnownAs Polish Committee of National Liberation
appliesPolicy agrarian reform in Poland
nationalization of key industries
appliesToJurisdiction Poland
basedOn Soviet political model
controlledBy Soviet Union
country Poland
dissolved 1945
drafted land reform decrees
nationalization measures
endTime 1945
followedBy Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland)
surface form: Provisional Government of National Unity

Provisional People's Government of the Republic of Poland
surface form: Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
follows Polish government-in-exile
hasPart Polish Workers' Party representatives
Soviet-backed Polish communists
some non-communist left-wing politicians
headquartersLocation Lublin NERFINISHED
historyOfTopic History of Poland (1939–1945)
History of the Polish People's Republic
ideology Stalin era
surface form: Stalinism

communism
inception 1944
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
legalForm committee
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lublin NERFINISHED
nativeLabel Polish Committee of National Liberation
surface form: Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
opposedBy Home Army
Polish government-in-exile
Polish Underground State
surface form: Polish underground state
partOf Soviet strategy for postwar Eastern Europe
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet
recognizedBy Soviet Union
other Eastern Bloc states (later)
replaces prewar Second Polish Republic institutions in Soviet-liberated areas
shortName PKWN
significantEvent Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
surface form: Soviet occupation of Poland

World War II
establishment of communist rule in Poland
startTime July 1944
supportedBy Soviet Union
territoryClaimed Poland within postwar borders

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PKWN alsoKnownAs Lublin Committee