KRN

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KRN is the abbreviation for the Krajowa Rada Narodowa, the wartime Polish parliament established by communists in 1943 as a rival authority to the government-in-exile.

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KRN canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative authority
political body
wartime parliament
abbreviationOf Krajowa Rada Narodowa
appliesToTerritory Poland
chairperson Bolesław Bierut
context German occupation of Poland
country Poland
dissolved 1947
established 1943
establishedBy Polish communists
followedBy Sejm Ustawodawczy
linked to: Sejm
function served as a legislative body
served as a political representation of communist-led resistance
headquarters Warsaw
historicalSignificance laid groundwork for communist rule in Poland
ideology communism
inception 1943
jurisdiction territory of occupied and postwar Poland
language Polish
legalBasis created without sanction of the Polish government-in-exile
legitimacyClaim claimed to be the supreme authority in Poland
locatedIn Poland
nativeLabel Krajowa Rada Narodowa
operatedDuring World War II
opposed Polish government-in-exile
partOf emerging communist power structure in postwar Poland
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet
precededBy Polish government-in-exile
recognizedBy Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation
relatedEvent Soviet advance into Polish territories
formation of the Polish Committee of National Liberation
replaced prewar parliamentary traditions of the Second Polish Republic
role rival authority to the Polish government-in-exile
shortName KRN
supportedBy Polish Workers Party
Soviet Union
timePeriod 1943–1947
typeOfLegislature unicameral

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Krajowa Rada Narodowa shortName KRN
subject linked to: KRN