Polish People's Republic (1948–1956)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Polish_People's_Republic_(1948–1956)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:area	312,679 km²
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Baltic_Sea gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:East_Germany gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Yugoslavia
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:coatOfArms	Coat of arms of Poland (1944–1955).svg
gptkbp:commonName	gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:continent	gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Polish_złoty
gptkbp:demographics	predominantly Polish ethnicity
gptkbp:dissolved	1956
gptkbp:education	state-controlled
gptkbp:established	1948
gptkbp:flag	Flag of Poland (1944–1980).svg
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:Polish_United_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:governmentType	Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic
gptkbp:headOfState	gptkb:Bolesław_Bierut gptkb:Józef_Cyrankiewicz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Polish People's Republic (1948–1956)
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Edward_Ochab gptkb:Aleksander_Zawadzki gptkb:Bolesław_Bierut
gptkbp:leaderTitle	gptkb:First_Secretary_of_the_Polish_United_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Łódź gptkb:Gdańsk gptkb:Kraków gptkb:Poznań gptkb:Wrocław
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Comecon gptkb:Warsaw_Pact gptkb:Eastern_Bloc
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Poznań_1956_protests gptkb:Stalinization_of_Poland gptkb:Polish_October_(1956) Death of Joseph Stalin (1953)
gptkbp:notableIndustry	agriculture coal mining heavy industry
gptkbp:officialLanguage	Polish
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowa
gptkbp:politicalRepression	gptkb:Stalinist_purges
gptkbp:populationEstimate	approx. 27 million (1950)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Provisional_Government_of_National_Unity
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:religiousPolicy	state atheism
gptkbp:secretPolice	gptkb:Ministry_of_Public_Security_(UB)
gptkbp:successor	Polish People's Republic (1956–1989)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Stalinist_Poland
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7