Polish People's Republic (early years)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkb:Eastern_Bloc
gptkbp:area approx. 312,000 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of Poland (1944–1955)
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Polish_złoty
gptkbp:dominantIn gptkb:Polish_United_Workers'_Party
gptkbp:endDate 1956
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Poland
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Polish_October
gptkbp:governmentType communist state
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Bolesław_Bierut
gptkb:Józef_Cyrankiewicz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Polish People's Republic (early years)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:farmer
gptkb:censorship
show trials
nationalization of industry
anti-religious campaigns
forced migration of Germans
purges of opposition
secret police activity
imposition of communist rule
repatriation of Poles from the East
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Hilary_Minc
gptkb:Bolesław_Bierut
gptkb:Józef_Cyrankiewicz
gptkbp:officialLanguage Polish
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Polish_People's_Republic
gptkbp:population approx. 24 million (late 1940s)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Provisional_Government_of_National_Unity
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Poznań_1956_protests
gptkb:political_repression
gptkb:Stalinization
industrialization
collectivization
Soviet influence
1953 death of Stalin
gptkbp:startDate 1947
gptkbp:successor Polish People's Republic (post-1956)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stalinist_period_in_Poland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7