Polish October 1956

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Polish October 1956 was a political thaw and reform movement in communist Poland that led to the rise of Władysław Gomułka and a partial loosening of Soviet control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political event ⓘ
political thaw ⓘ
reform movement ⓘ
aim increase Polish sovereignty within the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
reduce Stalinist practices in Poland ⓘ
cause Khrushchev's Secret Speech ⓘ
Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
Stalin's death ⓘ
de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union ⓘ
workers' unrest in Poland ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
endTime 1956-10 ⓘ
followedBy later re-tightening of political control under Gomułka ⓘ
period of relative liberalization in late 1950s Poland ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gomułka Thaw ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956

October 1956 events in Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956

Polish October ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
ideology national communism ⓘ
reform communism ⓘ
locatedIn Polish People's Republic ⓘ
opposedBy hardline Stalinists in Poland ⓘ
some Soviet leadership members ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
de-Stalinization ⓘ
politicalContext Soviet bloc ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Bloc

communist rule in Poland ⓘ
relatedEvent Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ
Poznań 1956 protests ⓘ
result easing of censorship ⓘ
greater autonomy for the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
halt to plans for direct Soviet military intervention in Poland ⓘ
improved relations between state and Catholic Church ⓘ
limited political liberalization in Poland ⓘ
partial loosening of Soviet control over Poland ⓘ
reduction of Stalinist repression in Poland ⓘ
rehabilitation of some purged communists ⓘ
release of some political prisoners ⓘ
rise of Władysław Gomułka to power ⓘ
withdrawal of some Soviet advisors from Poland ⓘ
significantOrganization Polish People's Army ⓘ
Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
significantPerson Bolesław Bierut ⓘ
Edward Ochab ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Władysław Gomułka ⓘ
significantPlace Poznań ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
significantYear 1956 ⓘ
startTime 1956-10 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 → precededBy → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
Polish United Workers' Party → involvedInEvent → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
Polish October 1956 → hasAlternativeName → Polish October ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Polish October 1956 → hasAlternativeName → October 1956 events in Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Polish October 1956 → hasAlternativeName → Gomułka Thaw ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Polish United Workers' Party → involvedIn → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
subject linked to: PZPR
Władysław Gomułka → participatedIn → Polish October ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Władysław Gomułka → significantEvent → Polish October 1956 ⓘ
Edward Gierek → participantIn → Polish October political changes ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Polish People’s Republic → event → Polish October ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyEvent → Polish October (1956) ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Stalinization of Poland → hasInfluenceOn → 1956 Polish October ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Poznań 1956 protests → followedBy → Polish October ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Edward Ochab → participatedIn → Polish October ⓘ
linked to: Polish October 1956
Polish Film School → historicalContext → Polish October 1956 ⓘ