Polish Workers' Party

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The Polish Workers' Party was a communist political party in Poland that led the country’s post-World War II transition into a Soviet-aligned socialist state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political party
abbreviation PPR
alignedWith Stalinism
alliedWith Soviet Union
bannedOpposition Polish People's Party
controlled security apparatus in postwar Poland
country Poland
dissolved 1948
founded 1942
goals establish socialist state in Poland
integrate Poland into Soviet sphere of influence
governedAs one-party socialist state
headquartersLocation Warsaw
historicalRegion Central and Eastern Europe
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
keyFigure Bolesław Bierut
Hilary Minc
Jakub Berman
Władysław Gomułka
language Polish
legalStatus ruling party
mediaControl state censorship system in Poland
membershipPolicy single-party dominance
mergedInto Polish United Workers' Party
nativeLabel Polska Partia Robotnicza
operatedIn People's Republic of Poland
opposed Home Army
Polish government-in-exile
organized People's Army of Poland
participatedIn Polish Committee of National Liberation
land reform in postwar Poland
nationalization of industry in Poland
partOf Eastern Bloc
politicalPosition far-left
precededBy Communist Party of Poland
replacedBy Polish United Workers' Party
roleInGovernment led post-World War II transition to socialist state
securityCollaboration NKVD
securityOrgan Ministry of Public Security
supportedBy Red Army
timePeriod World War II
early Cold War
womenWing League of Women
youthWing Union of Polish Youth

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Polish United Workers' Party precededBy Polish Workers' Party
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa subordinateTo Polish Workers’ Party
subject linked to: UB (Polish secret police)
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Bolesław Bierut memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Bolesław Bierut memberOf Communist Party of Poland
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Michał Rola-Żymierski memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Polish United Workers' Party foundedBy Polish Workers' Party
subject linked to: PZPR
Polish United Workers' Party precededBy Polish Workers' Party
subject linked to: PZPR
PKWN controlledBy Polish Workers' Party
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing) opposedTo Polish Workers' Party
Władysław Gomułka memberOfPoliticalParty Polish Workers' Party
Wanda Wasilewska memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Polish Workers' Party nativeLabel Polska Partia Robotnicza
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Stanisław Radkiewicz memberOfPoliticalParty Polish Workers’ Party
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Freedom and Independence opposed Polish Workers' Party government
subject linked to: Freedom and Independence (WiN)
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa subordinateTo Polish Workers' Party
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego subordinateTo Polska Partia Robotnicza
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Bolesław Bierut memberOf Polish Workers' Party
subject linked to: Bierut
Stalinization of Poland hasMainParticipant Polish Workers' Party
Karol Świerczewski memberOfPoliticalParty Polish Workers' Party
Krajowa Rada Narodowa dominantParty Polish Workers' Party
Krajowa Rada Narodowa includedPoliticalGroup Polish Workers' Party
Edward Ochab memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Polska Partia Robotnicza EnglishName Polish Workers' Party
subject linked to: PPR
Polska Partia Robotnicza nativeName Polska Partia Robotnicza
subject linked to: PPR
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Hilary Minc memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Stanisław Radkiewicz memberOf Polish Workers' Party
subject linked to: Radkiewicz
Marian Spychalski memberOf Polish Workers’ Party
linked to: Polish Workers' Party
Armia Ludowa allegiance Polish Workers' Party
Armia Ludowa politicalWing Polish Workers' Party
Jakub Berman memberOf Polish Workers' Party
Communist Party of Poland succeededBy Polish Workers' Party
WiN opposedOrganization Polish Workers' Party