Polish Committee of National Liberation

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The Polish Committee of National Liberation was a Soviet-backed provisional government established in 1944 to administer liberated Polish territories and lay the groundwork for a communist regime after World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political committee
provisional government
aimedTo establish a communist regime in Poland
alsoKnownAs Lublin Committee
chairperson Edward Osóbka-Morawski
conflict Polish–Soviet political dispute over postwar government
controlledBy Polish Workers' Party
country Poland
dateOfPublication 1944-07-22
dissolved 1945-01-01
followedBy Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
follows Government of the Republic of Poland in exile
headquartersLocation Lublin
historicalPeriod postwar transition in Poland
ideology Stalinism
communism
implementedPolicy land reform in Poland
nationalization of industry
inception 1944-07-21
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
jurisdiction liberated territories of Poland
legalBasis PKWN Manifesto
linked to: PKWN
locationOfFormation Moscow
member Andrzej Witos
Bolesław Bierut
Michał Rola-Żymierski
Stanisław Radkiewicz
Wanda Wasilewska
nativeName Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
notRecognizedBy United Kingdom
United States
opposedBy Home Army
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing)
Polish government-in-exile
partOf Soviet strategy for Eastern Europe
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet
publication PKWN Manifesto
linked to: PKWN
recognizedBy Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
reorganizedAs Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
replaced German occupation authorities in Poland
seatTransferredTo Warsaw
shortName PKWN
significantEvent World War II
statedPurpose administration of liberated Polish territories
preparation of postwar political system in Poland
supportedBy Soviet Union
timePeriod 1944–1945

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Polish Armed Forces in the East allegiance Polish Committee of National Liberation
Polish Committee of National Liberation nativeName Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
linked to: Polish Committee of National Liberation
Polish Committee of National Liberation alsoKnownAs Lublin Committee
linked to: Polish Committee of National Liberation
1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division associatedWith Polish Committee of National Liberation
1st Polish Army allegiance Polish Committee of National Liberation
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa allegiance Polish Committee of National Liberation
subject linked to: UB (Polish secret police)
2nd Polish Army loyalty Polish Committee of National Liberation
Cross of Valour (Poland) reinstatedBy Polish Committee of National Liberation
Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland) precededBy Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN fullName Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
linked to: Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN fullNameInEnglish Polish Committee of National Liberation
Wanda Wasilewska memberOf Union of Polish Patriots
linked to: Polish Committee of National Liberation
Polish Workers' Party participatedIn Polish Committee of National Liberation
Stalinization of Poland hasMainParticipant Polish Committee of National Liberation
Krajowa Rada Narodowa partOf Polish Committee of National Liberation
Krajowa Rada Narodowa subordinateTo Polish Committee of National Liberation
Krajowa Rada Narodowa legislativeBodyFor Polish Committee of National Liberation
Lublin Committee alsoKnownAs Polish Committee of National Liberation
Lublin Committee nativeLabel Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego
linked to: Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN Manifesto author Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN Manifesto publisher Polish Committee of National Liberation
PKWN Manifesto promulgatedBy Polish Committee of National Liberation
Polska Partia Robotnicza alliedOrganization Union of Polish Patriots
subject linked to: PPR
linked to: Polish Committee of National Liberation
Polska Partia Robotnicza participatedIn Polish Committee of National Liberation
subject linked to: PPR
Ministry of Public Security (Poland) subordinateTo Polish Committee of National Liberation
subject linked to: Ministry of Public Security