MO

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MO is the common abbreviation for Milicja Obywatelska, the state police force that operated in communist Poland from 1944 to 1990.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
MO canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency ⓘ
state police force ⓘ
controlledBy central government of the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
employerOf officers of the state police in communist Poland ⓘ
hasAbbreviation MO ⓘ
hasCharacteristic centralized command structure ⓘ
nationwide jurisdiction ⓘ
politically controlled ⓘ
hasDuty crime prevention ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
maintaining public order ⓘ
political surveillance ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole instrument of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
hasSector law enforcement ⓘ
public security ⓘ
hasType paramilitary police ⓘ
headquartersLocation Warsaw ⓘ
ideologicalAlignment communist ⓘ
inception 1944 ⓘ
jurisdiction Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
languageOfName Polish ⓘ
legalForm state institution ⓘ
nativeLabel Milicja Obywatelska ⓘ
operatedFrom 1944 ⓘ
operatedInPoliticalSystem communist Poland ⓘ
operatedUntil 1990 ⓘ
partOf Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Ministry of Public Security of Poland ⓘ
precededBy pre‑war Polish State Police (Policja Państwowa) ⓘ
regionServed territory of Poland ⓘ
reorganizedAs civilian police force of the Third Polish Republic (Policja) ⓘ
replaced pre‑war Polish State Police (Policja Państwowa) ⓘ
replacedBy Policja (Polish Police) ⓘ
linked to: Police of Poland

democratic civilian police structures in Poland ⓘ
shortName MO ⓘ
subordinateTo Polish United Workers’ Party ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War era ⓘ
post‑World War II Poland ⓘ
usedAbbreviation MO ⓘ
usedBy authorities of the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
linked to: Polish authorities
usedFor internal security ⓘ
regime protection ⓘ
usedUniform blue‑grey police uniform ⓘ
usedVehicleMarking MO inscription on police vehicles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Milicja Obywatelska → shortName → MO ⓘ
subject linked to: MO
Milicja Obywatelska → usedAbbreviation → MO ⓘ
subject linked to: MO
Milicja Obywatelska → hasAbbreviation → MO ⓘ
subject linked to: MO