Polish People's Republic
country of the Warsaw Pact and Eastern Bloc from 1947 to 1989
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Polish People's Republic was founded on July 22, 1944.
It was dissolved on December 31, 1989.[1]
Key Facts
- Member of: Warsaw Pact[3], COMECON[4]
- Country: Polish People's Republic[5]
- Continent: Europe[6]
- Instance of: people's republic[7], communist regime[8]
- Capital: Lublin[9], Warsaw[10]
- Official language: Polish[11]
- Currency: złoty[12]
- Shares border with: Soviet Union[13], German Democratic Republic[14], Czechoslovakia[15]
- Anthem: Poland Is Not Yet Lost[16]
- Basic form of government: one-party state[17], socialism[18]
- Flag: flag of Poland[19]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Poland[20]
- Part of: history of Poland[21]
- Commons category: Polish People's Republic[22]
- Inception: July 22, 1944[23]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 31, 1989[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polish People's Republic[25]
- Population: 27,000,000[26], 37,970,000[27]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:People's Republic of Poland[28]
- Replaces: Second Polish Republic[29]
- Replaced by: Poland[30]
- Official name: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa[31], Rzeczpospolita Polska[32]
- Demonym: Polacy[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from the Polish People's Republic (1947–1989)[34]
- Short name: PRL[35], Польша[36]
Why It Matters
Polish People's Republic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Works attributed to it include Gdańsk Agreement[39], a document[40], in Poland[41].