Polska Ludowa

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PRL c.o.a (1955-1980)

Polska Ludowa (Polish:  [ˈpɔlska luˈdɔva] , transl.People's Poland) was a semi-official reference to the Polish state under Communism. The term was intended to imply the power of the working people in the state. [1] It was a colloquial reference, including official speeches, but was also sometimes used in official documents.

Polish Peoples Republic official name of Poland from 1952 to 1989

The Polish People's Republic was a communist satellite state in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989, and the predecessor of the modern democratic Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million inhabitants near the end of its existence, it was the most populous state of the Eastern Bloc after the Soviet Union. Having a unitary Marxist–Leninist communist government imposed by the Soviet Union following World War II, it was also one of the main signatories of the Warsaw Pact. The largest city and official capital since 1947 was Warsaw, followed by industrial Łódź and cultural Kraków.

The official names of the state were:

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Rzeczpospolita may refer to:

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