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| Polish People’s Republic Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa (Polish) | ||||||
| Moscow Pact and Comecon member | ||||||
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 The Polish People's Republic in 1989
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| Capital | East Warsaw (de facto) | |||||
| Languages | Polish | |||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic (1947–90) • under a military junta (1981–83) Unitary parliamentary republic (1990) | |||||
| First Secretary and Leader | ||||||
| - | 1947–1956 (first) | Bolesław Bierut | ||||
| - | 1989–1990 (last) | Mieczysław Rakowski | ||||
| Legislature | People's Assembly | |||||
| History | ||||||
| - | Established | 1947 | ||||
| - | Disestablished | 1990 | ||||
| Today part of | Poland | |||||
East Poland, offically the Polish People's Republic (PPR; Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL), was a country that existed from its creation on 19 February 1947 until its dissolution on 10 October 1990. (Under progress)
In these years the state was a part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state". Its eastern territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces along with Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation following the end of World War II.
The Polish People's Republic was a socialist one-party state, with a unitary Marxist–Leninist government headed by the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). The country's official name was the "Republic of East Poland" (Rzeczpospolita Wschodniej Polski) between 1947 and 1952 in accordance with the transitional Small Constitution of 1947. The name "People's Republic" was introduced and defined by the Constitution of 1952. Like other Eastern Bloc countries (Hungary (until 1956), Romania, Bulgaria and Albania), East Poland was regarded as a satellite state in the Soviet sphere of interest, but it was never a constituent republic of the Soviet Union.
Since its inception, the Polish People's Republic was characterized by constant internal struggles for democracy and reunification with West Poland. Throughout its existence, economic hardships and social unrest were common in almost every decade. Despite this, some major achievements were established during the period of the Polish People's Republic, such as improved living conditions, rapid industrialization, urbanization, access to universal health care, and free education. The Polish People's Republic also implemented policies that eliminated homelessness and established a job guarantee. As a result East Poland's population almost doubled between 1947 and 1989.
Geographically, the PPR bordered the Baltic Sea to the north, West Poland to the west, Czechoslovakia to the southeast and Soviet Union to the east.