GOMULKA, WLADYSLAW

vwädĭsˈwäf gəmooˈkə, 1905–82, Polish Communist leader. Long a Communist, he helped establish the Polish Workers' party and was (1943–49) secretary of its central committee. After World War II, he served (1945–49) as deputy premier of Poland. A Polish nationalist, he was purged in 1949 for alleged sympathy with the Yugoslav Communist leader, Josip Broz Tito, and was arrested in 1951. Freed in 1954, he was readmitted (1956) to the United Workers' (Communist) party. In Oct., 1956, on the wave of Polish resentment of USSR domination, Gomulka became first secretary of the party despite Soviet pressures. From this post he dominated the Polish government, continuing close ties with the USSR but establishing greater freedom of action for Poland and bringing some social and economic liberalization. He was replaced as first secretary by Edward Gierek in Dec., 1970, following widespread rioting by Polish workers in protest against food price increases announced by the government. In 1971 he was suspended from the party's central committee and removed from the council of state.

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books on: Gomulka Wladyslaw  - 336 results

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People's Poland: Patterns of Social Inequality and Conflict
Book by Wladyslaw Majkowski; Greenwood Press, 1985
Subjects: Poland--Economic Conditions--1981-1990, Social Classes--Poland, Social Conflict--Poland, Working Class--Poland
...Three Views . New York: Praeger, 1969. Gabryl Wladyslaw. " Rynek konsumenta; suwerennosc modelu konsumpcji...Siembrowicz, 151-66. Warszawa: KiW, 1978. Gomulka Wladyslaw. "Gomulkas Keynote Speech." In World Commu nism...
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Peaceful Co-Existence: An Analysis of Soviet Foreign Policy
Book by Wladyslaw W. Kulski; H. Regnery Co., 1959
Subjects: Communism--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations
...The majority finally found a leader in Gomulka, who had been released from prison...all, the new Political Bureau, with Gomulka but without Rokossovsky, before consenting...The matter was settled by a compromise; Gomulka, already scheduled to succeed Ochab as...
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Poland, 1939-1947
Book by John Coutouvidis, Jaime Reynolds; Holmes & Meier, 1986
Subjects: Poland--History--1945-1980, Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Poland
...vol. II 1975 , 154-63. Gomulka Wladyslaw, Artykuly i przemowienia , vols I-II Warsaw, 1962-4 Gomulka Wladyslaw, O naszej partii 2nd edn, Warsaw, 1969 Gomulka Wladyslaw, Z kart naszej historii 4th...
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Europe since 1945: An Encyclopedia - Vol. 2
Book by Bernard A. Cook; Garland, 2001
Subjects: Europe--Civilization--1945- Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1945---Encyclopedias, European Cooperation--Encyclopedias, Political Leadership--Europe--Encyclopedias, Politicians--Europe--Encyclopedias, Statesmen--Europe--Encyclopedias
...1956. Roman Backer SEE ALSO Gomulka, Wladislaw; Ochab, Edward...forces opposed to the rule of Wladyslaw Gomulka, the first secretary of the...Ryszard Sudzinski SEE ALSO Gomulka, Wladyslaw December 1970 Political crisis...
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Poland
Book by Oscar Halecki; Frederick A. Praeger, 1957
Subjects: Poland
GOMULKA, WLADYSLAW Born : 1905, at Krosno, in southern...Career : A locksmith by profession, Gomulka began his political career during the...beginning of the Russo-German war. Gomulka went from Lwow to Rzeszow, where he...
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journal articles on: Gomulka Wladyslaw  - 24 results

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To Invade or Not to Invade? a New Look at Gomulka, Nagy, and Soviet Foreign Policy in 1956
Journal article by Johanna Granville; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 43, 2001
Subjects: 20th century, Cold War, Communism, Europe, Foreign policy, Gomulka, Wladyslaw, History, Hungary, International relations, Nagy, Imre, Poland, Russia, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
...argue, alternatively, that Wladyslaw Gomulka and Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski...been able to close ranks.59 WLADYSLAW GOMULKA Other historians in the second...proposing the "election of Comrade Wladyslaw Gomulka to the post of First Secretary...
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Poland and Hungary, 1956: A Comparative Essay Based on New Archival Findings
Journal article by Johanna Granville; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 48, 2002
Subjects: Gomulka, Wladyslaw--Political activity, Hungary--History, Hungary--Relations with Soviet Union, Nagy, Imre--Political activity, Poland--History, Poland--Relations with Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign relations
...the most. (2) Moreover, Wladyslaw Gomulka and Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski...in the early postwar years. Wladyslaw Gomulka and the indigenous communist...able to close ranks. (45) Wladyslaw Gomulka Other advocates of the personality...
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Cultural Pathology: Roots of Polish Literary Opposition to Communism
Journal article by Carl Tighe; Journal of European Studies, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Communism, Literature, Opposites--Analysis, Opposites--Portrayals, Poland, Polarity in literature--Analysis
...that post-war First Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka was later to label abstract...mysterious circumstances and killed. Wladyslaw Gomulka, who had survived the 1938...to become First Secretary. Gomulka set out to make independence...
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Disenchanted Voices: Public Opinion in Cracow, 1945-1946
Journal article by Bartholmew Goldyn; East European Quarterly, Vol. 32, 1998
Subjects: Communism--Public opinion, Krakow, Poland--History, Public opinion--Poland
...the PPR on July 12, 1945, Wladyslaw Gomulka, the Partys First Secretary...the provisional government, Wladyslaw Kiernik, chose members from...an election, in the words of Wladyslaw Gomulka, "under Polish conditions...
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Austria's Report Card on Neutrality during the Hungarian Crisis of 1956
Journal article by Johanna Granville; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 56, 2010
Subjects: Espionage, Hungarian Revolution, 1956--Evaluation, International Committee of the Red Cross--Evaluation
...Nikita Khrushchev and Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka on 19-20 October 1956. The liberalizing...new leadership, the PZPR chose Gomulka, a moderate who had been purged...Committee was about to convene to elect Gomulka as First Secretary, Khrushchev...
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magazine articles on: Gomulka Wladyslaw  - 10 results

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The Road from Gdansk: How Solidarity Found Haven in the Marketplace
Magazine article by Gary Fields; Monthly Review, Vol. 43, July 1991
Subjects: Eastern Europe--Economic aspects, Gdansk, Poland--Labor relations, Poland--Labor relations, Solidarity Independent Trade Union--History
...political regime." (p. 59) The new leadership of Wladyslaw Gomulka that was swept into power by the Poznan uprising at...Following the 1970 labor uprising in Gdansk that drove out Gomulka and brought Edward Gierek to power, the PUWP had embarked...
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Ludwik Flaszen and the Pragmatics of Grotowski: The Legendary Director's One-Time Partner Talks about the Secret Politics of the Polish Laboratory Theatre
Magazine article by Stephen Nunns; American Theatre, Vol. 26, December 2009
Subjects: Flaszen, Ludwik--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Grotowski, Jerzy--Appreciation, Grotowski, Jerzy--Works, Theatrical directors--Appreciation, Theatrical directors--Works, Theatrical producers and directors--Appreciation, Theatrical producers and directors--Works
...an outsider, a fighter against the regime. And Krakow was not my place anymore." The 50s-era government of Wladyslaw Gomulka was a peculiar (and very Polish) mixture of Soviet autocratic rule, Polish nationalism and vaguely liberal cultural...
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Letter from Europe: Top Down or Bottom Up?
Magazine article by Daniel Singer; The Nation, Vol. 244, June 6, 1987
Subjects: Gorbachev, Mikhail--Political activity, Poland--History, Social problems--International aspects, Soviet Union--History, Soviet history, Walesa, Lech--Bibliography, Working class--Europe
...politicaland military, for its reluctance to stand up to the Soviet Union. He contrasts their conduct with that of Wladyslaw Gomulka and his comrades in 1956, who opposed the Russians, gained popular support and got away with it. Had the leadership...
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The Architecture of Autocracy: The Skylines of Unfree Societies Used to Bring to Mind Images of Endless Gray Soviet Apartment Blocks. but Today, Some of the World's Most Innovative and Daring Designs Are Breaking Ground in the Least Free Nations. Why Are the World's Best Architects Taking Their Most Ambitious Plans to Modern-Day Autocrats? Two Words: Blank Slates
Magazine article by Richard Lacayo; Foreign Policy, May-June 2008
Subjects: Architects--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Architects--Practice, Dictatorship--Evaluation, Libeskind, Daniel--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Libeskind, Daniel--Practice, Nation building--Evaluation, Public building construction--Evaluation
...China. Libeskind, who was born in Poland in 1946, lived for a time under the feckless regime of communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. It wasnt an experience that left him well disposed toward one-party states. Libeskinds scruples on the client...
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Prometheus Rebound?
Magazine article by Daniel Singer; Monthly Review, Vol. 42, July 1990
Subjects: Eastern Europe--Political aspects, Socialism, Soviet Union--Politics and government
...provisionally confirmed as the (once imprisoned) Wladyslaw Gomulka returned to office. But the limits of change were...trends that should not be confused. The illusion that Gomulka would radically reform the system did not last. By...
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Not Our Revolution, Comrade
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 25, 2006
...throughout the Eastern bloc. Riots broke out in Poland and the party shrewdly appointed the relatively popular reformer, Wladyslaw Gomulka, to head the regime. That quieted things temporarily. Khrushchev sought the same effect in Hungary by informing...


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encyclopedia articles on: Gomulka Wladyslaw  - 5 results

 
 
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Gomulka, Wladyslaw
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GOMULKA, WLADYSLAW vwadis waf g moo k , 1905 82, Polish Communist leader. Long a Communist...Oct., 1956, on the wave of Polish resentment of USSR domination, Gomulka became first secretary of the party despite Soviet pressures. From...
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Poland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...exile (led initially by General Wladyslaw Sikorski and later by Stanislaus...its policies. In Oct., 1956, Wladyslaw Gomulka , purged in 1949 from the Polish...symbol of revolt against Moscow. Gomulka denounced the terror of the Stalinist...
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Gierek, Edward
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...technocrat faction of the party. When rioting over economic conditions broke out in late 1970, Gierek replaced Wladyslaw Gomulka as party first secretary. Gierek promised economic reform and, with the aid of foreign loans, instituted a program...
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Wyszynski, Stefan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1956, Wyszynski was restored to his functions by the new anti-Stalinist first secretary of the Communist party, Wladyslaw Gomulka. A church-state agreement restoring religious education in state schools followed. Despite periodic setbacks...
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Cyrankiewicz, JÓzef
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...was instrumental in quelling the 1956 Poznan uprising but remained in power even during the more tolerant regime of Wladyslaw Gomulka. In 1970, however, he resigned in the wake of serious riots over inflation. Cyrankiewicz was made titular head...


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