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    Bolesław Bierut ([bɔˈlɛswaf ˈbʲɛrut] ; 18 April 1892 – 12 March 1956) was a Polish communist activist and politician, leader of communist-ruled Poland...
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    The governments of Bolesław Bierut and Józef Cyrankiewicz were governments led first by Bolesław Bierut from 1952 to 1954, and then by Józef Cyrankiewicz...
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  • Bierut is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bolesław Bierut (1892–1956), Polish politician, communist activist and leader of the Polish...
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    among presented candidates. However, the only standing figure was Bolesław Bierut. Bierut received 408 votes, with the opposition Polish People's Party voting...
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    Poland became a part of Soviet-controlled central-eastern Europe. Bolesław Bierut assumed the reins of government and in July 1945 was internationally...
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    PZPR. It is believed that it was Joseph Stalin who put pressure on Bolesław Bierut and Jakub Berman to remove Gomułka and Spychalski as well as their...
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    in Poland after President Bolesław Bierut, until he was removed from power in 1956, following Bierut's death. Alongside Bierut, Berman was responsible for...
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    in 1952 because party boss Bolesław Bierut wanted the post for himself. He did, however, become a deputy premier under Bierut. However, in 1954, after Poland...
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    honours at Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw, near the grave of Bolesław Bierut, the first Communist leader of Poland after World War II. The decision...
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  • State National Council. The Decree, named after the council's leader, Bolesław Bierut, nationalized most of the land properties in Warsaw. During World War...
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    forced by France to resign his office. He transferred the office to General Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski, who held it for only one day before General Władysław...
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    oppression was overseen by Gomułka and the provisional president, Bolesław Bierut. The official results of the election showed the Democratic Bloc with...
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    political power, while the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) under Bolesław Bierut gained firm control over the country, which would remain an independent...
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  • Poland and the property issues arising from them. The "Bierut Decrees" are named after Bolesław Bierut, installed by the occupying Soviet forces as the leader...
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    1002 Boleslaw, 12th-century Swedish king Burislav, mythical Wendish or Polish king Boleslaus, Bishop of Vác, Hungarian prelate Bolesław Bierut, former...
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    southern Poland. These units were called "battalions of labour". After Bolesław Bierut's death, Ochab became First Secretary of the Polish United Workers'...
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    People's Republic was led by discredited Soviet operatives such as Bolesław Bierut, Jakub Berman and Konstantin Rokossovsky. The independent Catholic...
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    proclaimed to be a wartime parliament of Poland; the body was chaired by Bolesław Bierut. In June 1944 the Union of Polish Patriots, a rival to the PPR Polish-communist...
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    later, in October 1949 with the establishment of the government under Bolesław Bierut in Poland, Rokossovsky, on Stalin's orders, became the Polish Minister...
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    Ulbricht Josip Broz Tito Mátyás Rákosi Lazar Kaganovich Georgi Dimitrov Bolesław Bierut Valko Chervenkov Klement Gottwald Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Enver Hoxha...
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    state, the President of Poland (which terminated the presidency of Bolesław Bierut). Article 29 provided that Council of State members were elected at...
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  • Ulbricht Josip Broz Tito Mátyás Rákosi Lazar Kaganovich Georgi Dimitrov Bolesław Bierut Valko Chervenkov Klement Gottwald Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Enver Hoxha...
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    Party (SP), non-aligned and Jewish politicians. Bolesław Bierut of the PPR became the KRN's chairman. Bierut was opposed to Gomułka's efforts to broaden the...
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  • and Semyon Davydov, both high-ranking officers from the Soviet MGB. Bolesław Bierut, head of the provisional Polish parliament (State National Council)...
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    Ulbricht Josip Broz Tito Mátyás Rákosi Lazar Kaganovich Georgi Dimitrov Bolesław Bierut Valko Chervenkov Klement Gottwald Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Enver Hoxha...
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    was appointed chairman of the Polish Council of State, to replace Bolesław Bierut. Zawadzki died on 7 August 1964 of cancer at the age of 64. Knight's...
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    Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party Władysław Gomułka Bolesław Bierut Edward Ochab Edward Gierek Stanisław Kania Wojciech Jaruzelski Mieczysław...
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    Bolesław Ignacy Florian Wieniawa-Długoszowski (22 July 1881 – 1 July 1942) was a Polish general, adjutant to Chief of State Józef Piłsudski, politician...
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    Ulbricht Josip Broz Tito Mátyás Rákosi Lazar Kaganovich Georgi Dimitrov Bolesław Bierut Valko Chervenkov Klement Gottwald Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Enver Hoxha...
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    Ulbricht Josip Broz Tito Mátyás Rákosi Lazar Kaganovich Georgi Dimitrov Bolesław Bierut Valko Chervenkov Klement Gottwald Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Enver Hoxha...
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