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    Milicja Obywatelska (MO; Polish pronunciation: [miˈlit͡sja ɔbɨvaˈtɛlska]), known as the Citizens' Militia in English , was the national police organization...
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    camouflage, used for sewing military uniforms for Polish People's Army, Milicja Obywatelska, Prison Guards, Policja and Polish Fire Department. It was produced...
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    Militsiya (redirect from Milicja)
    Cold War. Examples included Bulgaria (Peoples' Militia), Poland (Milicja Obywatelska) and other Warsaw Pact nations, as well as the non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia...
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    that acted as the secret police. The official police organization, Milicja Obywatelska (MO), along with its ZOMO squads, conducted mass surveillance and...
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    its former members joined the new national policing structure, the Milicja Obywatelska (Citizens' Militia). Others were prosecuted after 1949 under Stalinism...
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  • trail" (Polish: ścieżka zdrowia) and was widely applied by police (Milicja Obywatelska), riot police (ZOMO) and internal security forces/political police...
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    structure of policing in Poland; the state 'Policja' was renamed as the 'Milicja Obywatelska' (Citizen's Militia), a name which was meant to reflect a change...
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    People's Republic. The transition of power from the communist state's Milicja Obywatelska to the newly formed Police of Poland allowed for criminal rings to...
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    and go to a Biuro Paszportów attached to a local command of the Milicja Obywatelska. Upon arrival, the passport had to be returned to the same place...
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    supervise and control the activities of the Milicja Obywatelska and Volunteer Reserve of the Milicja Obywatelska in this regard, and issued orders to these...
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  • out of the stadium, pushed by firemen and Milicja Obywatelska. Skirmishes broke out, and the Milicja Obywatelska functionaries, with guns, lined up on the...
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  • airline designator MO), an airline based in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada Milicja Obywatelska, a state police institution in Poland from 1944 to 1990 Mo (kana)...
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    project, in 1978 it became a standard-issue grenade launcher of Milicja Obywatelska and stays in use by current Policja. Its regular ammunition is Polish...
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    Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego, KBW), 57,000 officers in the Citizens' Militia (Milicja Obywatelska), 32,000 officers and soldiers in the Border guard (Wojska Ochrony...
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  • Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR), he served as Major General of Milicja Obywatelska and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. He also worked for the Ministry...
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    structure of policing in Poland; the state 'Policja' was renamed as the 'Milicja Obywatelska' (Citizen's Militia), a name which was meant to reflect a change...
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  • communist state. A notable example is Sylwester Zych, a priest whom the Milicja Obywatelska blamed for the death of one of their own. In 1989, S. Zych died,...
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    Taipalsaaren sukellusvene (Taipalsaari Submarine) after the 1991 incident. Milicja Obywatelska (MO) operated several BTR-60PAs. They were used by ZOMO riot control...
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    who was murdered by members of the Communist police force, the Milicja Obywatelska (Citizens' Militia). His killing was one of many such politically...
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    committed on October 10, 1944, by soldiers (military police) of the Milicja Obywatelska and local Poles, in retribution for the killing of Polish foresters...
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    was placed on helmets intended for WSW. Helmets intended for the Milicja Obywatelska had large letters "M" and "O" painted on the front and a large state...
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  • before it reached the camp. Near the end of the war he joined the Milicja Obywatelska and the infamous Ministry of Public Security, where he was quickly...
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  • his powers to save a coworker during an earthquake, alerting the Milicja Obywatelska. They hold his daughter hostage in the forest to lure him into turning...
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    Condottieri Gendarmerie Historical reenactment Irregular military Milicja Obywatelska National Bolivarian Militia of Venezuela Voluntary Militia for National...
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    delegation had been arrested. The local units of the regular police (Milicja Obywatelska) were unable to contain the crowd and the situation turned into a...
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    Ministry of Public Security of the Polish People's Republic, or the Milicja Obywatelska. The Armia Ludowa were hailed as heroes in the Polish People's Republic...
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    resumed its fury that autumn. On November 18, rioters destroyed the Milicja Obywatelska headquarters and radio jamming equipment in Bydgoszcz, and on 10...
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    journalist and novelist Grzegorz Przemyk (1964–1983), poet murdered by Milicja Obywatelska Kazimierz Pużak (1883–1950), died in the Communist prison, secretly...
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    Police Days are as follows: 24 July (1919-1944) 7 October (Day of the Milicja Obywatelska) (1944-1989) 6 April (1990-1995) 24 July (1995–Present) As a rule...
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    workers' protest. A big celebration for the Służba Bezpieczeństwa and Milicja Obywatelska was to take place at the university in the morning of the following...
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