Polonia în primii ani ai regimului comunist 1944 - 1948
Poland in the Early Years of Communism, 1944 - 1948

Summary/Abstract: By geographical location and size, Poland was one of the linchpins in ensuring Moscow’s dominant strategic and political position in Central and Eastern Europe. Establishing a communist regime in Poland was a major goal of the Soviet leadership at the end of World War II. In the rigged elections of January 19, 1947, the parties of the communist bloc got 80% of the vote while the Polish Peasant Party headed by Stanislaw Mikolajczyk emerged with only a meager 10%. The election returns sanctioned the defeat of the Polish political opposition, whose representatives were ousted from the government. Mikolajczyk and a few of his associates had to go into exile (October 1947) to avoid the fate of the leaders of similar political groupings, such as those in Romania or Bulgaria.

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