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The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Marxist–Leninist regime in Poland after the end of World War II.These years, while featuring general industrialization, urbanization and many improvements in the standard of living, were marred by early Stalinist repressions, social unrest, political strife and severe economic difficulties.
This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland .
Pages in category "1950s in Poland" ... History of Poland (1945–1989) B. Belweder (TV set) P. Puławians; R. Repatriation of Poles (1955–1959) S. Six-Year Plan
[212] 8,030,000 Germans were evacuated, expelled, or migrated by 1950. [213] Territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II: the gray territories were transferred from Poland to the Soviet Union, whereas the pink territories were transferred from Germany to Poland. Poland's new eastern border was adjusted in the following years.
The 1950 census (3 December 1950) showed the population rise to 25 million, and the 1960 census (6 December 1960) placed the population of Poland at 29.7 million. [77] In 1950, Warsaw was again the biggest city, with a population of 804,000 inhabitants.
Six-Year Plan (1950–1955) was the second centralized plan of the People's Republic of Poland, following the completed Three-Year Plan (1947–1949). It concentrated on increasing the heavy industry sector.
The Silesian Voivodeship, [a] [1] also known as the Basin–Silesian Voivodeship, [b] [2] and the Silesian–Dąbrowa Voivodeship, [c] [3] was a voivodeship (province) of Poland, with capital in Katowice, that existed from 1945 to 1950.
The borders of Poland resembled the borders of the German-Russian gains in World War 2, with the exception of the city of Bialystok. This is called the Curzon line. The small area of Trans-Olza, which had been annexed by Poland in late 1938, was returned to Czechoslovakia on Stalin's orders. [citation needed]