Decade of totalitarianism and relief. After the Soviets installed their administrative structures in Poland and removed any meaningful armed resistance, they transformed the country into a smaller version of the USSR under Stalin’s rule. This involved all aspects of social activity. Stalinist influence lasted beyond Stalin’s death. Liberalisation from hardline and partial autonomy from the USSR only became possible in 1956, after Nikita Khrushchev broke away from Stalin’s legacy.

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Poland’s Century

1918

1919-1928

1929-1938

1939-1948

1949- 1958

1959 -1968

1969 – 1978

1979 – 1988

1989 – 1998

1999 – 2008

2009 – 2018